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National Urban League has partnered with Penn Foster to offer career focused courses to jobseekers. Offered on Penn Foster's mobile-friendly platform, these programs provide you with the flexibility to learn when and where you want - at a pace that's right for you. Taking these courses will allow you to increase your skills, demonstrate your focus and discipline, and show a dedication to self-improvement.
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Featured Programs
Skills Covered:
Skills Covered:
• Learn the basics of managing financial and human resources and the ethical and social responsibilities required of a successful manager.
• How to build strong decision-making, leadership, and organizational skills through an understanding of the principles of management.
• How to prepare various business math applications involving financial reports, installment buying, and depreciation.
• How to write business and technical documents from professional emails to reports.
Skills Covered:
• Proper procedures for controlling an organization’s financial documentation and guard against misappropriation of its funds.
• How to use accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.
• How to create financial reports using QuickBooks online to complete bookkeeping tasks, ensure accuracy in receiving and recording payments, handle banking transactions, and monitor business accounts.
• Procedures for receiving and recording cash, checks, and vouchers in compliance with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.
Skills Covered:
Skills Covered:
• How to outline design techniques and principles in the production and interpretation of basic blueprints and architectural drawings to follow specifications and meet the needs of clients.
• How to solve problems by adjusting project plans, including types of installation methods of materials and related equipment.
• How to install windows, insulation, and exterior finishes, including the basics of deck design and construction.
• How to understand several basic methods of framing and structural design used to create home frames, floor, wall, and roof framing systems.
Skills Covered:
Skills Covered:
• How to recruit, interview, and manage employees including how to determine staffing needs and the scheduling of responsibilities.
• How to plan a restaurant menu that accounts for customer preference, nutrient content, wording regulations, and pricing needs.
• How to enforce rules for hygienic food handling and washing of dishes, utensils, and other items.
• How to understand the duties and responsibilities of various positions you'll oversee as a hotel or restaurant manager.
Skills Covered:
Skills Covered:
Skills Covered:
Skills Covered:
Skills Covered:
• Interpret drawings and schematics
• Understand different organizational structures within the distribution industry
• Learn inventory management principles