EL CAJON -- Grossmont College will help students obtain new office skills or brush up on old ones to enhance their value as office professionals, with a variety of short-term classes commencing with the Spring Semester in January.
Whether students desire positions as office clerks,
secretaries, administrative assistants or even as stay-at-home entrepreneurs marketing
their services as “virtual assistants,”
Grossmont College is providing short-term programs for them through its Business Office Technology (BOT) and Business (BUS) Departments. On Facebook, one may find information on Business Office Technology at https://www.facebook.com/grossmont.bot .
Grossmont College is providing short-term programs for them through its Business Office Technology (BOT) and Business (BUS) Departments. On Facebook, one may find information on Business Office Technology at https://www.facebook.com/grossmont.bot .
Here are some classes the faculty wishes to draw to the
attention of prospective students:
Course No. Brief Description Start End
On-Line Courses
BOT-120 MS Word Jan 27 March 21
BOT-123 MS Excel Jan 27 March 21
BOT 111 Virtual Assistant Jan 27 June 2
BOT 150 Microsoft Pub. Feb. 3 April 4
BOT 104 Filing, Records Mgmt Feb 18 April 26
On-Campus Courses
BOT-102A Keyboarding Docs Jan 27 June 2
BOT-102B Keyboard/ Docs II Jan 27 June 2
BUS 148 Cust. Relations Mgmt Jan 27 March 21
BUS 252 Global Sources Jan 27 March 21
BOT 094 Internet Basics Jan 27 June 2
BOT 299A Social Media Basics Jan 27 June 2
BOT 151 Microsoft Outlook Jan 27 June 2
Course No. Brief Description Start End
On-Line Courses
BOT-120 MS Word Jan 27 March 21
BOT-123 MS Excel Jan 27 March 21
BOT 111 Virtual Assistant Jan 27 June 2
BOT 150 Microsoft Pub. Feb. 3 April 4
BOT 104 Filing, Records Mgmt Feb 18 April 26
On-Campus Courses
BOT-102A Keyboarding Docs Jan 27 June 2
BOT-102B Keyboard/ Docs II Jan 27 June 2
BUS 148 Cust. Relations Mgmt Jan 27 March 21
BUS 252 Global Sources Jan 27 March 21
BOT 094 Internet Basics Jan 27 June 2
BOT 299A Social Media Basics Jan 27 June 2
BOT 151 Microsoft Outlook Jan 27 June 2
The Virtual Assistant course (BOT 111) teaches students how to open a home office and then via email, fax, phone and other communications devices market themselves to small companies needing assistants to provide administrative support. Instructor Tom Smerk recommends the course to the following groups: 1. People whose career drive and success goals are not being recognized by their employer 2. People who have to take care of children or a parent 3. Workers with disabilities 4. Those who want to hold a full-time job but use the virtual assistant business to make some extra income on the side 5. People who like to travel. More information about this and other Business Office Technology courses may be found at http://www.grossmont.edu/bot
Per the chart above, the Business Department is offering Customer Relations Management (BUS-148) and Global Sources, Buying and Manufacturing (BUS-252). The ‘ Microsoft Publisher ‘(BOT-150) course will help students create flyers, brochures, business cards, letterhead, logos among other items, said Prof. Linda Snider, BOT coordinator.
Information on how to enroll in all these short-term courses, as well as others programs such as the “Security Academy” (AOJ-1761A) course offered in the Academy of Justice program, may be obtained by visiting Grossmont College’s website, www.grossmont.edu
OPT Program
A separate, intensive
program which is free to students, thanks to grants from industry and proceeds from volunteer fundraising, is the
Office Professional Training (OPT) program that begins Jan. 6. Nearly 2,300 students have graduated this
program since its inception in 1985.
In addition to free tuition and textbooks, the program provides personal/crisis counseling, job placement assistance, and professional clothing for students who cannot afford to purchase new wardrobes to wear on interviews or to work, said Dr. Mary Leslie, OPT Lead Instructor.
Dr. Leslie, who has headed the program for 27 years, said intensive classes meet for 20 weeks on Mondays through Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Any California resident looking for a job may apply for the program, which includes six core courses as well as several electives in the semester.
Core courses include job search, office systems and procedures, business English and communication. Core software classes are Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Keyboarding. In addition to their core courses, students elect to specialize in one or more of the following: Accounting, Banking, Insurance, and/or Office Support.
Leslie said up to 50 students per semester may enter the program, with the approximate value being $3,000 per student, which is defrayed through grants and contributions from individuals, foundations, and government agencies, as well as various fundraising events organized by OPT faculty, alumni, and students.
New and lightly used office clothing is donated by friends of the program. Each student may have as a gift three complete outfits, and then, through “OPT bucks”—which are awarded for punctual and regular attendance—the students may acquire even more outfits.
Other fundraising is done through a golf tournament and a fashion show sponsored by the Professional Women in Insurance; special Grossmont College OPT days at local restaurants in which the program receives a percentage of the revenues; sale of pizza in the Main Quad; auctions of donated items at Mentor Night; a spring Walk-a-Thon; and the pre-Christmas sale of decorative bricks and other craft items made by OPT alumni at regular weekly get-togethers.
The OPT program was started under the federal Job Training Partnership Act, and then continued under the Workforce Investment Act. Initially the federal government provided funds in an effort to move welfare recipients into jobs. Today, the program must raise its own funds, and, while welfare recipients continue to benefit from the program, applicants no longer are required to demonstrate financial hardship. To donate to the program, contact Leslie at (619) 644-7533.
“This program is so valuable,” Leslie commented. “You can really change people’s lives, not by giving them a hand out, but a hand up. If people are willing to work for it, they can enter a career that has a ladder so they can move up.”
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In addition to free tuition and textbooks, the program provides personal/crisis counseling, job placement assistance, and professional clothing for students who cannot afford to purchase new wardrobes to wear on interviews or to work, said Dr. Mary Leslie, OPT Lead Instructor.
Dr. Leslie, who has headed the program for 27 years, said intensive classes meet for 20 weeks on Mondays through Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Any California resident looking for a job may apply for the program, which includes six core courses as well as several electives in the semester.
Core courses include job search, office systems and procedures, business English and communication. Core software classes are Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Keyboarding. In addition to their core courses, students elect to specialize in one or more of the following: Accounting, Banking, Insurance, and/or Office Support.
Leslie said up to 50 students per semester may enter the program, with the approximate value being $3,000 per student, which is defrayed through grants and contributions from individuals, foundations, and government agencies, as well as various fundraising events organized by OPT faculty, alumni, and students.
New and lightly used office clothing is donated by friends of the program. Each student may have as a gift three complete outfits, and then, through “OPT bucks”—which are awarded for punctual and regular attendance—the students may acquire even more outfits.
Other fundraising is done through a golf tournament and a fashion show sponsored by the Professional Women in Insurance; special Grossmont College OPT days at local restaurants in which the program receives a percentage of the revenues; sale of pizza in the Main Quad; auctions of donated items at Mentor Night; a spring Walk-a-Thon; and the pre-Christmas sale of decorative bricks and other craft items made by OPT alumni at regular weekly get-togethers.
The OPT program was started under the federal Job Training Partnership Act, and then continued under the Workforce Investment Act. Initially the federal government provided funds in an effort to move welfare recipients into jobs. Today, the program must raise its own funds, and, while welfare recipients continue to benefit from the program, applicants no longer are required to demonstrate financial hardship. To donate to the program, contact Leslie at (619) 644-7533.
“This program is so valuable,” Leslie commented. “You can really change people’s lives, not by giving them a hand out, but a hand up. If people are willing to work for it, they can enter a career that has a ladder so they can move up.”
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