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Strategies for Today's Jobs offers personalized job coaching and guidance for a successful job search to increase your chance of getting hired. Classes are designed for participants with a wide range of backgrounds and goals, from new job seekers to those with extensive career histories. The course offering includes guidance through all stages of the job search-from finding a job to negotiating a salary-and participants will gain access to JobScan, YouScience, BigInterview, and Handshake. This course is open to students, staff, alumni, and community members. There is no tuition associated with this course.
Legal aspect of small business start-ups. A study of choosing the right attorney, organizing the business structure, and creating the right entity to match the intended business goal, naming the business, contracting (includes commercial transactions, sale/purchase/employment agreements, and leases), learning about employees versus independent contractors, obtaining permits, and paying taxes. Includes implications of the Texas Deceptive Practices Act to small business as well as ADA and federal employment laws.
Introduction to the retailing environment and its relationship to consumer demographics, trends, and traditional/nontraditional retailing markets. The employment of retailing techniques and the factors that influence modern retailing.
Continuation of CHIN 1411 with more advanced conversation, basic writing, listening and reading comprehension, vocabulary building, grammar, and culture. This course fosters deeper understanding of Chinese-speaking people through cultural comparison and development of written and spoken communication. Prerequisite: Students must have completed a first semester college Chinese course of at least four semester hours with a grade of C or better, or have equivalent credit by examination.
Development of the basic communication skills necessary to develop an effective helping relationship with clients. Topics include counseling techniques such as intake interviewing, relationship building, problem identification and resolution. Emphasis on importance of effective oral communications. Integrated with college credit SCWK 2311.
A general study of textiles with emphasis on factors that affect the hand, appearance, and performance in clothing use. Examination of the properties of natural and man-made fibers, how yarn is formed, methods of production, and the properties of a variety of fabrics. Application of textiles used in the apparel industry. For questions please contact Eileen Collazo eileen.collazo@austincc.edu or 512.223.2199. Integrated with credit FSHN-1301.
Introduction to casting models from wax and/or resin using both centrifugal and vacuum processes. Corequisite: JLRY-1001 (can be taken previously or concurrently). Combined with credit JLRY-1409.
