[Nfbc-info] Question Regarding Possible Trade School Of Interest, Heald College

Thu Feb 2 03:18:44 UTC 2012

Hey guys this sounds like a great fit for me. I'm thinking of checking
out Heald College in Concord California where I live and I just
perused the site and found the following program that knowingly will
be a match for me! Check it out and please if anyone has any tips
about this career, I'd love for you to share your golden nuggets, with
me, please?
URL:
http://www.heald.edu/business/office-skills
Description:
Office Skills Program
Office Skills is the perfect program for people who want to learn how
to run an office efficiently. Individuals who specialize in this area
are generally good at multi-tasking and working as a part of a team.
If the following qualities describe you, Office Skills might be a good
program choice:
•Interested in technology
•Enjoy multi-tasking
•Friendly
•Detail oriented
•Flexible
Office Skills: What's the job outlook?
Businesses rely on the expertise of their support staff more and more
every day, so job applicants who know their way around office
technologies and computer software have a competitive edge. Those that
can provide unbiased proof of their skills in the form of
industry-recognized certifications have the greatest potential for
becoming a valuable part of a business team. Official certifications
reassure employers that you have the know-how to be productive on the
job.
What will I do with my education?
Graduates of Heald's Office Skills program pursue a variety of
rewarding positions. It's the perfect program for someone entering the
workplace for the first time, someone reentering the workplace after
some time, or a current jobholder who wants to upgrade his or her
skills.
Job Duties
This Certificate of Completion program prepares students to handle the
two most essential administrative tasks, data entry and word
processing, which are considered the lifeblood of virtually all types
of businesses. The program is a two-quarter, 24-unit, non-degree
program that provides training preparation for the Microsoft®
Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) and Internet and Computing
Core Certification (IC3™) exams. Typically, students who have
completed this program go on to earn additional certifications to
validate their skills and further their careers.
You'll get more than career training at Heald. You'll gain
professional polish so you can be an asset your first day on the job.
If you're interested in this program, you can pursue a Certificate of
Completion in Office Skills.
The above serves as a general overview for this program. For details,
please refer to our academic catalog.
Campuses Offering the Office Skills Program
Please note: Program may vary by campus location and term.
California
Concord
Fresno
Hayward
Rancho Cordova
Salinas
San Francisco
San Jose
Stockton
Hawaii
Honolulu
Oregon
Portland
So, what do you think?
Eager for feedback and tips...as of DSPS or Disabled Support
Programs, I'm unaware of such at this college, but I figured, I might
as well try, right?
Any gold nuggets you have to offer regarding this type of course or
career? I khave an HPG72 Laptop running Windows 7 64-bit and
Non-Visual Desktop Access as my prime screen reader since JAWS 10
which I'm fully licensed to use won't work well on this system. Yuck,
hate the ribbons in Word...fishy face! I have Microsoft Office 2010.

On 2/1/12, Tim Elder <tim at timeldermusic.com> wrote:
> Hello Chela,
>
> I have noticed that a few trade schools like the one you describe sometimes
> fail to properly accommodate disabled students.  They are often corporations
> with bottom lines and a profit incentive to minimize the amount of money
> spent on each student.  This can provide a very different environment from
> the public or nonprofit private universities.  They should have the
> financial resources to provide you a wonderful education and the law
> requires they do so.  Please let me know if you have difficulties.  I've
> helped students at similar institutions who paid extremely large amounts of
> tuition for very inaccessible vocational training.
>
> Regards,
>
> Timothy Elder
> TRE Legal Practice, LLC
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Chela Robles
> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 8:36 PM
> To: NFB of California List
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Question Regarding Possible Trade School Of Interest,
> Heald College
>
> Hello all I was just wondering if any of you have heard of Heald
> College and was also wondering if any blind people have gone to this
> trade school? If so, are there accessibility programs I should know
> about as far as their technology field since I'm interested in their
> computer courses and if there is a Disabled Students Program like at
> Diablo Valley College and Los Medanos College here in California? I'm
> from Concord, California, and found a Heald College nearby actually in
> the same city. If any blind people have taken courses and graduated
> successfully from any Heald College, can you tell me about your
> experience there because I'm looking into this as a ticket to getting
> me a career in the computer field like say office administrative stuff
> for say Fidelity Home Warranty, and was wondering if they have a
> career services section because my experience with DVC didn't go well,
> not many career choices were given to me.
> Chela
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"To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated,
but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie in
the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality of
the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
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Chela Robles
E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn more
and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening to
the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
you're a robot at:
http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
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