Excel Basics Part 1 & Part 2 (In Person 2-day Workshop)

American Job Center in Wheeling 1400 South Wolf Road, Building 200, Suite 200, Wheeling, IL, United States

Microsoft Excel Basics: Excel Basics: Spreadsheet construction, basic formulas and functions, sort, filter, formatting, and printing. This two-day in-person workshop (June 10th & 11th at 9:30am) is designed to introduce key concepts crucial to building a working knowledge of Microsoft Excel. In this class we’ll talk about the Excel environment, how spreadsheets work, spreadsheet construction,…

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MS Word – Formatting Your Resume for Applicant Tracking Systems (In Person Class)

American Job Center in Wheeling 1400 South Wolf Road, Building 200, Suite 200, Wheeling, IL, United States

Learn to format a standard applicant tracking system, compliant resume including how to set tabs correctly, insert stored text, and track changes.   Many companies use Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to manage resumes and applications. If the ATS can’t read or understand the information on your resume, your application might not be evaluated or considered. For…

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AJC On the Move – Mobile Resources

Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60193 130 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL, United States

The American Job Center in Wheeling is on the move! Staff will be on-site offering free employment and career services. Stop by for free job search assistance, resume reviews, interview preparation, and access to employment and training resources. Open to all job seekers and NO appointment necessary. Location and Dates: Schaumburg Township District Library Locations:…

PowerPoint Basics – (In Person Workshop)

American Job Center in Wheeling 1400 South Wolf Road, Building 200, Suite 200, Wheeling, IL, United States

PowerPoint Basics: Create, edit and format slides, use themes, transitions and animation. This in-person class is taught in 1 session (see below) PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR ATTENDING THIS WORKSHOP! Registration closes 24 hours the day prior to class. Walk-ins accepted on a space available basis.   Workshop Location: American Job Center in Wheeling 1400 S…

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Hiring Event and Career MiniMart (In Person)

Indian Trails Public Library District 355 Schoenbeck Road, Wheeling, IL, United States

Job Fair, Hiring Event and Career Mini-mart What is a Career MiniMart? 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Employer list will be emailed to people who pre-register on June 8th. Arrive a little early: Need help practicing your “elevator speech” or printing your resume? Want to research a hiring company? Drop into the Career Mini-Mart Resource…

Free

LinkedIn Basics LAB (In-Person)

American Job Center in Wheeling 1400 South Wolf Road, Building 200, Suite 200, Wheeling, IL, United States

New to LinkedIn? Learn the essentials to get started, which include: Setting up a strong professional profile. Highlighting your skills and experience. Building your first connections. Session is In-Person at: American Job Center in Wheeling 1400 S Wolf Road, Building 200 – Suite 200 Wheeling, IL 60090  

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Resume Assistance (In-Person)

Education and Work Center 6704 Barrington Road, Hanover Park, IL, United States

Are You Ready? Strengthen Your Resume in 45 Minutes. Get support and guidance to improve your resume or create a targeted version to specific job opportunities. Work with the American Job Center staff in our Hanover Park computer lab in a 45-minute session. Location: Education and Work Center 6704 Barrington Road, Hanover Park, IL 60133…

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Excel Focus on Functions – Lookup and Reference: explore VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP and alternatives like INDEX and MATCH (virtual class)

VLOOKUP is a must-have Excel function that’s used to manipulate data. In this 90-minute webinar we’ll explore VLOOKUP and the additional options that make it such a useful tool. We’ll also look at some alternatives to VLOOKUP like INDEX/MATCH. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR ATTENDING THIS CLASS! Registration closes 24 hours prior to class. PLEASE NOTE:…

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Excel Focus on Functions- Work with Text and Dates (Virtual Class)

Excel Focus on Functions- Work with Text and Dates: CONCATENATE, TODAY, Flash Fill and Delimited Text Text strings and dates can cause big problems in a spreadsheet if you’re not aware of how to identify and manipulate them! In this 90-minute webinar we’ll talk about basic text functions like CONCATENATE and date functions like TODAY.…

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Excel Must Have Functions: Explore powerful IF family of Logical Functions (VIRTUAL CLASS)

Learn about this powerful group of condition-based widely-used Excel Functions. We’ll look at IF, IFS, AND, OR and expand into the exceptionally useful IF variations such as SUMIF, COUNTIF, and IFERROR Excel has a powerful group of conditional functions that automate decisions and calculations, allowing you to analyze and summarize data based on specific criteria.…

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Excel Advanced Concepts: Additional Data Analysis tools (Virtual Class)

Excel Advanced Concepts: Additional Data Analysis tools – Data validation, Subtotal and What-Ifs This 90-minute webinar focuses on some additional data tools available in Excel that are very useful but often overlooked. We’ll talk about data validation, the Subtotal feature (an alternative to pivot tables), and the What-If tools. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR ATTENDING THIS…

Free

AJC On the Move – Mobile Resources

Township of Schaumburg 1 Illinois Blvd, Hoffman Estates, United States

The American Job Center in Wheeling is on the move! Staff will be on site offering free employment and career services. Stop by for free job search assistance, resume reviews, interview preparation, and access to employment and training resources. Open to all job seekers and NO appointment necessary. Location and Dates: Township of Schaumburg 1…