Business Careers

New! eBay: The Basics




Code: W12-560
Price: $45.00

Instructor: Clifford Lander
Day/Time: W • 5:30-9:00pm
Start Date: Mar 21
Fees: $45
Number of Class Meetings: 1

Course Description:

Turn your unwanted items into a lucrative source of income by starting to sell on eBay. From registering as a member, then selling, learn how to create a perfect listing. Find out how to photograph your items, how to ship and transact sales safely. Would you like to earn extra income? Work from home? Own your own business? Have fun in the process? If you answer yes to these questions, then you should take this class.

New! eBay: Beyond the Basics




Code: W12-561
Price: $45.00

Instructor: Clifford Lander
Day/Time: TH • 5:30-9:00pm
Start Date: May 24
Fees: $45
Number of Class Meetings: 1

Course Description:

For the advanced eBay seller. In this class, you will learn more about selling and listing effectively on eBay from an active eBay seller and trading assistant for 13 years. Leave with the tools and confidence to continue selling on your own.

New! eBay Stores




Code: W12-562
Price: $45.00

Instructor: Clifford Lander
Day/Time: W • 5:30-9:00pm
Start Date: Jun 13
Fees: $45
Number of Class Meetings: 1

Course Description:

For the advanced seller who wishes to derive a steady income, full or part-time from eBay. Learn to bring your eBay business to the next level. eBay stores is a great way to display your items on eBay. Find out how to maximize your exposure, qualify for a store, set up your store and the financial benefits you will receive.

New! Be a Wedding Planner




Code: W12-565
Price: $29.00

Instructor: Donna Gibbs, RN, Wedding Planner Consultant
Day/Time: M • 6:00-9:00pm
Start Date: Feb 13
Fees: $29
Number of Class Meetings: 1

Course Description:

Weddings are significant events in people’s lives and those involved are often willing to spend a considerable amount of money to ensure it is organized as perfectly as possible. Become a Wedding Planner or just learn how to plan your own wedding with far less money and stress. This class may be the start of a new career as a wedding planner. Gain insight, tips and have fun in this highly interactive class.

How to Start a Profitable Gift Basket Business




Code: W12-551
Price: $34.00

Instructor: Donna Gibbs
Day/Time: W • 6:00-9:00pm
Start Date: Feb 15
Fees: $34
Number of Class Meetings: 1

Course Description:

Use your creativity and sense of fun to create special gift baskets and profits of up to six figures a year! The gift basket business is one of the fastest growing in the country with an almost unlimited potential. This service is an ideal home-based business: be your own boss, set your own hours and control your workload. In this workshop, you’ll discover dozens of creative ideas to make truly special gift baskets and pack-ages. Learn how to market your services and build a solid base of individual and corporate clients. Learn how to keep your business growing and cover many sources for items to include in your gift baskets.

Top 10 Home-Based Businesses to Start for Only Hundreds of Dollars




Code: W12-531
Price: $29.00

Instructor: Patricia McPartland, Ed.D, CWDP, has over 20 years’ experience in workforce education.
Day/Time: M • 4:00-6:00pm
Start Date: Apr 9
Fees: $29
Number of Class Meetings: 1

Course Description:

Discover the top 10 most profitable home based-businesses available to start today. Learn the start up requirements process, the demand for these products or services, and create a plan for taking action. It’s not as hard as one might think. Students working on their own business in their spare time might find this course even leads them to a full-time position.

Paralegal Certificate Course©




Code: PCC
Price: $1,189.00

Course Description:

This intensive, nationally-acclaimed program is designed for beginning as well as advanced legal workers. Training includes instruction on how to assist trial attorneys, interview witnesses, investigate complex fact patterns, research the law, and assist in preparing cases for courtroom litigation. The instruction is practiced-oriented and relates to those areas of the law in which paralegals are most in demand. The Paralegal Certificate Course© offers instruction on how to work as a full-time or part-time paralegal, or how to open you own freelance business. There are no prerequisites other than a high school diploma or GED, but you must be prepared to complete a significant amount of homework each week. This program can help you increase your office’s efficiency, productivity, and billable hours as well as provide new marketable job skills. Required textbooks: Federal Civil Rules Booklet; Introduction to Paralegalism, 7th edition, by William Statsky; Uniform System Citation, most recent edition; Sample Pages: Organization and Research Techniques in West Group Publications, most recent edition; Paralegal Certificate Course Workbook, by Margaret J. Kirk; and Paralegal Career for Dummies, by Scott and Lisa Hatch. Recommended Legal resources: Oran’s Dictionary of the Law, 4th edition. Tuition: $1,189 Classes will be held at Liberty Commons, Chatham. See dates and times in Satellite Campus section page 10.

Dream Doers: Creative Career Connections for Women Over 40




Code: W12-558
Price: $34.00

Instructor: Cheryl Bagangan, BS, RYT
Day/Time: W • 6:00-9:00pm
Start Date: Apr 4
Fees: $34
Number of Class Meetings: 1

Course Description:

Are you longing to find your passions? Use skills that are unique to you? Do you ever feel like now that you are over 40, it is too late? Over 40 is the perfect time to “be all that you are meant to be” or in the words of Lauren Hutton, “I am not a has-been, but a will-be!”Working with the ABC’s of dream doing: (A)natomy of a dream, (B)rainstorming and breaking it down, (C)onnecting with our careers through creativity) and using the tools of yoga, meditation, visualization and vision boards, you will get in touch with the dreams/passions of your present, map out a plan to achieve your goals, develop tangible creative career connec-tions, have fun, be encouraged and get support. Most materials included, please bring a notebook or journal, old magazines, a bot-tle of water and please wear loose comfortable clothing.

New! Presentation Skills and Conquering the Fear




Code: W12-570
Price: $39.00

Instructor: Sonia Schonning
Day/Time: M • 6:00-9:00pm
Start Date: Mar 26
Fees: $39
Number of Class Meetings: 1

Course Description:

In this class, you will learn how to break down the fear barrier, learn to put the focus on your audience, understand the physical and emotional changes related to anxiety, build confidence in your abilities to share your message and practice exercises and strategies to calm your nerves.

Earn $$$ as a Social Media Manager




Code: W12-555
Price: $34.00

Instructor: Alison Schirone
Day/Time: M • 7:00-9:30pm
Start Date: Apr 23
Fees: $34
Number of Class Meetings: 1

Course Description:

Social Media Manager is a hot new growing field. Social Media Managers are responsible for developing and executing clearly defined social media strategy, developing brand awareness, generating inbound traffic and encouraging product adoption. With virtually no overhead Social Media managers can earn over six figures per year. According to Inc. magazine, 91% of all businesses are now attempting to use social media to promote them-selves but the vast majority don’t have the knowledge or time to do it right. In this class, you’ll find out ways to market your new skills as an in-house, full-time employee or as a freelance business. This is a high income activity you can do anytime, from anywhere.