Professional Skills Courses
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Administrative Officers/Executive Assistants Workshop (Blended)
Develop essential skills and competencies to excel as an Administrative Officer or Executive Assistant in federal roles.
- 18 hours
- Open to beginners
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Customer Service Excellence
Learn to deliver exceptional customer service by identifying customer needs, enhancing service quality, and resolving issues effectively.
- 12 hours
- Open to beginners
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Leadership Skills for Non-Supervisors
Develop essential leadership skills to handle diverse personalities, resolve conflicts, and build stronger, more effective teams.
- 12 hours
- Prerequisites required
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Managing Multiple Priorities
Learn strategies to prioritize tasks, manage time effectively, and reduce stress while handling multiple responsibilities.
- 6 hours
- Open to beginners
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Office Management
Build essential administrative and organizational skills needed to manage office workflows confidently. Ideal for administrative professionals looking to streamline operations, maintain records, and support team productivity.
- 18 hours
- Open to beginners
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Time Management
Learn practical strategies to manage your time effectively, prioritize tasks, and boost productivity in both professional and personal settings.
- 12 hours
- Open to beginners
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Effective Meetings
Master the strategies and tools needed to plan and lead engaging, productive virtual meetings using platforms such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams; ideal for professionals seeking to enhance collaboration and meeting outcomes.
- 12 hours
- Open to beginners
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Achieving Personal Effectiveness
Boost your professional impact by developing structured self-management, time organization, and interpersonal effectiveness strategies.
- 12 hours
- Open to beginners
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Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts
Learn to handle Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) requests while balancing transparency and confidentiality.
- 18 hours
- Open to beginners
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Microsoft Teams for Business Users
This course is designed to help you master Microsoft® Teams®, the key communications tool in the suite of Microsoft® 365® productivity apps. Microsoft Teams enables individuals and organizations to chat, share ideas, collaborate on files, and essentially, work together. You can use Teams to have a quick chat with a colleague, participate in a virtual meeting, make an online call, and share files and resources. The Microsoft Teams app is available in three versions: a desktop app, a web app, and a mobile app. Once you are familiar with the Teams desktop app, you can easily transfer that knowledge and work in the web and mobile apps to take advantage of connecting through Teams wherever your work takes you.
- 6 hours
- Open to beginners
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Microsoft Teams Essentials
This course is designed to help you get started with Microsoft® Teams®, the key communications tool in the suite of Microsoft® 365® productivity apps. Microsoft Teams enables individuals and organizations to chat, share ideas, collaborate on files, and essentially, work together. You can use Teams to have a quick chat with a colleague, participate in a virtual meeting, make an online call, and share files and resources. The Microsoft Teams app is available in three versions: a desktop app, a web app, and a mobile app. Once you are familiar with the Teams desktop app, you can easily transfer that knowledge and work in the web and mobile apps to take advantage of connecting through Teams wherever your work takes you.
- 6 hours
- Open to beginners
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Microsoft Teams Bootcamp
This bootcamp is designed to help you master and get started with Microsoft® Teams®, the essential communications tool in the Microsoft® 365® suite. Microsoft Teams enables individuals and organizations to chat, share ideas, collaborate on files, and work together seamlessly. You can use Teams for quick chats, virtual meetings, online calls, and sharing files and resources. The app is available in desktop, web, and mobile versions, and once you're familiar with the desktop app, you can easily transfer that knowledge to the web and mobile apps, allowing you to connect through Teams wherever your work takes you.
- 12 hours
- Prerequisites required
Communication Skills Courses
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Customer Service Excellence
Learn to deliver exceptional customer service by identifying customer needs, enhancing service quality, and resolving issues effectively.
- 12 hours
- Open to beginners
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Effective Meetings
Master the strategies and tools needed to plan and lead engaging, productive virtual meetings using platforms such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams; ideal for professionals seeking to enhance collaboration and meeting outcomes.
- 12 hours
- Open to beginners
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Assertiveness Skills
Learn how to state needs, say no, and negotiate boundaries while preserving positive relationships and professional respect.
- 12 hours
- Prerequisites required
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Briefing Techniques
Enhance your ability to deliver concise, impactful briefings tailored to your audience and objectives.
- 18 hours
- Prerequisites required
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Communicating for Results
Enhance workplace communication by identifying styles, interpreting feedback, and overcoming barriers to understanding.
- 12 hours
- Open to beginners
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Constructive Conflict Resolution (Self-Paced)
Conflict is inevitable, but transforming it into positive outcomes is a skill. Learn how to shape even the most difficult circumstances into satisfying, win-win experiences. Discover a wide variety of proven constructive approaches that lead to productive resolutions and teaching moments. Develop the tools for quickly analyzing and responding to difficult situations and share them with your team to make conflicts approachable and productive.
- 12 hours
- Open to beginners
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Communication Skills (Self-Paced)
Master the fundamental communication skills needed to get ahead. Much of your job success depends on your ability to communicate well, both in person and on paper. Discover how to analyze verbal and nonverbal communications, write clearly and concisely, organize and deliver an oral presentation, and break down communication barriers to work better with others.
- 0 hours
- Open to beginners
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Listening and Memory Development
Enhance your listening and memory skills to improve productivity, confidence, and information retention.
- 12 hours
- Open to beginners
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Interpersonal Communications
Develop effective verbal and non‑verbal communication skills to improve workplace relationships and clarity.
- 12 hours
- Open to beginners
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Positive Approaches to Difficult People (Self-Paced)
Do not let "difficult" people ruin another day! Learn approaches for maintaining your composure and clarifying underlying issues, as well as strategic questioning and listening techniques to discover what is behind someone with a difficult personality. Leave the course refreshed and prepared to minimize the negative impact of difficult people in your work environment.
- 12 hours
- Open to beginners
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Speaking with Confidence
Build confidence in public speaking with expert coaching, audience analysis, and effective presentation techniques.
- 18 hours
- Open to beginners
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Effective Communication with Customers
Strengthen customer service by mastering listening, empathy, and responsive communication with internal and external customers.
- 12 hours
- Open to beginners
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Negotiating Techniques
Build structured negotiation skills to reach mutually beneficial outcomes in complex, high-stakes interactions.
- 12 hours
- Prerequisites required
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Facilitator Workshop
Develop facilitation skills to lead productive, inclusive group sessions, problem-solving meetings, and learning events.
- 18 hours
- Prerequisites required
Written Communication Skills Courses
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Effective Government Correspondence
Enhance your ability to write clear, purposeful correspondence suited for government audiences.
- 12 hours
- Prerequisites required
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Proofreading
Enhance your proofreading skills with practical techniques, checklists, and exercises to ensure error-free documents.
- 12 hours
- Open to beginners
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Resume Writing and Interview Skills
This practical, interactive course helps job seekers craft a strong resume tailored to a specific job. Participants will learn how to highlight skills, job experience and accomplishments that address a potential employer’s needs. Participants will also learn resume writing techniques that demonstrate their ability to help solve an employer’s problems from day one. Additionally, the course provides direction on preparing and delivering a confident “elevator speech” for the interview stage and handling common questions in both mock and real-life job interview scenarios. Participants will give and receive feedback to sharpen both writing and presentation skills, improving their ability to stand out in the selection process.
- 6 hours
- Open to beginners
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Thinking Critically, Writing Clearly (Self-Paced)
Develop your critical thinking skills to enhance your writing skills so that the reader can understand your intended message. Critically read information so you can analyze and understand the message of the writer.
- 45 hours
- Open to beginners
Excel
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Excel Bootcamp
Become proficient in Microsoft Excel and go from beginner to pro with this hands-on bootcamp. Learn functions, Pivot Tables, macros, and time-saving techniques to conquer all the key skills needed to excel in Excel.
- 18 hours
- Open to beginners
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Excel Level I: Fundamentals
Join us for a beginner Excel workshop where you'll learn the essentials of Microsoft Excel, including calculations, basic functions, graphs, formatting, and printing. This comprehensive course is perfect for those with limited experience looking to expand their proficiency.
- 6 hours
- Open to beginners
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Excel Level II: Intermediate
Learn intermediate Excel functions like VLOOKUP and SUMIFS, and how to summarize data with Pivot Tables, Sort & Filter databases, and split and join text. Gain the skills needed to utilize complex Excel functions and prepare for more advanced training.
- 6 hours
- Prerequisites required
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Excel Level III: Advanced
Learn advanced Excel functions, macros, and data analysis to improve efficiency and manage complex data in any job setting. This advanced course is ideal for Excel power-users.
- 6 hours
- Prerequisites required
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Excel Specialist Certification Program
Master essential Excel skills including formulas, functions, PivotTables, and data analysis tools to streamline your workflow and boost productivity. You'll work on real-world projects and prepare for the Microsoft Excel Specialist Exam with hands-on training and expert guidance.
- 19 hours
- Open to beginners
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Excel Expert Certification Program
Master advanced Excel skills including PivotTables, VLOOKUP, macros, and data analysis techniques. Prepare for the Microsoft Excel Expert Certification with hands-on training and step-by-step projects designed to build real-world proficiency.
- 21 hours
- Open to beginners
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Excel Programming with VBA
In this hands-on course, learn how to automate repetitive tasks in Microsoft Excel using VBA programming. Develop macros, custom commands, and new worksheet functions to streamline your Excel workflow and increase productivity.
- 12 hours
- Open to beginners
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Data Analytics Certificate
Build a strong foundation in data analytics by working with Excel, SQL, and Python to analyze and visualize data. You'll gain hands-on experience with tools like Tableau and Power BI, and develop the skills needed to manipulate data and present insights effectively.
- 156 hours
- Open to beginners
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Data Analytics Technologies Bootcamp
Master the industry-standard tools and programming languages used by Data Analysts, including Excel, SQL, and Tableau, in this comprehensive classroom training program. Gain hands-on experience working on real-world projects and learn to organize, analyze, summarize, and visualize data to present actionable insights.
- 51 hours
- Open to beginners
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SQL Server Bootcamp
Learn how to extract information from databases and turn it into actionable insights by writing SQL queries, filtering data, and joining tables. This comprehensive SQL Server Bootcamp will teach you the fundamentals of SQL and how to apply them to various database systems.
- 18 hours
- Open to beginners
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SQL Bootcamp
Learn to extract information from databases by writing SQL queries, joining tables, aggregating data, and filtering results. You'll learn PostgreSQL in this class, but the concepts apply equally to other databases such as SQL Server and MySQL.
- 18 hours
- Open to beginners
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Financial Modeling Bootcamp
This intensive bootcamp combines Excel training with real-world finance and accounting principles to teach you practical financial modeling skills.
- 18 hours
- Prerequisites required
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Power Query Bootcamp
Learn to clean, organize, and reshape data quickly with Power Query, a powerful tool built into Excel and Power BI. This hands-on course will teach you how to streamline your data preparation process for analysis and reporting.
- 6 hours
- Prerequisites required