Job seekers in the Asheville area will have several opportunities this spring to brush up on critical employment skills and learn about emerging job fields – and all for free.
Goodwill Industries of
Northwest North Carolina partners with Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community
College and the Literacy Council to offer free classes on computer
skills, medical office support training and personal care aide skills. Classes take place at Goodwill’s Workforce
Development Center, located at 1616 Patton Avenue in Asheville.
Computer
Basics Class
Feb. 9-April 1 (Mondays & Wednesdays), 12:30-3:30
p.m.
Feb. 10-April 2 (Tuesdays & Thursdays), 8:30-11:30
a.m.
March 23-April
29 (Mondays, Wednesday & Fridays), 8:30-11:30 a.m.
April 7-May 28
(Tuesdays & Thursdays), 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Entry-level
course provides a stress-free introduction to the technology and computer
skills that you need in today’s job market. You will learn how to do online job
searches, complete online job applications, create resumes, create cover
letters, create email accounts, and learn basic word-processing.
Computer
Empowerment Class
Feb. 23-March 18 (Mondays & Wednesdays),
8:30-11:30 a.m.
March 3-26 (Tuesdays & Thursdays), 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Continue
to build on your basic computer skills through the creation of more
career-related documents and forms.
Personal
Care Aide Class
March 17-April
23 (Tuesdays & Thursdays), 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
PCAs
make up one of the largest and fastest-growing workforce fields in the country.
This learner-centered class will include speakers from the healthcare field,
case scenarios, small group work and other forms of interactive learning.
Medical
Office Pathways Class
April 7-28 (Tuesdays & Thursdays), 1-4 p.m.
Class
topics focus on skills specific to a medical office environment such as medical
terminology, types of insurance, and confidentiality issues.
In
addition to these free classes, Goodwill and its education partners offer
skills training courses in electronic health records, nurse aide I,
hospitality, phlebotomy, Spanish for the
workplace, professional truck driver training (with TransTech, Inc.), adult
basic education (formerly GED) and more. Financial assistance is available for
qualified individuals. For more information and a schedule of spring classes,
call Goodwill at 828-298-9023 x1106.
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