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Competency Based Interviewing Skills COMPTENCY BASED INTERVIEWS FOR SELECTION (CBIS): 2-DAY WORKSHOP The use of competency-based selection procedures for selecting high performing employees has become a STANDARD PRACTICE for many organizations. Research shows that you are 8 times more likely to hire superior performers using competency-based selection than through traditional interview techniques. Furthermore, you are more likely to  more...

RUP Driven Development in C# Training - 5 days - UK Hands-on Agile Development with C# from Requirements to Code This intensive 5-day training course introduces the Unified Process (UP) as a suitable phase model for agile development, taken together with a number of best practices such as Test-Driven Development (TDD) and the description of object-oriented systems using the Unified Modeling Language (UML). The workshop structure is based on  more...

Object Oriented Programming with C# Training - 4 days - UK This 4-day Object Oriented Programming in C# training course teaches you C#'s syntax as well as Object Oriented concepts. This C# training will enable you to grasp not only the C#'s syntax or APIs, but rather to understand object-oriented concepts that make C# so effective. You will also learn C# coding best-practices and C# implementations of some well-known and widely-used design patterns. New  more...

Object Oriented Analysis and Design with UML Training - 4 days - UK The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is the industry standard notation for describing objectoriented systems. It can be used as a medium for describing existing systems as well as for communicating the requirements and structure of new ones. The notation includes a number of diagram types that can be applied from analysis, through design and to system deployment. Although independent of development  more...

Asset Allocation and the Business Cycle Course Outline Understanding how economic fundamentals influence the returns from bonds and stocks in a changing global environment is essential in determining an optimal portfolio asset mix. This course looks at asset allocation in the context of both business cycle dynamics and structural changes in the world economy, including changing patterns of inflation/deflation, shifts in productivity  more...

Business Writing Skills This 2 day NLP based Business Writing Skills Training will explore the applications of NLP to Business Writing. Whatever your background or role is, you can benefit from the tools and insights delivered on this course. You will explore powerful communication and rapport building techniques with your reader and will learn how to get the 'right' message accross. This is a course for those who are  more...

NLP In Sales Course Objectives This 5 day NLP based Sales Skills Training Workshop will explore the applications of NLP to the sales process. Whatever your background or role you can benefit from the tools and insights delivered on this course. You will explore powerful communication and rapport building techniques and will learn how to overcome objections and ultimately get a commitment. This is a very  more...

Linux System Administration This hands on Linux administration course teaches students how to install, maintain, configure and tune a Linux system in a networked environment. Students will not only learn to perform basic administrative tasks such as adding and managing users, creating and maintaining file systems, maintaining shell and Perl scripts, and imposing a security policy, but will also learn to perform more advanced  more...

X/Motif Programming This hands on X/Motif programming course presents Motif GUI implementation using the X Window toolkit intrinsics along with Xlib and Motif function library calls, with an emphasis on event-driven programming. The extensive hands on exercises are hierarchically structured to build complex skills in a very short time. The course provides a thorough introduction to the Xt toolkit functions used in  more...

Writing a Windows Device Driver This hands on training course provides the knowledge and practice necessary to begin writing Windows device drivers for Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0. This course provides a thorough grounding for Windows device driver development. Through lecture, class discussions and hands on lab work, the student will develop an immediately useful knowledge of how to write a device driver that  more...

Planning & Time Management This exciting programme will enable you to assess your current relationship with time and identify how that could be improved. You will also ensure that valuable time is well spent and recognise that doing the right thing is as important as doing things right! We will provide you with tools and techniques to make sure you are in charge of how your time is spent and in addition you will learn how  more...

The Training Coordinators Workshop This course is designed for those who work as training coordinators, trainers, personnel and HR staff. In this role they support and interact with line managers, organise, and possibly conduct, training activities, select external courses and trainers, link the training activities to the appraisal and staff development process and possibly plan the future training activity as a basis for a  more...

Problem Solving & Decision Making Recognise This Behaviour? Maybe Today - Maybe Not! You keep putting it off, moving it aside, and reassigning it to the bottom of the pile. It nags you. It bugs you to the point of frustration. You' put it off until the last minute, and then have to do it anyway. Stop procrastinating and start doing! Don t put off this opportunity to learn how to overcome your hesitation and make smarter critical  more...

What's Your Competent Advantage? Are you experiencing challenges: * Communicating with your team members? * Determining your next career move? * Discovering what really motivates you? * Finding out where you fit within your company? What is your Competent Advantage? may be the program for you! Colette D. Ellis will lead an interactive session in which you ll explore your communication style, personal and professional  more...

Training for Trainers Are you new to training? Do you need to train trainers in your organization? Don t re-invent the wheel. The Training for Trainers Courseware was developed for those who need to learn how to design and conduct training in a variety of business and organizational environments. This program has been particularly successful in startups of new organizations for over 20 years. The results are faster,  more...

Setting and Achieving Your Goals If you do not have a set of goals and a plan for achieving them, you are going to work about as well as a ship without a rudder. Defining what the goals should be and how to attain them is vital to success, whether you run a small business, a Fortune 500 company, or something in between. The Setting and Achieving Goals e-workbook provides a simple, step-by-step approach to finding your company  more...

Reiki Healing Second Degree REIKI HEALING - SECOND DEGREE COURSE This will substantially increase the power of your Reiki. During the 2 days, you will learn how to send Reiki to others at a distance and how to work on negative emotions (depression, fears, anger, sadness, jealousy etc..). The use of beaming and how to clear a room of negative energy will be explained. Three secret symbols will be revealed to work on the  more...

Office Systems Technology This program is designed to develop your skills and talents for the business world. Assignments simulate real business activities from organizaing international and cultural business meetings to submitting travel expenses using Excel spreadsheets. You will learn how to write and construct business letters, memos, and e-mails. Your written and verbal communication skills will be sharpened and  more...

Configuring Windows Vista Application and Tools This one-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to successfully configure Windows Vista applications and tools. It will provide them with the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure successful configuration of the IT Pro tools and productivity applications that ship with Windows Vista. Students will learn how to configure tools and applications from three main  more...

Design Patterns You will learn how to: consider any Object Design situation identify all its concepts and relationships model them using UML in the most appropriate ways. How to implement Design Pattern?  more...

Accent Reduction Voice and Speech 10 weeks two Group classes for individuals where English is a second language. Tues and Thurs nights from 5-9pm starting July 3 and 5. Classes are 5-10 people. Students learn: How to pronounce English vowels and consonants Word pairing, word stress, intonation Warming up the voice so not to strain. Articulation exercises to help the articulators of the mouth move in the correct direction to  more...

Strategic Planning and Goal Setting The successful manager and supervisor need to have a firm understanding of Planning and Organizing Skills. They also need to be capable in setting achievable Goals for themselves, Individuals and their team. Strategic planning is needed to acquire successful results and takes careful consideration in the utilization of the available resources within set deadlines. Tasks are required to be  more...

Microsoft Security Guidance Training for Developers This one-day instructor-led clinic provides students with knowledge and skills essential for the creation of applications with enhanced security. Students will learn about the need for implementing security at every stage of the development process and best practices for applying security principles. Students will also learn how to use established threat modeling methodologies and tools with  more...

Conceive, Believe, Achieve!--The ABCs of Creating A Business Vision With Precision! In this challenging economy, it's more important than ever before to have a focused business vision. Knowing what kind of life you want live, what you're in business for, who your clients are, how to distinguish yourself from the competition, and how to deploy cost-effective marketing strategies are all critical elements to ensure success in today's volatile marketplace. Before becoming just  more...

Maximizing Interpersonal Relationships Program helps individuals strengthen relationship and the ability to influence positive outcomes in business (and personal) situations, using the Social Styles Model. Through greater versatility in interacting with others, participants are better able to communicate, influence and negotiate with diverse people within their organization. Participants receive feedback on their own Social Style  more...

Introduction to Microsoft Word Moving on from the absolute basics, Microsoft Word is a typical program to progress to. Many of the skills you will learn here will have great relevance to other programs that you will learn later. Not only will you learn to write and print correctly formatted letters but you will also discover that it has the potential to create leaflets, posters business cards, in fact almost anything which  more...

Introduction to Excel This remarkably versatile programme, normally associated with accounts, has so much more to offer besides. By the end of the course you will understand the underlying structure of a spreadsheet, and have learned how to create formulas and functions to process the data you enter. You will learn about powerful tools for adding up long columns or rows of figures as well as how to replicate formulas  more...

Design Patterns You will learn how to: consider any Object Design situation identify all its concepts and relationships model them using UML in the most appropriate ways. How to implement Design Pattern?  more...