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2 ■ Fall 2014 443-518-1700 ■ howardcc.edu/ConEd Business Skills GENERAL BUSINESS & COMMUNICATION SKILLS Grammar for Your Job This course reviews and reinforces common principles of English usage and improves your ability to communicate effectively. This course is also offered for college credit. Required textbook to be purchased at HCC Bookstore prior to the first class. Please bring textbook to the first class. $110 (includes $40 in fees*) ■ Tue 6:45pm-9:15pm, Sep 16-Dec 2 #9141 YD 384 9000 HCC Main Campus Effective Business Writing Here's how to fill in those gaps in your business writing skills so you can reach your full potential and improve your career prospects. You may be a clerical worker, an engineer, or an executive. If you communicate with others in writing, you need this course to help you identify and eliminate any problem areas. You'll learn the steps to developing powerful written documents that immediately draw readers in and motivate them to do what you want. After paying for your course, please visit ed2go. com/howardcc to create your online account. For more information, please call 443-518-4680. $120 (includes $90 in fees*) ■ Wed,Fri, Sep 17-Oct 24 #9187 XO 221 4977 Online ■ Wed,Fri, Oct 15-Nov 21 #9188 XO 221 4978 Online ■ Wed,Fri, Nov 12-Dec 19 #9189 XO 221 4979 Online Writing Grant Proposals Develop and package convincing and hard-hitting grant proposals that will sell your capabilities and meet the needs of the funding organization. $60 (includes $40 in fees*) ■ Fri 9am-4pm, Oct 17 #8891 XI 673 M1434 Laurel College Center Speaking With Confi dence Gain confidence speaking before groups from profes- sional speaker and coach Allan Misch. He will reveal strategies to become a more confident and skilled presenter. In this information-packed and entertaining course, you will discover a powerful preparation method to minimize mishaps, learn a proven presentation struc- ture to guarantee your audience will understand you, uncover a secret practice technique to learn and deliver your presentation using minimal notes, and practice an BUSINESS SKILLS COURSE NOTES **Fees not eligible for waiver. **Neither XE courses nor their fees are eligible for waiver. (S) = Supplies needed. Instructor will provide list at fi rst class. (T) = Textbook recommended or required. Purchase at HCC Bookstore or online before fi rst class. ADULT BASIC SKILLS See page 34. elegant strategy in order to be a confident and skilled presenter. $89 (includes $45 in fees*) ■ Sat 9am-4pm, Sep 20 (Please bring a bag lunch.) #5809 XI 201 6457 Gateway Campus ■ Sat 9am-4pm, Nov 15 (Please bring a bag lunch.) #8856 XI 201 J1419 Laurel College Center Face to Face: Present Your Best You! This is your opportunity to have a personalized communi- cation needs assessment and follow-up coaching in order to develop a more compelling and confident speaking style. Learn how to change your volume, rate, posture, pauses and/or energy to enhance the effectiveness of your communication. Skills learned will be beneficial for use in your workplace, job inter views, networking and social situations. The class is limited to eight students in order to ensure maximum individual attention. Each student will take home a DVD of his/her work. Instruc- tor: Helane Jeffreys, President, Voice for Success. $85 (includes $45 in fees*) ■ Thu 6:30pm-9:30pm, Oct 30-Nov 6 #5808 XI 187 6471 Gateway Campus Ten Steps to a Federal Job Careers with the Federal Government offer excellent benefits, competitive wages, and stable employment yet the federal hiring process is quite detailed and complex. This course will acquaint students with how to conduct a federal job search, understand types of federal hiring programs, search for jobs on USA Jobs, analyze vacancy announcements for key words and familiarize students with the use of the Federal Resume Outline Format. (T) 1.8 CEUs. $150 (includes $40 in fees*) ■ Wed 6:30pm-9:30pm, Sep 10-Oct 8 #8936 XI 218 6662 Gateway Campus LEADERSHIP & SUPERVISION Professional Human Resource Management The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Learning System course, offered in partnership with SHRM, is a certification preparation and development tool that offers the most up-to-date HR content aligned with the HR Certification Institute Body of Knowledge. Six modules cover the six functional areas of HR man- agement: Business Management and Strategy; Workforce Planning and Employment; Human Resource Develop- ment; Compensation and Benefits; Employee and Labor Relations and Risk Management. Class includes instructor led sessions and web access to supplemental materials. The instructors hold the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) credential. To receive the $100 Early Bird Tuition Discount you must register by Sep. 5. Stan- dard refund policy does not apply. No refunds on or after the class start date. A short video about this class is available at coned.howardcc.edu/phrm. 3.5 CEUs. $1,165 (includes $505 in fees*) ■ Sat 9am-12:45pm, Sep 20-Nov 22 #8825 XB 818 7748 Gateway Campus ★ADDITIONAL HR CERTIFICATION IF YOU BECOME PHR/SPHR CERTIFIED★ If you become PHR/SPHR certifi ed by Jan. 31, 2015, you will be eligible for the new competency-based SHRM certifi cation at no additional cost. For more information, please call 443-518-4972.