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Free Training in Houston and Webinars July 2012

Workforce Solutions hosts educational seminars that offer 2.0 HRCI credit hours and while topics vary, they are always HR related. The seminars are also FREE; there is no fee to attend. Attached are flyers for the next two we have scheduled in July to give you an idea of what they are about.

The link below will take you to the Workforce Solutions seminar schedule where you can review and register for upcoming events too:

http://www.wrksolutions.com/employer/training_development_for_hr_professionals.html

Workforce Solutions provides comprehensive service to our employer customers by anticipating and addressing hiring and employment issues. That’s why we offer training and development for HR professionals at no cost. We provide expert speakers on each featured topic. Designed to keep you up-to-date on relevant HR issues, all our seminars provide continuing education credits. For your convenience, we host seminars in our Career Offices located throughout the 13-county Texas Gulf Coast region. Below is a sampling of recent seminars. Click here to receive updates on new seminars. Upcoming Seminars How to Make Your Company’s Employee Benefit Plan a High-Performer Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. What’s Hot In Immigration Law: Latest Developments Affecting Employers Tuesday, July 24, 2012 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Free Training Resources

Free and affordable business courses at University of Houston Small Business
http://www.sbdc.uh.edu/sbdc/Calendar.asp

Free workshops at Leisure Learning Center
http://www.scorehouston.org/workshops/

See the training options and training financial aid offered by The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) and visit Workforce Solutions- http://www.twc.state.tx.us/customers/jsemp/training-education.html

The Houston Public Library hosts training for MicroSoft programs, English, Laughter Yoga, etc. http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/computer-classes

SER Jobs for Progress offers Green training, job seeker training, and other vocational training. http://www.serhouston.org/events-by-type

Job Training Institute conducts free technical, business, legal, and medical training at 3 locations in Houston. These trainings are periodic and financially sponsored by TWC/Workforce Solutions. You will need to go to one of their offices first, get an application, and then go to Workforce Solutions. http://www.jobtraininginstitute.org/

MeetUp Houston- Perform a search, there are several groups.
• Learn Conversational Spanish
• ToastMasters
• Business

EventBrite, Zvents, Craiglist – Do searches for free Houston events, register, and add to your calendar.

Free Online Training

Get free online courses from the world’s leading publishers. This collection of courses includes over 300 free courses in Computers, IT Literacy, Languages, Health & Safety, Liberal Arts, and Sciences. All these courses are interactive; they contain audio, video, Adobe Flash, online quizzes, assessments, and SCORM compliant content. After successfully completing these courses, you will be able to download your Certificate of Completion. http://alison.com/course/

Want to learn how to take great photos or build a basic web page? You can download free classes from the Hewlett Packard Learning Center.

New Horizons offers access to archived webinars for MicroSoft 2010. http://www.newhorizons.com/content/webinars.aspx?id=3571

Check out these Verizon Small Business Webinars. http://business.verizon.net/SMBPortalWeb/vanity.url?orig_url=/SMBPortalWeb/webinar

Participate in Harvard Business Review webinars. http://blogs.hbr.org/events/
View free business webinars on WebEx. http://www.webex.com/webinars/listing/topic/Business

Dale Carnegie has free e-book and training offerings. http://www.dalecarnegie.com/ and http://www.dalecarnegie.com/conflict-resolution-business-coaching/

Visit the MIT OpenCourse web site to download free college-level lectures and classes. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/

Here are extensive lists of free education and training- http://education-portal.com/article_directory/Free_Online_Courses_and_Education.html

Do a search on YouTube for webinars.

Free HR Webinars

• http://www.dovetailsoftware.com/hr-webinars

• http://www.humanresourcewebinars.com/

• http://www.hr.com/

Texas HR Pros Summer Networking Mixer

Rain and hail did not stop these professionals from networking at the legendary Sam's Boat in Houston.  Attendees exchanged HR tips, jobs leads, and business cards.

Thanks to Mark Lingo & Andy Andersen with Precise Hire for sponsoring the Texas HR Pros Mixer.

Guest Speaker Don Hare at Houston Chapter Today

Today, Don Hare, Vice President of Administration for Parker Drilling, gave recruitment and job search tips to a packed house of 100+ HR professionals and professionals in transition at the weekly Texas HR Pros meeting in Houston.

Hare heard each attendee deliver a 30-second pitch to impress an interviewer.  Only a handful did not run over the 30-second mark.  Then, Hare emphasized the following job search and employment tips from an executive's viewpoint: 

• Everyone should practice their 30-second professional introduction in groups.
• Effective networking is beyond LinkedIn contacts...it's about building relationships first before talking about business.
• Smile during your interview.
• Job seekers need to grab the resume reviewer within the first quarter top of the paper, and they should not use a small font.
• Pay it forward and volunteer in the community...feel good and build your confidence by helping others.
• "It's better to be interested than interesting."~Dale Carnegie
• When you start your job, make your boss look good. 
• At first, wait to be a gamechanger and listen to your supervisor's strategic direction.  It's easier for your supervisor to manage a dog sledding team than to herd cats. 

He ended the meeting by pointing out to audience members informing them of who they needed to contact for jobs and shared other job ministry resources.

About Don Hare:  Hare joined Parker Drilling in 2011 as vice president, administration. Before joining Parker Drilling, Mr. Hare was an independent consultant specializing in human resource leadership. Mr. Hare also served as an independent consultant at various times throughout his career. Mr. Hare has held positions of leadership at Lyondell Chemical, DIMON Inc., Citizens Utilities, Diageo PLC, Scott Paper Company and International Paper Company. Mr. Hare is a member of CEO NetWeavers, National Association of Corporate Directors, Society for Human Resources Management, American Society for Training and Development, and the Columbia College Alumni Recruiting Committee. Don received a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and a master’s degree from New York University.

Texas HR Pros Houston HR Mixer June 28, 2012

TEXAS HR PROS

Networking Event

Thursday, June 28
5:00 – 8:00 PM
                   

Sam's Boat
5720 Richmond Avenue
Houston, TX 77057
Phone: 713.781.2628
Fax: 713.975.1653
Email: SamsRichmond@samsboat.com


PLEASE ADD THE NEXT EVENT TO YOUR CALENDER NOW, SO YOU WON’T MISS IT. WE’LL BE DOING IT AGAIN AT SAM’S BOAT ON AUGUST 30TH & NOVEMBER 1ST

Hope to see you there.

Your Hosts: Eric Griesel ∙ Marvin Martin

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Huge Turnout at Texas HR Pros' Dallas Mixer

Foster Williams founder (Career Search Network) and Liz D'Aloia Vice President of HR (Nationstar Mortgage) networked with 200+ Dallas/DFW Texas HR Pros members at the Glass Cactus in Grapevine, at the Gaylord Texan Resort, on June 15, 2012.  This was a great opportunity to come out and meet fellow HR Pros.....and stay for the show at the Glass Cactus.

April Grady, Vice President Talent Solutions at Novotus, generously agreed to sponsor our event. As a bonus, Robert Half and University of Phoenix provided some additional door prizes, which were much appreciated.  

Five HR jobs were filled at the previous event. If you are an HR professional, Recruiter, Training professional, Administrative professional, Lawyer, or any legal professional in job transition you'll not want to miss the upcoming event on July 29.