Goodwill Industries of New Mexico
Goodwill is on a mission to provide skills training, job development, and social services to New Mexicans.
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Employment Skills Classes
- Resume Workshop
- Hands-on workshop to create or improve your resume.
- Communication Skills
- Essential skills for success in life or work: improve communication, adaptability, & leadership.
- Career Compass North: Career Exploration
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Explore career interests,
identify skills, and analyze potential jobs via SWOT. - Career Compass East: Resume/Applying
- Create/improve resumes and learn how to apply for jobs online.
- Career Compass South: Interview/Soft Skills
- Best practices for interviewing & professional communication.
- Career Compass West: Your New Job
- Building relationships, a good attitude, and knowledge & behavior skills at work.
- First Impressions
- Learn the use of time management, appearance, words & body language for a good first impression.
- Job Search Support
- Drop-in space for students to meet with GS Instructor on questions regarding job searches, applying for jobs online, resumes, and resources.
Life Skills Classes
- Resiliency
- An in depth look at ‘Resiliency: the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.’
- Resiliency Workshop
- You’ve learned what resiliency is… now here’s a Workshop to develop a plan and learn tools to strengthen those skills.
- Money Management
- Financial Literacy Training: Understanding your paycheck, expenses, credit and creating a monthly budget.
- Thinking Critically
- Become better thinkers. This course helps build analytical skills and explains how to determine what information is accurate.
- Public Speaking Intro
- Learn the basics of speaking in front of an audience.
Digital Literacy Classes
- Internet Basics
- Explores what the internet is, understanding search engines, browser safety, email basics, and other virtual communication.
- Excel - Beginners
- Intro to Excel that covers basic functions: formatting, formulas, & more.
- Excel for Business Professionals
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Workshop intro to spreadsheet features including sorting,
formatting, filtering, & basic formulas. - Excel - Functions
- Next level look at VLOOKUP, WEEKDAY, SUMIFS, "absolute vs relative" cells & data validation.
- Excel - Pivot Tables
- In-depth review of PivotTable construction & use.
- Intro to Coding
- An overview of computer programming. Explore JavaScript, Python, and web development.
- Coding Workshop
- Fun coding games to build coding skills in JavaScript and Python.
- App Development
- Intro to app coding, a look at iOS and Android & interactive learning exercise
- Game Development
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Intro on how to create video games & use game engines.
- Microsoft Explorer
- Navigate Windows OS, Download, upload, save, organize & find files.
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Learn to design & animate slides & play/save presentations.
- Excel - Mindset
- Overview of the skills needed to use Excel well. This class focuses more on assorted mental skills and analysis skills than on Excel skills.
- Microsoft Word
- Learn how to layout, format & save documents as well as spellcheck, spacing & inserting images/shapes.
- Cybersecurity
- Learn to identify cyber threats and phishing and how to protect your digital assets.
- Discovering Data
- Learn the basics of data concepts, processes, and tools.
- Microsoft Outlook
- Learn the basics of creating and sending emails with Outlook.
Health and Wellness
- Stress Management
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You cannot avoid stress, but you can manage it.
In-depth look at where stress comes from and the mindful strategies used to overcome it. - Stress Management Workshop
- Workshop dedicated to a detailed look at meditative and other practices to rescue you from daily stressors and help you thrive.
