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New Features in Microsoft Office 2010

by Adrienne McGee on October 27th, 2010

New Features in Microsoft Office 2010: A Preview

General:

The Office Button has been replaced by a File tab. This launches a "Backstage View" which provides new ways to manage, print and share documents.

The Ribbons can now be customized.

Word 2010

Incorporates a new Navigation pane to search for text and new formatting tools.

Excel 2010

New chart feature called Sparklines.

Add slicers to PivotTables to better sort and manage data.

Outlook 2010

Main interface is now all Ribbons.

Show messages as Conversations grouped by subject in order to better follow e-mail conversations between users.

Access 2010

Additions to Table design include Quick Start fields. These are common fields like Address, City, etc. that are easy to add and delete. Also included is a data type gallery to make it easier to select data types with certain properties selected.

PowerPoint 2010

Now has a Reading View, and allows you to organize slides into sections.

Top 10 Things That Impact Your Job Search, Part 2

by Kassandra McGhee on October 22nd, 2010

Continuing our discussion from last week, below you will find items 3 - 5 on our list of Top 10 Things That Impact Your Job Search:

  • Perseverance

Have realistic goals and be consistent!  Be careful to not “marry yourself” to a job even if an interview went well.  Stay focused on your goal and preserve despite obstacles or how you may feel.  Remain dedicated to your job search plan and increase job search efforts in areas that are showing the most success.

 

  • Resume

Your resume is the way you market your product to potential employers.  Your resume must highlight how you are the right person to meet the company’s needs and add value to the organization. 

 

  • Interviewing Skills

Interviewing is the art of selling your product to the employer and solidifying why you are the best candidate for the job.  The interview process allows both you and the company to assess how you can potentially work together for mutual benefit. 

Raves & Praise

Scott Wilson - Team Bradley

Employer Partner Feedback

Dawn has been a pleasure to work with. She is diligent in her efforts to give MicroTrain’s students the best opportunities to connect and network with various companies and players in the job market. The curriculums and certification programs are in line with today’s current IT needs. It’s good to see that they evolve with what employers are most seeking out there. I would recommend to any employer that hires skilled IT workers that they look into MicroTrain’s career services department as a potential source of candidates. The business of hiring can be quite costly, and Dawn and her staff provide a free service to outside companies. This value-add for MicroTrain’s students aligns with their mission in both training and job assistance to set up a win/win scenario for all involved.

Jennie

Student Employment Success - Project/Process Manager

My Career Services Manager was very friendly and helpful and had excellent follow-up. She seemed to really care how things were going and kept me moving in the right direction. The resources available in job search were great and the visibility that there were jobs out there looking for my skillset was promising. Additionally, the training, as well as having an updated resume stating the Microtrain course work I had taken made me feel more confident and marketable as I looked for employment. It showed that I was dedicated and took project management and process management seriously.

David

A Cisco Success Story

I attended a resume writing seminar & conducted mock phone interviews with a Microtrain career counselor. These two activities gave me a leg up on distinguishing myself from all the other people looking for work. Since the career counselor's at Microtrain had a track record of getting people hired, their insight and positive past experiences helped me tremendously in getting hired with a Cisco Voice Systems Integrator in the Chicago area. I was hired as a Cisco Voice Tech Engineer with a starting salary of $65,000 / year with a Cisco voice systems reseller located in the Chicagoland area. Microtrain was very instramental in making this a reality. From expediting my WIA grant, to providing excellent hands-on training from knowledgable instructors I was able to achieve becoming certified with my CCNP. Microtrain's career services was the final catalyst in connecting me with this company by communicating with them on my behalf and with me in setting up the interview. One week later and I was hired. No joke. Thanks Microtrain!

Karine Bucci

Project Management

Great class, loved the interaction and team-building exercises. Plenty of materials and learning tools supplied. Although it was a full week's class, never boring. Donna [Russell] was awesome and gave many supporting examples for better understanding.

Jean S.

PMP Certification Training, Lombard, 2008

I was laid off for many months and not really getting many callbacks for my resume and no job offers. After I put the letters PMP on it, not only did I see an increase in quantity, but also quality of interviews. I had been spinning my wheels for 5 months, and after the PMP went on, I had 2 job offers in 6 weeks. It really was the "golden ticket"

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