Skills@Work

Are you prepared for your next job interview? Do you need computer skills to get a job? Have you heard of diversity and sexual harassment prevention, but you're not sure what they mean?

Without basic workplace skills, many people have a hard time getting a job. AIDT's Skills@Work class will teach you workplace topics like team skills and diversity, communication, how to have a good job interview, as well as introductions to computer topics like using Windows, email, word processing and spreadsheets.

Skills@Work is an evening program, three hours per night, two nights per week, for six weeks. The program includes:   

• Employability Skills - Work ethics, team skills, diversity, sexual harassment prevention
• Communication - Verbal, nonverbal, written
• Interview T.I.P.S. - Applications, interviews, follow-up letters
• Introduction to Computers - Using MS Windows, email, MS Word, MS Excel  

Currently scheduled classes are:

Montgomery – Tuesdays and Thursdays, November 6-December 18, 2007, 6:00-9:00 p.m. at the AIDT Montgomery Training Center, 15 Technology Court. (Class will not be held on Thursday, Nov. 22.) Call Sheila Helms at 334-242-2670 to register.

Skills@Work is open at no cost for job seekers ranging from high school age through adult. Pre-registration is required.

Successful Skills@Work participants will receive a certificate for class completion. Those who meet qualifications for jobs AIDT is helping to fill will get special consideration for pre-employment interviews.

A map to the AIDT Montgomery Training Center is available here.

Interview T.I.P.S.

Just want to brush up on your application, communication and interview skills? The Interview T.I.P.S. program might be what you're looking for.