Top 5 Things They Didn't Teach in Mortuary School

Course overview

People often say that they wished they had learned how to balance a checkbook and handle money in high school because this would have helped them be more financially savvy as adults. After mortuary school, funeral directors might have similar feelings: although we've spent lots of time in school, when we leave it often feels like we've barely scratched the surface of what it means to be a funeral director. This course will cover some topics that you may not have discussed - or at least not in detail - while in school but that are important nonetheless; these topics include sexual harassment, communicating through the generations, advocating for both the funeral home and the client, working at urban versus rural funeral homes, and taking care of one's mental health. The better educated a funeral director is about the industry, the better the director can serve families, the community, and the funeral establishment.