Workshops offered for displaced Mitsubishi workers

Heartland Community College and Career Link are offering free workshops for displaced Mitsubishi workers.

The workshops focus on a variety of topics to help build skills in resume writing, technology and interviewing.

Available Workshops

Writing an Effective Resume

• Recognize the purpose and importance of a resume
• Understand what kind of information is expected and appropriate for a resume
• Begin designing your own resume to build upon in the coming years

Cover Letter Writing

• Recognize the purpose and importance of a cover letter
• Understand what kind of information is expected and appropriate for a cover letter
• Begin creating your own cover letter

Successful Job Interviewing Skills

• Recognize that being prepared for the job interview is just as important as the interview itself
• Practice anticipating interviewer questions and writing your own questions to ask in an interview
• Begin to assess your own skills and experiences by writing a “Prove It” story

 Targeting Success

• Begin thinking about your own personal definition of success—what “being successful” would look like in your life
• Assess your strengths and areas of challenge

Managing Stress

• Recognize possible symptoms of stress
• Begin identifying sources of stress in your life now

IRA/401K Rollovers: What You Really Need to Know

• Understand your retirement plan and what it’s really worth
• Learn how to avoid taxation
• Weigh options of rolling over 401K versus leaving it at your old employer
• Discover how to access your retirement accounts for current needs

Bringing Balance to Your Budget

• Understand the use of budgets and how to establish budgets
• Develop a budgeting strategy and identify goals
• Learn how to balance between spending, saving and borrowing

Excel Basics

• Learn how to work with Microsoft Excel
• Create a spreadsheet to organize data