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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (June 16, 2004)
Careers Launched at Portland Community College Local students earn degrees, specialized training Local job seekers have a vast resource in Portland Community College, with more than 70 one- and two-year programs offer ing the training and background neces sary to break into a variety of careers. The college and its network o f cam puses offer studies in health, accounting and technology fields, to name just a few. A Small Business Development and Busi ness Advising program sends area resi dents on a path to become successful entrepreneurs. Com puter knowledge comes with certi fications in web publishing, HTML, Linuz, Souksavanh Phothisane (from left) and Charity Wigginton get career planning help from college bound writing instructor Natasha Cash-Butler at the Portland Community College Southeast Center. Business Graduate Stays Focused to Find Success She and her husband attended classes at BCTI together. Like many students, D elpha found the P rofessional G row th class to be “I love my jo b ,” D elpha Hicks the m ost beneficial. enthused. “T his is the best jo b I “W hen you get into the real have ever had.” w orld, you have to know how to Hicks w orks for AAA, an orga- dress, how to speak, how to act, nization that provides auto and and how to sell y o u rself in an travel services to 47 Vocational training at m illion m em bers na the Business tionw ide. Serving as a Computer Training ce n tral ca sh ie r, she Institute helped handles accounts re Delpha Hicks earn a c e iv a b le , m a n a g e s job at an organization m em berships for O r that provides auto eg o n and S o u th ern and travel services. Id ah o , and h an d les trav eler’s checks. interview . And if you d o n ’t have A few years ago, H icks en that training, y o u ’re not going to rolled in the B usiness C om puter succeed. I guarantee it,” Hicks T raining Institute (BCTI), a p ri said. vate vocational school with 8 B utin the middle of her encour cam pus locations in W ashington aging story, Delpha had a miscar and O regon. The 7.5-m onth pro riage that delayed her career plans. gram is designed to equip stu However, after some time off she dents with the career skills needed went back to BCTI and graduated to succeed in tod ay ’s jo b m arket. in the spring o f 2003. 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