Show L Office Training to Help States State's Employees Derron Fairbanks Staff Writer in cooperation with Utah's nine institutions of higher learning is offering office specialist training to state employees The project administrator is Jo Rieber director of workshops and conferences The curriculum developers from Utah's colleges and universities produced the state-of-the-art high quality training at the most possible locations and at the lowest possible cost she soo said Rieber said that the 27 hours of instruction covers basic skills in seven co course segments of varying length They are Proofreading Embarrassing Bloopers a two-hour two course that teaches the basics of proofreading proofread proofread- ing and the use of proofreaders proofreader's marks Time Management and Stress Reduction a three-hour three course that teaches principles for managing managing managing manag manag- ing and budgeting time Formatting Professional Business Business Business Busi Busi- ness Correspondence a three- three hour course that focuses on principles involved in creating letters and memorandums that look professional and are written written written writ writ- ten clearly Customer Service a hour four-hour course that will give instructions on how to treat all people in a professional efficient and courteous courteous courteous cour cour- way Personal and Professional Development a hour five-hour class that helps individuals create their own definition of personal suc success success suc cess by focusing on self self- self esteem professionalism and career development Working with Words a five- five hour class that reviews spelling rules how to form plurals and possessives studies problem words and teaches how to make best use of a dictionary Language Use A Figure of i Speech a hour five five hour course that polishes skills in verb subject agreement punctuation word division and use of numbers as words or figures Rieber said that the office specialist training will help our local government become more efficient by providing better skilled and more efficient employees The program has the endorsement endorsement endorsement endorse endorse- ment of Gov Mike Leavitt |