Professional Development Courses

Course fee: $59

This class covers topics associated with the process of applying for the job or career position that matches your skillset.  The goal of the class is to help the student with a concentrated approach to applying for a job to include the types of jobs to apply to, how to craft the resume for a specific position, and submitting your resume to the desired company.

COURSE FEE:  $159

Welcome to chaos—otherwise known as the world in which we all work today. This workshop offers proven solutions for managing chaos and minimizing its negative impact. First, you’ll discover how you can harness the energy of a dynamic, though often chaotic, work environment and avoid feeling overwhelmed. You’ll learn to re-think the way you approach chaos and leverage resources to help you tackle challenging situations as they arise. Gain hands-on experience and practice techniques for analyzing and resolving problems, setting priorities, and strategically communicating your solutions.

COURSE FEE:  $159

Everything you do can grow and reflect your personal brand: the projects you lead, the networks you develop, the customers you delight, the initiative you accomplish. Personal Branding is identifying your assets, characteristics, strengths, and skills as an individual. It is what other people will remember about you.
In this interactive personal branding workshop, you will learn how to make a better, more enduring impression within your organization through in-person meetings and interactions, your email communication, and social media presence.
Participants will gain:
•    An introduction to personal branding and why it is so important for your career
•    How to create a personal branding strategy to help you standout
•    What you need to do to establish your professional purpose and create a personal branding statement
•    Identify opportunities to increase the visibility of their personal brand
•    A comprehensive overview of LinkedIn and other social platforms to contribute to personal brand
•    How to keep your personal brand on track

Strategic Planning for Everyone-Understanding the process to Suceed in Any Market

COURSE FEE:  $159

This 6-hour course and workshop presents the steps that domestic or multinational business professionals face in the preparation, formulation, implementation, control and adaptation of a strategy to compete in any industry and geographic location.

The first 3 hours (Part 1) is a conference with questions and answers.  Afterwards, the participants will complete a brief task to practice the concepts discussed in part 1 of the course.

In Part 2, participants will present the information they prepared that will be discussed in the room, and there will be a summary at the end of the session. With this workshop, participants will acquire the key knowledge used by local and international executives to assess the environment, design and execute a coherent strategy and structure their organization to support their success in diverse markets and beyond borders.

Technical Communication: Workplace Promotion Development for Advancing Professionals

COURSE FEE:  $179

This class is designed for advancing employees who are transitioning from staff to manager, back office to front office, stockroom to customer care – and who need to learn technical communication styles for customer service, leadership, reporting, and team development. In this class you will learn how to:

• Write a professional, focused email
• Chair and report in meetings
• Interface with new colleagues and internal and external customers
• Choose the right tone, vocabulary, and speaking style for the workplace
• Write memos, reports, SOP’s, protocols, job aids, and other internal documentation

COURSE FEE:  $426

This course is for office professionals who have a basic working knowledge of Microsoft Office and are looking to improve their skills.  Students will be given more in-depth training on PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.

Prerequisites:  Basic knowledge of MS PowerPoint, Word, Excel, or equivalent experience.
Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore. 

COURSE FEE: $130

This course covers the basics of AutoCAD.  This program is intended for the beginners who may be exploring their particular interest or application and/or students who may have little experience with computers.

Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore.

Course fee: $230

This course is an introduction to basic 3D CAD (Computer-Aided Design) techniques using AutoCAD software and provides a guided, hands-on environment to learn the basics of solid modeling.  Fundamentals of 3D drawing, 3D editing, and introduction to 3D printing are presented.

Prerequisites: AutoCAD I or equivalent knowledge and keyboard proficiency.
Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore.

COURSE FEE: $142

This course will reinforce the basic elements of MS Excel and expand on that base to include more complex functions, charts, linking worksheets, macros, adding pictures and more.

Prerequisites:  MS Basic Excel or equivalent experience.
Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore.

COURSE FEE: $75

Learn how to use Microsoft Excel to its full power using the following tools:

• Power Query is an Excel add-in that can be used for data discovery, reshaping the data and combining data coming from different sources.
• Power Map is a 3D data visualization tool for Excel that provides an immersive experience for making discoveries in data that might have never been seen in traditional 2D tables and charts.
• Spreadsheet Inquiry compares versions of a workbook, analyzes a workbook for problems or inconsistencies, and sees links between workbooks and worksheets.
• Power View is a data visualization technology that lets you create interactive charts, graphs, maps, and other visuals that bring your data to life.

Course fee: $125

Create powerful presentations using the new features of Microsoft Office PowerPoint. Learn with hands-on activities. Topics include building new presentations, formatting and proofing, using drawing tools, enhancing and delivering presentations using WordArt and clip art.

Prerequisite: MS Windows or equivalent knowledge and keyboard proficiency.
Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore. 

COURSE FEE: $167

You’ve created slides for your presentation and now you are thinking about slide design: the background design, font styles, colors, and layouts. You want the slides to have a bit more visual pop. PowerPoint is full of features, which allow you to present information in a concise and exciting format. Most presenters, however, only scratch the surface of all that is available when creating a PowerPoint presentation. This course will help you create professional and captivating PowerPoint presentations by incorporating new fonts, exciting animations, self-run presentations with menus that help the viewer to navigate, and more.

Prerequisite:  MS PowerPoint or equivalent knowledge and keyboard proficiency.
Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore. 

Course fee: $125

Master the most widely used word processing software in the world. Learn to create and edit documents, move and copy text, special formatting, and more.

Prerequisites: MS Windows or equivalent knowledge and keyboard proficiency.
Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore. 

Course fee: $167

In this level of MS Word, students will learn to create documents, create and enhance tables, and convert text to a table.  Additional concepts presented are: using galleries, inserting captions, enhance knowledge of formatting and much more.

Prerequisite: Experience using MS Word is required.
Textbook available at the RVCC Bookstore. 

COURSE FEE: $167

Microsoft Visio is a diagramming tool that allows you to create diagrams which aid in data visualization and process modelling.  Visio also helps to create detailed org charts, floor plans, pivot diagrams, etc.  This class will help you understand the basics of the program and how you can use it to create informative diagrams for home or enterprise use.

COURSE FEE: $190

This course covers the steps to step up a public website that meets the modern standards. You will learn about the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) Certificate requirements, tools for website back up and deployment, and selecting and using a domain registrar. You will also learn about registering your website with search engines and installing web analytics. Students will be introduced to CPanel web site management tools and hosting services and local hosting options will be recommended.

Course fee: $129

Applying to graduate business and management schools usually means taking the GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test).  The GMAT prep course will provide you with test-taking techniques and methods for improving your score and saving time on all GMAT question types.  You will review the more familiar questions and learn how to approach question types that may be new to you, like critical reasoning and data sufficiency.  You will practice on actual GMAT tests from previous years, which is the best way to prepare for any standardized test. 

This course is fully online through ed2go.  To register go to:  https://www.ed2go.com/rvcc/online-courses/gmat-preparation?tab=detail

Course fee: $336

RVCC offers basic instruction for individuals with little or limited knowledge of English.

Textbook is available at the RVCC Bookstore.

Basic ESL

ESL Level 1A

ESL Level 1B

ESL Level 2A

ESL Level 2B

Course fee: $336

A follow-up course to Pronunciation and Accent Reduction, this course will provide much needed practice of the various elements one needs in order to speak clearer and more correct English. There will be a short review of the different vowel and consonant sounds in English and then diverse real-life business and cultures conversations will be studied and practiced to improve both the your pronunciation and fluency in English. (Taking Pronunciation & Accent Reduction I is recommended but not required.)
Instructor: Catherine Barrier