After many requests from our clients, the Business and Industry Services Division (the training and consulting division) of Harry S Truman College, in partnership with NORBIC and the Latin American Chamber of Commerce, has decided to launch a comprehensive open-enrollment training program to be delivered in Spanish. Given the dynamic growth of the Latino population in Chicago and consequently in the labor force, local small, medium, and large companies and other organizations were consulted. With the assistance of NORBIC, a needs survey was conducted to determine the specific training needs of the business community of Chicago.

After analyzing the results of the research conducted, we concluded that there is a significant need for open enrollment training services, to be delivered in Spanish, in several key areas: Professional Development/Management, Manufacturing/Production/Quality, IT/Computer Skills, Safety/OSHA, and Languages. The research conducted allowed us to also determine the specific training topics presently needed for the key training areas. Therefore, hundreds of topics will be included in the open-enrollment training program. Between 50 and 100 different topics will be marketed on a monthly basis. The topics will change as need changes.

After many years of delivering hundreds of high quality customized training programs, the Business and Industry Services Division will continue to use the same training protocol for the open enrollment programs in Spanish. All programs will be delivered by subject-matter, business world experienced, experts using the latest training methodologies and technologies. All training materials have been expertly designed to make the training experience a true learning event; all participants will leave with a well-designed workbook that can be later used as a reference guide. All computer training programs will be taught with hands-on experience; each participant will have a computer to work with. Finally, all training programs have been designed with a post-assessment.

The latest technology will be used to inform interested parties about the availability of training programs on a monthly basis. The program’s web page will allow interested parties to view all the details of our training programs including course descriptions, instruction hours, detailed training outlines, locations, costs per participant, maps to our training locations, monthly schedules, and more importantly online registration. The participants will be able to register online and pay with a credit card, mail in a check, or request that his/her company be billed for the training program. The interested parties will also be able to speak to customer service staff.

Harry S Truman College, through this program, demonstrates its commitment to the local community. This program will make high quality demand-based training programs available to thousands of small, medium, and large companies and organizations in Chicago. This program is also the result of important partnerships with NORBIC and the Latin American Chamber of Commerce.

Together we will: “Developing the Job Skills for Today’s Economy Through Customized Training.”