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CRM & Student Records for career schools

Career schools don't have a CRM problem. They have a student-record problem — and no horizontal CRM was built to solve it.

Drew Jones
Drew Jones
Head of Marketing
Case Studies

How Pivot Point Academy turned its website into a live admissions conversation

Pivot Point Academy enrolled a student on day one, doubled its lead capture rate, and captured $45,000 in first-year tuition in 59 days with Mia.

Lumion
Lumion
July 15, 2026
Articles

The Class of 2027 Already Knows Where the Jobs Are.

The Spring 2026 NSC enrollment data shows students doing real-time labor-market analysis their parents and counselors did not do. The implications run straight through career and technical schools.

Drew Jones
Drew Jones
Head of Marketing
Student Stories

Kassandra was already in dental — the certification is what unlocked the career

Kassandra was already working in a dental office when she enrolled at Practical Dental Assisting of Southern Utah. Certification positioned her for ~15% higher hourly pay and long-term career growth.

Lumion
Lumion
July 8, 2026
Student Stories

Shiyann's six-month pivot into skincare — and a 75% jump in take-home pay

After a gap year from a four-year path, Shiyann finished Dallas Collective Academy's six-month esthetics program and stepped into a med-spa role earning roughly 75% more per hour than her front-desk job.

Lumion
Lumion
July 8, 2026
Student Stories

From bartending to pediatric dental — Thalia's short path into a career she'd wanted for years

A cousin's recommendation and a manageable payment plan turned a long-standing interest in dentistry into a real career for Thalia, without a four-year degree or a four-year loan.

Lumion
Lumion
July 8, 2026
Product Updates

Introducing Lumion Inbox: every conversation, every channel, on one student record

The centralized communication system at the heart of the Lumion platform. Every text, email, call, web chat, and social DM lives on one student record — with AI drafts, automations, and campaigns grounded in your school's own knowledge base.

Drew Jones
Drew Jones
Head of Marketing
Articles

AI Isn't Coming for Career School Programs. It's Creating Them.

Goldman Sachs says construction is 6% automatable and installation and repair is 4%. The story underneath the headline is that AI is augmenting most trades and creating massive demand for some, with one structural exception worth naming honestly.

Drew Jones
Drew Jones
Head of Marketing
Product Updates

Meet Lumion Voice: the school's phone system, built into the work

A new phone system lives inside the dashboard your team already uses. Every call ties to the student record, every voicemail comes with a transcript, and every line is owned by the school.

Drew Jones
Drew Jones
Head of Marketing

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