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Professional and Personal Skills Training

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Professional and Personal Skills Training


Join us online or on-site at one of our Commonwealth University campuses in the northeastern region of Pennsylvania. Our mission is to get you trained for the 21st-century job market. Best of all, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills necessary to acquire professional-level positions for several in-demand occupations in the field. Compete better the minute you complete your training.

 

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Program Information

Whether you're a sole proprietor looking to manage your business finances or you simply want to gain an understanding of accounting basics for career advancement or for personal use, the courses in this bundle will give you a solid foundation in financial matters. If you're interested in increasing your financial awareness while also gaining a marketable skill, this series of courses is perfect for you.

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Learn essential computer skills for the workplace, including how to troubleshoot PC issues!

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Want to build an attractive, sophisticated blog or website—without having to learn how to code? WordPress.org is the answer! WordPress.org is one of the world's most popular web design tools. It's free and easy to use, and it produces professional results.

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Teachers are heroes who work tirelessly to pour into the lives of children every day. This professional development series is designed to help make teaching a little easier by providing you with the tools to handle problems that may arise in the classroom. You will learn the secrets to solving everyday classroom discipline problems so that you can enjoy a more peaceful, orderly classroom, as well as how to handle more serious and chronic discipline with a six-step approach. You will also learn practical ways to help children with ADHD control their behavior and succeed in school.

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This series will give you the skills you need for effective grant writing. Learn from an experienced grant writer how to best present information in grant proposals to raise needed funds. After developing a good grant writing foundation, you'll discover the steps you can take to become an in-demand grant writing consultant, including what services to offer, how to set fees, and how to find clients to start your own business.

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You can learn valuable programming skills with no prior experience. The courses in this series are designed to help you learn Java, one of the world's most widely used computer programming languages. Discover the basics of programming with this user-friendly language and gain confidence through practice and skill-building exercises. By the end of the series, you will be writing more sophisticated and professional programs using Java!

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This series will help you develop the skills essential for effective leadership. Even if you don't yet hold a leadership position, you can begin learning the principles leaders use to achieve success and prepare yourself for the future. Learn how to have more successful relationships with difficult bosses, co-workers, friends, and even family members. Understand how to surround yourself with a great team as you learn the qualities of being a great leader and a team member. Part of being a good leader is making decisions based on the information you have, so you'll also discover the steps to make great decisions to make the most of every opportunity.

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This series is designed to give healthcare professionals the skills and confidence needed to communicate with Spanish-speaking patients. Start by gaining a strong foundation in the Spanish language that you will be able to build upon in the future. You will learn basic and more advanced medical Spanish vocabulary to help you provide better care for patients and their families.

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Harness the power of Microsoft Access 2016 and gain control over your data. In this series, you will start with the basics like organizing, storing, editing, and reporting on records before moving on to more advanced techniques like building an entire database from scratch.

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A total of 2,712,362 job posts within the last year have listed knowledge of Microsoft Excel as a critical skill for the role, and it's not just within the finance and accounting industries. Everyone from Human Resources professionals to Retail Salespersons are using Excel in their day-to-day functions.

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An impressive 67.6% of all middle-skill jobs now request a fundamental knowledge of Microsoft Office, and it's the most widely used software among primary, secondary, and post-secondary students. With that, knowing the features and functionality of this software is becoming increasingly important.

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More projects are being initiated today than ever before, and organizations need qualified projects managers to see them to completion on time and within budget constraints. Master the critical skills for planning implementing, controlling, and closing any project. Then learn how to retool your skillset with a breakthrough model for meeting accelerated schedules with limited staff and low budgets. By the end of this series, you will have the important project management skills you need to become an indispensable part of any team.

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Soft skills enable you to interact and engage with others to fully utilize your hard skills. This series will help you learn the secret to achieving successful working relationships with people you perceive to be difficult and how to better communicate with others by managing conscious and unconscious codes. You'll also discover the steps needed to make great decisions so that you can make the most of every opportunity.

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Learn to speak, read, and write Spanish with three courses in this series designed to give you powerful yet easy recipes for gluing Spanish words together to form sentences. Get plenty of opportunities to practice your new skills as you master the ability to converse with others in Spanish confidently.

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Gain a solid working knowledge of the most powerful and widely used database programming language in the world. This Structured Query Language (SQL) series help you master the fundamentals of SQL and more advanced topics through hands-on practice and programming exercises. You will even learn several real-world applications for SQL and gain valuable skills to enhance your resume.

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Become a more effective manager, whether you are new to the role or a seasoned veteran, by mastering the language of management. Gain the skills necessary to delegate responsibility, solve problems, resolve conflicts, and motivate employees. You will also learn how to understand various personality traits in others and in yourself and how they can help you accomplish your goals at work.

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Take a crash course in the fundamentals of design as you plan the content, structure, and layout of your very own website. In this series, you will gain and build upon HTML skills as you learn how modern websites use CSS3 and HTML5 and add power to your programming skills by creating interactive features with JavaScript. By the end of the series, you will be ready to stand up your own compelling and professional-looking website!

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Learn the fundamentals of employment law and worker's compensation law so that you can properly hire and evaluate employees. In this series, you will be taught the laws protecting both employees and employers in a straightforward, easy-to-understand way—an essential for anyone considering a career in human resources or as a paralegal.

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To be successful in nearly any profession and even in your personal life, you must have the fundamental skills to communicate in writing. This series is designed to give you the tools you need. You will begin with a grammar refresher, then develop skills to ensure you express yourself clearly in your writing before developing effective written business documents. Whether you're hoping to improve your job prospects, express yourself in a blog, or even publish your writing, this course will help you gain the essential skills through interactive activities and hands-on exercises.

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