2011-2012 HR Educational/Development Schedule
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING--WINTER 2012
Every Job Counts (For Student Workers)
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Leighton 304)
Thursday, January 12, 2012: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (Sayles Hill 251)*
Thursday, January 12, 2012: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Sayles Hill 251)
Thursday, January 12, 2012: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Sayles Hill 251)*
*Bookstore Student Workers Only
The skills you learn during your on-campus employment will be invaluable to your future career. This fun and interactive session will help you feel more confident in tackling most common work situations and give you the tools to create professional work habits that will last a lifetime. A certificate of completion will be provided at the conclusion of the session that you can include as a supplement to your resume. Supervisors, please feel free to encourage your student workers to attend. This training is sponsored by Student Financial Services and is being conducted by Tracy Knofla from High Impact Training.
RSVP Not Required
Maximize the Impact of Your Student Employees
Thursday, January 12, 2012: 9:00 am -10:00am (Sayles Hill 251)
Student workers are one of the greatest resources our campus has. This workshop will help you understand the needs of student workers and teach you ways to maximize their contribution to your workplace.
Tips for Tax Savings
Thursday, January 12, 2012: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm (Webinar)
Tips for tax savings, including: Income Tax Overview, How to Check Your Withholding, How a 401k can Save You Money, and Tax Credit vs. Tax Deduction Presented by Donna Shackel, CFEd. E.A., an Enrolled Agent, CRTP, and a former IRS tax representative. She has over thirty years experience in the tax field, including ten years teaching both tax law for the IRS and California Tax Education Council. Donna is also a Certified Credit Counselor and a Certified Financial Educator.
Register Now! (enter “The Wellness Corporation” in the EAP field)
Aging in Place
Tuesday, February 7, 2012: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Webinar)
Tips to age in place safely - making home changes to help with the changes as we get older. It is never too early to look at home safety.
Register Now! (enter "The Wellness Corporation” in the EAP field)
Successful Event Planning
Wednesday, February 8, 2012: 9:00 am – 10:30 am (AGH Meeting Room)
Need an nudge when it comes to planning your next meeting, reception, dinner, conference call or presentation? Then please join us in the AGH Meeting Room at 9:30am, February 8th for the HR Training Session: "Successful Event Planning".
We will consider such questions as:
-What is the best room for my event?
-How do I get tables, chairs and linens?
-What can Catering do for me?
-What can PEPS do for me?
-What's with the Skype-hype? Where can I use it? Where can it not be used?
-How can I get my event on to the Campus Events Calendar and the Digital Signage?
-And much more.
We want your event to be memorable for all the right reasons! We are all here to help you succeed.
Get Fiscally Fit
Tuesday, February 14, 2012: 11:00 am – 12:30pm (AGH Meeting Room)
A L.I.F.E. workshop presented by Craig Larsen from Larson Financial Advisors. This workshop will include tips for becoming fiscally fit for 2012, including:
- 5 Key Steps to Financial Success
- Principles for better cash management
- How to invest like the rich
- Why having a financial plan is critical to security
WORKPLACE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING
Lunch with TED and Lynda
Every Monday beginning February 6th: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CMC 011)
TED talks are all about "ideas worth spreading." At TED, they "believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world." The annual TED conferences invite the most inspired thinkers and challenge them to give the talk of their lives (in 5-15 minutes). You could think of them as concentrated Convocations.
Lynda.com produces software training tutorials and documentaries of creative individuals. They "believe that education is power, knowledge creates opportunity, that technology should be accessible to everyone, and that comprehensive, straightforward training can make a world of difference."
Many people find these talks and tutorials to be a valuable way of expanding awareness and knowledge into diverse and divergent areas, including those affecting our work at the College. Come discover how and why. Every Monday, starting February 6th, Doug Foxgrover will host an informal session showcasing TED talks, software training tutorials and other pursuits of lifelong learning. There will be time each week for viewing and discussion. Feel free to bring your lunch.
All sessions will be held in CMC 011 (in the basement), and will start about noon. No registration necessary.
Click here to view the upcoming topics.
Lynda.com: Online Training Library
ITS has purchased 20 licenses for Lynda.com, a huge online video library of software training courses for a number of areas, including productivity (Microsoft Office), creativity (Adobe Creative Suite), web design, graphic design, and more. To view the current list of tutorials click here.
To get access to the full content of the site, contact the ITS helpdesk at x5999 or helpdesk@carleton.edu. (Please note: because we have a limited number of licenses for this service, each license can be assigned to any individual for a limited amount of time (usually one or two weeks).
Lynda.com also contains free video tutorials that do not require logging in to access. For more information please click here.
Atomic Learning-software "how-to" training you can do at home or at your desk
Atomic Learning is a website with over 650 software tutorials consisting of thousands of individual videos. Most videos range in length from 1-3 minutes. You can use Atomic Learning as a way to learn a lot about a software program or subject (Photoshop, for instance, or presentation principles), and/or as a way to answer a specific question about a particular application or subject (How do I format a table in Excel 2010?).
Atomic Learning is easy to use, and it works on your computer, laptop, and mobile devices with a web browser (including iPhone and iPad). To get started, and for more information, go to:
https://wiki.carleton.edu/x/4Ju6
**Coming Soon** "Securing The Human"-Computer Security Training
"Securing the Human" by SANS will provide a set of short videos on safe computing for both home and work. Topics include: protecting yourself from spam and phishing schemes, protecting your online account information, using Wi-Fi connections and online social networking safely.
An announcement will be made when the "Securing the Human" material becomes available for use by faculty and staff.
MANDATORY TRAINING
Sexual Misconduct Prevention Training
Thursday, February 2, 2012 (9:00AM -11:00AM) Sayles Hill 251
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 (9:00AM - 12:00PM) AGH Meeting Room
All staff that have not previously attended a sexual harassment workshop must attend. Joanne Jirik Mullen, Sexual Harassment/Sexual Assault Consultant and Ombudsperson, will present sexual harassment training, which is mandatory training. Harassment in the work place has been prohibited for more than a decade. All employees share the responsibility for preventing harassment. The workshop content includes guidelines for defining harassment and suggestions for creating a harassment-free environment. The session will also cover the following:
Guidelines on the definition of harassment
Diversity and harassment
Recognizing subtle forms of harassment
Dealing with complaints
Register for February 2nd
Register for April 17
Minnesota Employee Right to Know
Tuesday, February 28, 2012: 10:00am - 11:00am (Sayles Hill 251)
In 1983, the Minnesota Legislature passed the Employee Right-to-Know (ERTK) Act,requiring employers to provide training and inform employees of the dangers associated with potential exposure to harmful substances they may come in contact with in the workplace. The session will also include safety training on bloodborne pathogens.
This training is mandatory for all new employees that are routinely exposed to chemicals including disinfectants, art supplies, laboratory chemicals, pharmaceuticals, cleaning agents, interior paints, and industrial adhesives used in areas such as clinics, art studios, housekeeping and facilities.