Registration opens April 20
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SANTA BARBARA — This summer, professionals and job seekers alike can make quick work of positioning themselves for career success, even while juggling work, life, and vacation. SBCC Career Skills Institute is tuition-free and will deliver the most robust, summer course offerings in its history, including offering students the opportunity to earn the most popular digital badges among students and employers. Registration opens April 20 with 50 individual courses and workshops to choose from throughout the summer, or students can take multiple courses to earn digital badges in June, July and August.
“A badge can be earned in as quickly as three one-day classes, allowing you to advance your career skills in a short timeframe,” said Jeanette Chian, Associate Director, School of Extended Learning. “These courses cover the skills employers are looking for and are ideal for anyone looking to enter, re-enter or upskill within today’s competitive job market.”
Career Skills Institute offers tuition-free courses in accounting, computer skills, customer relations, and much more, that can be taken independently or sequenced to earn specialized certificates in more than 30 areas. Certificates earned at the Career Skills Institute include digital badges that can be posted in online profiles such as LinkedIn, websites and resumes, to easily showcase competitive skills to employers. Best of all, daytime, evening, and weekend classes mean that we have classes to fit your schedule.
The Customer Relations badge, one of Career Skills Institute’s all-time most popular, will be offered twice this summer and can be earned by taking the three one-day courses within the badge; and the Accounting Basics badge will be offered in an accelerated format, allowing it to be achieved in a single six-week summer session for the first time. Students can also earn a Basic Office Software Skills badge, the most commonly issued badge to advance and prepare individuals for office jobs. New this year, the Career Strategist badge provides students with the skills needed to gain an accurate understanding of their strengths, interests, abilities and work values.
Below is a small sampling of the available certificates and their requirements available this summer at School of Extended Learning. For more, visit www.sbcc.edu/csi
Accounting Basics for Small Business Certificate
Learn the framework to develop skills and knowledge in accounting software techniques to open up additional work and advancement opportunities.
Each class meets 5-9 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at the Wake Campus, 300 N. Turnpike Road during the specified dates.
- ACCT NC001 Setting up QuickBooks for Small Business 05/21-5/30
- ACCT NC002 Monthly Procedures Using Quickbooks 06/4-6/13
- ACCT NC003 Year End Procedures Using Quickbooks 6/18-6/27
Basic Office Software Skills Certificate
Learn to navigate computer screens, format text, create simple presentations and spreadsheets, and organize a variety of work tasks. The certificate is based on three required classes and one elective.
Required classes meet at the Wake Campus during the specified dates.
- COMP NC055 Basic PowerPoint Noon-2:15 p.m. Thursdays 5/24-06/14 or 6:30-9 p.m. Thursdays 7/12-8/2 Power point
- COMP NC051 Introduction to MS Word 6:15 – 8:30 pm Thursdays 5/24-6/21 or 9-11:15 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays 7/16-7/25
- COMP NC063 Introduction to MS Excel 6:15 – 8:30 pm Tuesdays 5/22-6/19 or 12:30-2:45 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays 7/16-7/25
- Electives Tuesdays and Thursdays 6/12-6/29 at the Wake Campus during the specified dates.
- COMP NC062 Basic Spreadsheets for Beginners 1-3 p.m.
- COMP NC050 Word Processing Basics for Beginners 9-11 a.m.
Career Strategist Certificate
Professionals develop the skills to combine personal characteristics with career information to improve skills at seeking, obtaining, maintaining or changing jobs. Each course is designed and taught by a career counselor to improve the career development competencies required for strategic career decision making.
Each class meets Sundays at the Wake Campus during the specified dates.
- PD NC001 Personalized Career Planning Saturdays 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. 6/2-6/9
- PD NC002 Strategic Job Search Saturdays 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 7/14-7/21
- COMP NC017 LinkedIn for Business 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 6/30
Customer Relations Certificate
This certificate will show that you have developed a deep understanding of communication skills and how they relate to quality customer service. Additionally, you will understand different personality styles and how to adapt to each. You will be able to provide strategic customer service recommendations based on the classroom experience as well as demonstrate collaborative problem solving.
- Each class meets 8:30am-4:30pm at the Wake Campus during the specified dates.
- PRO NC050 Best Practices in Customer Service Tuesday 6/19 or 7/24
- PRO NC036 The Art of Negotiating and Collaborating Wednesday 6/6 or 7/18
- PRO NC019 Personality Styles and Difficult Relationships Thursday 5/31 or 7/12
Register online at www.sbcc.edu/csi or find out more by calling (805) 683-8282.
Career Skills Institute at Santa Barbara City College
The SBCC Career Skills Institute is part of the programs offered through the SBCC School of Extended Learning. It launched in 2015 to address the growing gap between the skills employers need and the current lack of workforce skills. The innovative program is endorsed by LinkedIn® and serves job seekers, employers and employees with a tuition–free, noncredit certificate program to provide career training for employees and job seekers. Participants can earn certificates and digital badges demonstrating knowledge and skills in over 25 areas of business, design and technology. For more information, visit www.sbcc.edu/csi or call (805) 683-8282. To learn more about the SBCC School of Extended Learning, visit www.sbcc.edu/ExtendedLearning
About Santa Barbara City College: Founded in 1909, Santa Barbara City College currently serves approximately 15,000 students each semester who enroll in courses for transfer preparation, career education, and foundational skills. SBCC was the 2013-2015 national co-winner of the prestigious Aspen Institute Prize for Community College Excellence. The college was recognized for its quality and focus in four areas: facilitating underrepresented and minority student success, student learning outcomes, degree completion and transfer rates, and labor market success in securing good jobs after college.
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