COURSES OFFERED BY UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA COLLEGE OF CONTINUING & PROFESSIONAL

To be a great supervisor, you need strong verbal and written skills, emotional intelligence, flexibility, and a positive attitude. Build on these and more leadership competencies in the U’s Supervision Certificate.

Transforming the 21st century workforce during times of change and disruption requires HR professionals to identify and meet their organizations’ anticipated talent needs. 

The increasing diversity of the American population along with the realization of the many systemic inequities in the hiring practices created a need for organizations to rethink how they recruit and hire. 

Report and proposal writing plays an essential role in your career. This course will help you to plan, draft, and edit these crucial documents so they’re reader-friendly. You will learn to select the appropriate level of detail and present unbiased facts and data clearly and concisely.

In today’s market, a highly skilled and well-educated workforce is vital to an organization’s economic survival. Your role as a training professional requires a thoughtful analysis of training needs and skill gaps.

In this course, you will build a solid base of knowledge in project management principles. You’ll learn what a project is, how to manage a project, and the role of a project manager. On the way, you’ll learn tactics and frameworks you can use to improve your project management skills.

Writing effectively is a vital business skill, but it can also be stressful and time-consuming. This course gives you the writing techniques and tools you need to communicate to your intended audience and evaluate your own writing for clarity and style.

While technical skills are important, research has shown that emotional intelligence (EI) is also an essential ingredient in workplace success. 

Presentations are an almost daily occurrence in the business world, so the need to present with confidence and clarity is vital to professional success. 

This course will provide you with a broad overview and comprehensive update of the growing field of human resource management.