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What is Career Development? Career Development courses and training focus on increasing your professional skills and updating you on industry standards to maintain a professional licensure or advance your career. Northeast Iowa Community College Career Development Lead Bailey Kloft, and expert instructors, provide resources to increase your productivity and improve your skills. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP Today’s workforce is constantly changing and evolving. What works one day may not be as effective tomorrow. Our training delivers innovative, cutting-edge solutions to improve the function and productivity of your team while helping you build skills to lead with confidence. COMMUNIC ATION Explore methods for relating to others, identify personal communication styles and recognize optimal ways to use verbal and nonverbal communication during difficult conversations. You’ll also improve your business writing skills with strategies that enhance the quality of your business letters, reports, memos and emails. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Shifting legislation and changing regulations create unique challenges for today’s human resource professionals. Be prepared with training from Business and Community Solutions. The College is recognized as a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Recertification General Provider. BUSINESS CONSORTIUMS & ALLIANCES Realizing that organizations are facing increased fiscal responsibility, the College has implemented a model that pools financial resources and allows employers to gain access and exposure to quality training at a reasonable cost, increasing the return on investment and providing a forum for employees to learn from expert trainers. Business Consortium HR Consortium Manufacturing Business Consortium
CONTACT BAILEY KLOFT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO UPSKILL IN YOUR CAREER.
Solutions Created through
Partnerships
Partnerships between Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC), businesses, workforce agencies and local organizations are creating new employment opportunities for students of all backgrounds and skill levels. The partnerships also impact the workforce skills of individuals in our region and support the needs of local business. Many individuals in our communities have the desire to advance their skills and education, yet have barriers to training and full-time employment, such as childcare and transportation needs. Steeple Square and Four Mounds Foundation are partnering with NICC to create solutions. Through one initiative, Steeple Square established a daycare center at its urban campus in Dubuque. The center offers affordable and accessible services for community members. While students train at the College in short-term certificate programs, such as Customer Service or Culinary Foundations, they know their children will be safe and supervised. Another problem-solving solution was achieved last fall with Steeple Square’s completion of an on-site kitchen for students training in the Culinary Foundations program. These solutions are possible by pooling resources between organizations to expand reach and effectiveness. “The unique perspective each partner brings to the table ensures that all barriers to success are addressed for program participants. With effective collaboration, we are able to provide greater opportunities that any of us could on our own. From fundraising to programming to job placement, we work together to help individuals succeed,” said Judy Wolf, Steeple Square Board of Directors treasurer. The new kitchen constructed at the site provides skills training for students, added Nancy Kann, board member and real estate development director/project management for Gronen Properties.
WE’RE LOOKING FOR COOKING INSTRUC TORS! If interested contact Krista Walsh-Weitz at walsh-weitzk@nicc.edu.
“This targeted programming provides individuals specific tools and expanded basic core skills necessary to earn a quality standard of living, and provides employers with a more ready, well-rounded and competent workforce. As both sectors thrive, our entire community prospers in a multitude of ways,” Nancy said. phone 844.642.2338, ext. 1399 INFO-CIRCLE www.nicc.edu/careertraining
In the future the College will host cooking classes for the public at Steeple Square.
INFO-CIRCLE www.nicc.edu/solutions / phone 844.642.2338, ext. 1399
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