Classes for Skill Building

Classes are offered at no cost to individuals at three different locations:

• WorkSource Oregon - Hermiston OED
  950 SE Columbia Drive
  Hermiston, OR 97838
• WorkSource Oregon - Pendleton OED
  408 SE 7th St.
  Pendleton, OR 97801
• CAPECO
  721 SE 3rd, Suite D
  Pendleton, OR 97801

Calendars are available at all three locations detailing upcoming classes. Registration with trainer is required.

Building Your Resume: Advice and tips on crafting a professional resume.  Tips for using active vocabulary; and advice on layout.

Building Your Cover Letter: Advice and tips on creating a custom cover letter.  Tips for using active vocabulary; and advice on layout.

Living Your Colors: Identifying personal strengths, effective communication, working effectively with others, temperament work styles and interpersonal relations.

Get Ready for That Interview: Skills identification, increasing awareness of position requirements, answering interview questions, making a good impression and closing the interview.

Job Market / Your Skills: What employers want, essential skills, education factors in employment, skill-wage comparisons, fastest growing jobs and helpful career guides.

Marketing Yourself: Identifying the product, product development plan, evaluating strengths and skills, job applications, resumes, cover letters, researching companies, networking, and presenting the product.

Stress Management: Positive and negative stressors, physical and emotional impacts of stress, various processes and techniques for managing stress and creating peace.

Introduction to Computers: Beginning computer literacy; prerequisite to Word and Excel.

Microsoft Word: Creating and editing documents, formatting text and paragraphs, and formatting documents.

Microsoft Excel: Building and editing worksheets, formatting worksheets and working with charts

Please see our calendar for upcoming dates and times.

Services Tailored to Meet Individual Needs*

1. Assignment to one of CAPECO’s Workforce Development Specialists
   
2. Career Planning and Counseling
3. GED Preparation
4. On-the Job Training Opportunities
5. Educational Assistance
6. Job Seeking and Holding Skills

*Enrollment in intensive services requires registration and eligibility determination. Initial skills review and iMatch registration are available at Worksource Oregon offices in Pendleton, Hermiston, Milton-Freewater and at the CAPECO main office in Pendleton.