This course teaches participants how to use LinkedIn strategically for visibility, networking, recruiting, and digital storytelling. You’ll learn how to optimize your profile with strong headlines and achievement-based summaries, build credibility through featured posts, and create engaging content that attracts the right audience. The course also covers managing company pages and showcase pages, publishing newsletters for thought leadership, and using analytics to understand what is working and why. Participants practice real examples such as rewriting headlines, designing an About section, drafting their first newsletter, and analyzing post-performance.

Course format: Live via Zoom. Zoom Link will be sent to participants prior to class. 

Schedule: Tuesdays, April 7 and April 14 @ 4-6pm. 

Questions? Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.

As companies prepare for and experience success, a solid management team is imperative. This training provides both new and seasoned managers and supervisors with the expertise needed to lead today’s workforce by offering a foundation of essential skills, the support to apply what has been learned, and closes with a focus on how to sustain best practices.

Participants will develop the skills required to motivate employees, delegate responsibility, solve problems, resolve conflict and improve performance. By understanding how to use tools and strategies to positively influence and direct staff, managers can inspire and guide their teams in creating an increasingly positive and productive work environment throughout all departments.

Who Should Attend
New and seasoned managers and supervisors. 

Course Format
This course is offered using Zoom. 

Attention Employers: This Training is Eligible for Reimbursement!
Click here for eligibility and application process information. Or join us for an upcoming information session. 

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.

Become a Future-Ready HR Leader with Our SHRM Certification Prep+ Course

Prepare for the HR challenges of tomorrow with a course designed to set you up for success today.

Why Choose Our SHRM Certification Prep+ Course?

Increase your chances of passing your SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® exam by enrolling in our expertly designed program.

We combine the renowned SHRM Certification Prep System with the personalized support of our SHRM-certified instructors to offer you a flexible, effective way to prepare. The SHRM Certification Prep System tailors your study plan to your unique experience, knowledge, and career goals, helping you master the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge® (SHRM BASK®) and build the confidence to pass your certification exam.

What You'll Get:

Personalized & Flexible Learning Stay on track with a structured study plan that fits seamlessly into your busy life. Whether you're juggling work, family, or other responsibilities, our course adapts to your needs.

Affordable Options Achieve your career goals without breaking the bank. We offer competitive course fees and guidance on available funding options.

1-on-1 Support & Networking Gain valuable insights from SHRM-certified instructors and connect with peers to apply real-world HR knowledge and skills.

Course Format: This program is offered live via Zoom.

Attention Employers: This Training is Eligible for Reimbursement! Click here for eligibility and application process information. Or join us for an upcoming information session. Click here for the schedule and to register for a session. 

Are you juggling multiple balls in the air with your busy professional and/or personal life? Are you always trying to develop strategies that can help you to navigate and manage your stress well?

During this course you will learn an innovative approach and practical strategies to help you to navigate your life by taming stress. We will explore current symptoms of stress, stressors, triggers, and thought traps and learn positive and practical strategies for managing and re-framing by exploring current skills. Give yourself a gift and join us. Continue to be a lifelong learner and promote positive wellbeing skills through managing stress that will enhance your life.

Outline of Course:

• Learn the basics of stress
• Identify stressors, sources of stress, and triggers
• Develop positive strategies to manage stress
• Develop a results-oriented stress management plan
• Learn a 6-step approach to manage stress - anywhere!

Course Format: 
You can participate in this course via Zoom while eating lunch at your desk, walking on the beach, or in the woods. Just carve out a time and place that works for you.

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.

Learn exactly how to turn your passion into a structured, mission-driven organization that can attract funding and deliver real impact. This three-session course breaks down the full startup process, including defining your mission, choosing the right 501 category, forming a board, and completing required state and federal filings. Participants also learn how to prepare for fiscal sponsorship as an early strategic step, including what sponsors look for and how to position your organization for acceptance and participants receive practical templates to move their nonprofit forward with confidence.

Ideal for: Entrepreneurs, community organizers, educators, veterans’ groups, nonprofit starters.

Take away: A Nonprofit Startup Action Plan, Board Engagement Template, and Structure Checklist.

Format: 

• Class on 2/12 @6-9pm will be facilitated live via Zoom.
• Class on 3/11 @1-4pm will be facilitated via Zoom.
• Class on 5/5 @9am-12pm will be held in-person at the CCCC, Hyannis Center location, 540 Main St., Hyannis.

Questions: Contact Elaine Brown at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017. 

Strengthen judgment and problem-solving with practical tools grounded in everyday psychology and clear-thinking strategies. This workshop explores how stress, emotion, and mental shortcuts shape the way people make decisions, and how simple, evidence-supported techniques can boost focus and clarity. Participants learn straightforward decision frameworks that help them sort information, weigh options, and choose next steps with confidence. Through realistic scenarios, they practice making decisions that are faster, clearer, and more effective.

Ideal for: Managers, professionals, analysts, educators, emerging leaders.

Take away: A decision-mapping template and a cognitive-bias checklist.

Format: 

• Classes on 2/12 and 5/5 are held in-person at the CCCC, Hyannis Center location, 540 Main St., Hyannis.
• Class on 3/11, will be facilitated live via Zoom.

Questions: Contact Elaine Brown at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017. 

Develop the practical skills needed to stay competitive as industries and roles evolve. Participants review real labor-market trends, assess the skills employers are prioritizing, and pinpoint their own strengths that can transfer across roles or sectors. They create a personalized upskilling plan that includes targeted learning goals, microcredentials, and career milestones. The session focuses on clear next steps, practical tools, and building a career strategy that can adapt as the workplace changes.

Ideal for: Faculty, mid-career professionals, job seekers, students.

Take away: A personalized Future-Readiness Career Plan.

Format: 

• Class on 2/12 @1-4pm will be held in-person at the CCCC, Hyannis Center location, 540 Main St., Hyannis.
• Class on 3/11 @9am-12pm will be facilitated live via Zoom.
• Class on 5/5 @6-9pm will be facilitated live via Zoom.

Questions: Contact Elaine Brown at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.