Human Resources Institute

This 3-day course is designed for individuals who need to brush up on their grammar to improve their writing skills. This course covers all the fundamentals in proper English grammar, including parts of speech (nouns, verbs, etc.), identifying rules, proper punctuation, how to identify and correct run-on sentences, improving word choice, and how to write and edit effectively. This program is intended for federal employees.

This 1-day course helps students expand their English vocabulary. Students will work in small classes to discover new vocabulary, address commonly misspelled or misused words, and increase reading comprehension. This program is intended for federal employees.

This 2-day beginner Excel class is designed for beginners to get up and running with Excel. The course starts with basic Excel functionality and builds up a variety of foundational skills. Topics include data entry, calculation, text functions, formatting, charts, and Excel tips for efficiency. This program is intended for federal employees.

This 2-day intermediate Excel class is designed to teach Excel users more advanced Excel functionalities. Participants will learn more advanced text functions, data validation, sorting and filtering techniques, lookup functions, IF statements, PivotTables, and navigation shortcuts to become more powerful Excel users. This program is intended for federal employees.

In this 2-day advanced Excel course, participants will learn the functions they need to work with complex data sets and perform advanced analysis. Students will learn a variety of advanced features, functions, and tips to become more advanced and efficient Excel users. This course covers advanced cell locking, advanced conditional statements, data analysis functions, PivotCharts, advanced lookup functions, hotkeys, and macros. This program is intended for federal employees.

This class covers basic PowerPoint operations, as well as some new program upgrades. Students will learn how to create professional-grade slide presentations, use different slide formats, add powerful graphics, create tables, and add polish to their presentations. Students will receive a copy of Microsoft Office PowerPoint QuickSteps to keep. This program is intended for federal employees.

This course introduces the fundamentals of Microsoft Access. This program will give students an overview of database design. They will learn to create tables, queries, forms, and reports. In addition, they will learn best practices in database design and management. This program is intended for federal employees.

This introductory Microsoft Word course introduces students to a range of beginner Word concepts to be able to get up and running in no time with Word. This course covers many of the most used beginner Word components, including how to navigate around a document, formatting documents, working with text and paragraphs, using tables in Word, working with lists, inserting endnotes and footnotes, and how to insert images into documents. This program is intended for federal employees.

This 2-day course for project managers teaches the essentials of project management. Students will learn to handle all aspects of a project from beginning to end. They will learn how to launch a project, create estimates, develop a project schedule and budget, allocate resources, and manage procurements. They will also learn how to handle communications and manage relationships among stakeholders. This program is intended for federal employees.

In this 3-day project management course, students will build on the fundamental project management knowledge they acquired in Level 1. Students will learn about project phases, key strategies and methods for building strong project teams, estimating and projecting project budgets, analyzing and controlling for costs, managing limited resources, identifying risk, communicating with key stakeholders, and how to finalize and close a project. This program is intended for federal employees.

Advance your career with this 2-day PMI Agile project management course. Students will learn how to utilize Agile teams to make improvements, effectively plan team-based projects, leverage all five planning levels, and use critical test-taking skills. This program is intended for federal employees.

This 2-day Effective Writing course is designed to help business professionals write more professional and engaging documents, emails, and social media posts that drive more business. The course reviews several writing best practices, including organizing content and crafting great sentences, writing emails and other electronic forms of communication, how to write common documents, and how to write both effective letters and proposals. Students will receive a copy of The Elements of Business Writing to keep. This program is intended for federal employees.

This 2-day course teaches students how to write effective reports. Students will work with professional instructors to learn how to write informative, persuasive, and effective communications. The course begins with an overview of grammar, spelling, and punctuation. By the end of the workshop, students will know how to create letters, proposals, and reports that are written clearly and targeted for the correct audience. This program is intended for federal employees.