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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An International Trade program pro
vides technical help and hands-on train
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national trade.
The college offers a free community
resource in the form of the PCC’s Metro
politan Workforce Training program and
its Com puter Resource Center.
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