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NOVA Workforce

Vision: To be a community and industry leader in workforce development.
Mission: To provide customer focused workforce solutions for the community that assist and support regional businesses and employers develop and sustain a qualified workforce enabling them to be a high-performing operation.

The Services we provide include:

• Customized Training (at the business site or on campus)
• Continuing Education & Professional Development
• Consultation on Organizational Development

New HYBRID course “Advanced English for Professional Success”

The Workforce Development Division offers ESLA 1876 Advanced English for Professional Success as a hybrid course. Students will meet in person once a week and complete the other half of the course online. The course will focus on intercultural issues, including different values and styles of communication as well as build an awareness of the multicultural business environments. Students will practice their English language skills to obtain, clarify, analyze and present information; discuss their ideas, express their opinions; participate in and conduct business meetings effectively, prepare and deliver speeches on business topics and controversial issues. Students will work independently and/or cooperatively in a team environment, use high intermediate business vocabulary to speak and write about a range of business topics in the forms of memos, emails, written and oral reports and demonstrate knowledge and understanding of current trends in American business and the global business environment.

For more information or to register please email us at AN-ACLI@nvcc.edu or call us at 703-323-3323.

New HYBRID Course “Writing and Reading for the TOEFL”

The Workforce Development Division offers ESLA 1945-03 Writing and Reading for the TOEFL as a hybrid course. Students will meet in person once a week for 2.5 hours and complete the other half of the course online.  This course will prepare students to write an essay on a given topic within a set time period and to write a summary or a response to a reading and a listening passage. Strategies for doing well on timed writing tests will be covered, including developing an outline and a thesis, time management, and essay revision. The course will also cover several other aspects of writing, such as advanced grammar and vocabulary, proper use of transitions, and complex sentence structure. This class would be helpful for any high-intermediate to advanced students looking to improve their writing.

For more information or to register please email us at AN-ACLI@nvcc.edu or call us at 703-323-3323.

“Name the WDD Catalog” Contest Winners Honored

“Name the WDD Catalog” contest winners (l-r) Pat Carrow (WDD) and Khadijah Ali-Coleman (AL)

On Monday November 19 a luncheon was held at the Ernst Center’s President’s Dining Room to honor the winners of the “Name the WDD Catalog” contest.  The winners Pat Carrow (WDD) and Khadijah Ali-Coleman (AL) were glad to be a part of this process and were pleased about the results.  The new catalog name “The Workforce Link” and slogan “Building Skills, Creating Success” will be featured on the cover of the spring 2013 course catalog cover, which is currently available on the Workforce Development Division website www.nvcc.edu/workforce

Workforce Development Division Offers “Resiliency Training”

Stress in the workplace isn’t new, but today’s rapid-fire pace has brought job stress to new levels. Many people are dealing with increased workloads, decreased benefits, worries about job security, and technology that makes it hard to “unplug.” Studies show that individuals with high job stress incur significantly higher health care costs. Companies must find ways to overcome this because it impacts their success and their bottom line.

In this new one-day Resiliency in the Workplace workshop offered by NOVA’s Workforce Development Division, uncover ways to boost morale, increase productivity and combat the effects of stress in challenging working conditions. Based on extensive resiliency research, this training is designed for individuals or groups from any occupation … and will give participants skills to persevere, adapt and even thrive in challenging workplace settings.

To register for this one-day workshop please visit our website http://www.nvcc.edu/wdce/annandale/ and follow the Resiliency Training link.  Please contact Martha Kossoff at 703-323-3053 if you have any questions.

 

Workforce Development Division Offers Tradesmen License Renewal Courses Online

The WDD now offers Tradesmen License Renewal courses for electricians, HVAC mechanics, master plumbers, and gas fitters ONLINE.

Up until this time, we have been offering these courses in a classroom setting. As an added convenience tradesmen who need to renew their licenses can now do so with our online courses.  Registration is continuous and tradesmen can begin a course when they choose. 

Online registration is available at:  http://www.nvcc.edu/wdce/pwregional/ 

Listed below are the course codes and numbers:

  • Continuing Education for Tradesmen – Electricians (ELEC 1924-01M) Class #69442
  • Continuing Education for Tradesmen – HVAC (HVAC 1902-01M) Class #69443
  • Continuing Education for Tradesmen – Plumbers (PLMB 1904-01M) Class #69444
  • Continuing Education for Tradesmen – Gas Fitters (GASF 1903-01M) Class #70245

Please contact Cindy Langguth at 703-257-6590 if you have any questions on the process.