Bookkeeping/Paralegal
Certified Bookkeeper Program
The American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers (AIPB) has established a professional certification, the Certified Bookkeeper (CB) credential. Individuals possessing this credential earn the right to put "CB" after their name and will advance their careers and assure the maximum compensation for their skills. Certification distinguishes you from other bookkeepers because it proves that you can handle all of the books through the adjusted trial balance for a company of up to 100 employees or even 200 employees. To obtain certification, individuals must have at least two years of bookkeeping experience, pass the required examinations, and adhere to the AIPB code of ethics. This program focuses on preparing you for the exams by helping you master the content knowledge needed for the certification and credential.
Specific areas covered are:
Adjusting entries
Payroll
Book and tax depreciation
Correction of Accounting errors including bank reconciliation
Inventory
In addition to completing the coursework, students must arrange to take the exams to obtain the credential. Instruction will be given on when and where the exams can be taken. Before undertaking this program, students should have experience in bookkeeping and the necessary accounting course experience. This course assumes a solid background and does not teach basic bookkeeping skills.
Marketing & Sales
The Customer Connection
This seminar is devoted to the techniques used in providing total customer satisfaction. In today's customer-oriented business environment, "people" skills are critical for personal and organizational success.
Organizations and corporations increase sales and revenues by offering their clients prompt and courteous service. Through group participation and classroom exercises, the participant will understand and be able to put into practice proven customer service techniques and strategies. .6 CEU
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Methods of Sales Management
Learn how to refresh your sales approach and add spark and inspiration to your sales efforts. Participants will explore ways to network; prospect; reach decision makers; cold call; make effective presentations;
follow up; and close the deal. This workshop will provide energy to your sales efforts whether you are new to the field or have many years of experience.
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Handling Challenging or Difficult People
Be your best professionally. Learn the types of "difficult people" and how best to handle each type. Learn how to minimize conflict and how you can also be part of the solution. Examine techniques that can be used to handle even the most difficult situation. A personality assessment tool will also be utilized as part of the class discussion to gain insight into personality and leadership.
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Small Business Institute
Small, growing businesses need help, especially practical advice and ideas that work. These workshops are designed to give you the business management skills necessary to succeed in today's competitive market.
Starting Your Own Business
6 sessions
All sessions held at the Blackwood Campus
Participants will be introduced to what it takes to start or purchase a small business. Economic climate and other factors of business owners have discussed with an emphasis on a positive approach to this
series of seminars. .25 CEU
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The Business Plan Part I: Planning Process (Session 2)
This seminar concentrates on the organization and elements of a basic business plan. Learn the uses of a business plan and when and why it is necessary – a must for people starting their own business
or business owners seeking financing. .25 CEU
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The Business Plan Part II: Marketing and Promotion (Session 3)
This seminar continues from Part I, the Planning Process, by focusing on the business plan and its affect on marketing and promotion for the business owner. .25 CEU
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Selling Skills for Your Business (Session 4)
Learn to plan and forecast your cash needs in order to start, operate,or purchase a business. This step-by-step seminar concentrates on the basics of cash flow planning. Learn to plan your own cash flow from actual case studies. This seminar teaches you the proper format and purpose of this vital part of operating a small business. .25 CEU
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Financing a Small Business (Session 5)
Learn where and how to borrow money, the do's and don'ts of borrowing,and the different sources of money available to you. Learn how to build the proper banking relationship and what is needed to
secure that business loan. .25 CEU
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Taxes and Record Keeping (Session 6)
Learn what type of business entity is right for you. Learn what legal and tax benefits are available to you in starting or owning your own business.This seminar concentrates on various legal forms of business, their costs, tax reporting, and benefits to the small business owner. .25 CEU
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Does somebody owe you or your business money? Does your business have trouble with collections? Learn how to use the courts to collect without having to hire a lawyer. This course teaches you how to prosecute (or defend) suits in the New Jersey Small Claims Court by yourself. The student will learn how to sue for money owed, damage to property, unpaid rent, return of rental security deposits, and many other claims for money damages. Even businesses that sell out-of-state or over the internet can do this with proper preparation. The student will also learn how to collect money damage after the court awards judgment. This course is ideal for business owners, managers, and landlords.
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Law for Landlords and Tenants
Whether you are just leasing a room for the school year or managing a multi-unit apartment complex, you can benefit from this how-to-approach to New Jersey landlord/tenant law. This course is primarily intended for landlords and their managing agents but will also benefit tenants who want to know their rights. The course covers the things you should look for in leases, what you can do to check out a tenant before leasing, the rights and responsibilities on both sides, security deposits, right to renew, dealing with late rent payments, grounds for eviction and required notices to quit. The student will also learn how to file and prosecute or defend a suit for eviction as well as how to prosecute or defend suits for unpaid rent, excess damage, and return of security deposits.
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Business & Management Seminars
Get the competitive edge over other professionals by staying on top of your skill set. these seminars are designed to give you the knowledge you need to standout and succeed in today's
fast moving economy.
Communicating clearly and effectively is an essential skill to success in the business world. The following series of classes are designed to develop this skill.
Business Writing for Professionals
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Powerful Presentations
This seminar will assist participants in learning how to stand up and deliver presentations that convey ideas with confidence and passion, inform with pizzazz, and motivate others to take action. Learn presentation basics, connecting with your audience, and correct utilization of visual aids in your delivery. Specific topics will include how to organize your thoughts, using movement, gestures, and facial expressions in presentations, using your voice to project, pace, and pause, and how to grab and keep the audience's attention. .6 CEU
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Assertiveness Skills
This course will focus on assisting individuals in increasing your self confidence, self esteem, credibility, and composure. Emphasis will be placed on the techniques utilized to best express yourself, make a strong impact on people, manage your time, and remain in control. We will practice assertive techniques that can help you in any situation. .6 CEU
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Listen Up!
This course will focus on the often underestimated skill of listening. Listening is taken for granted, but it is a developed skill that is essential for success in the world of business. In this seminar, we will learn the difference between hearing and listening; the use of open and closed questions; a model for communication and better listening; the importance of body language in listening; and listening even in the most difficult situations. You will be amazed by what we miss in a conversation by not really listening. Missed opportunities can affect you and your company negatively and reduce productivity. .6 CEU
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Conflict Resolution and Management
In today' s high paced business environment, change, stress,and conflict occur daily as our economic climate experiences challenges and often times setbacks. This series of classes is designed to help you understand and manage these factors we all face each day.
This course is designed for those wishing to manage stress and prevent burnout. This seminar will teach you how to respond appropriately to daily pressures and how to take charge of stressful situations so you can perform at your best. Participants will learn to recognize the signs of stress, determine stress prone personalities, and explore coping techniques. .6 CEU
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Embracing Change
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From Conflict to Cooperation
This seminar will focus on assisting individuals in gaining control, confidence, and composure in even the most highly charged situations. Participants will learn about the different types and causes of conflict that occur in the workplace and at home. Discussion of the most common responses to conflict will help each participant uncover their preferred style of managing conflict. Discover how you can defuse and diffuse conflict to create a more positive and productive workplace. .6 CEU
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Leadership Skills
Today' s leaders must be multi-dimensional, self-motivated, and well-prepared to adapt at a moment' s notice. This series of classes is designed to help you develop leadership skills in the areas of delegation, teamwork, and organizational planning.
Organizing your work and proper delegation of authority have long been recognized as important leadership skills. This seminar will focus on both areas and emphasize specific topics such as how to plan and organize your work and subsequently having employees plan and organize their work and delegation techniques that get results.
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Working as a Team
In the ever rapidly changing industry of today, the mark of a successful manager is one who not only can manage efficiently but also establish a team approach within the workplace. This seminar is designed to prepare those in leadership roles to meet the demanding challenges of leading and motivating a diverse work group. Emphasis will be placed on communication skills, delegating work effectively, and creating a positive work environment through team cooperation and respect. In addition, participants will focus on the critical skill development of establishing a vision, plan, and motivation structure to maximize employees' skills. .6 CEU
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Lean Six Sigma "Yellow Belt" Training
Need to streamline the way work gets done? Lean Six Sigma is recognized by organizations locally and around the world as a robust and powerful process improvement approach for individuals, teams and organizations. Key elements of Lean Six Sigma include focus on the customer ("value added work") and the use of a structured approach to problem solving and process improvement (the DMAIC model). During this course you will become familiar with these concepts and a selection of tools (e.g. Charters, histograms, brainstorming, etc.) that support them. You have the option to register for "Yellow Belt Certification." In addition to successful completion of the course, you must demonstrate your comprehension of the materials (through successfully passing a written exam with a grade of 80% or higher), ability to use the tools (through demonstration of creating and using the tools in the presence of the instructor), and commitment to further learning (through acceptance of a continuing individual development plan).
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The Pathway to Leadership
Are you preparing for a promotion into management or have you just entered into a new position as a manager? This seminar will assist emerging leaders into the transition from employee to supervisor. The focus of this program is to help new supervisors identify and face the many challenges that they will encounter during their shift into the new role of manager. Specific topics will include defining the supervisor's role, negotiation and networking, interpersonal and human relations skills, team member environment, time management tips, planning and organizing, and performance assessment practices. .6 CEU
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Business Operational Resiliency
Protection of a companies' Data is the lifeblood of its continued operation. Both natural and man made disasters can and will happen that will create risk to the business potentially affecting: ongoing operations, customer service level agreements, loss of revenue, customer and investor concerns, business reputation, and legal noncompliance. This six (6) week course will outline the areas of risk, how to budget and prepare for protection, various methods of recovery including the latest "Cloud Services and Technologies." We will conclude on the last week with a "Mock" Table Top Disaster scenario to better prepare the attendees for recovery in their own businesses.
There is a growing need for Notaries Public in many professions including paralegal, financial, real estate, business, and legal professions. This class will educate you on how to obtain your notary commission for the State of New Jersey. In addition, you will acquire skills and tools to complete your state assigned job duties as described by the New Jersey Department of Revenue. We will explore what a notary can do; what liability a notary faces; and how to earn money from notary services. Students who successfully complete the training will receive a certificate of completion. This course meets the standards of the New Jersey Notary Association.
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Management Certificate Programs
Camden County College, in cooperation with the American Management Association, is pleased to announce the offering of unique management certificate programs designed to assist individuals in learning state-of-the-art management skills. These programs are designed to help you become more effective in your current position or to prepare you for advancement into another position. These courses are nationally recognized for their merit and comprehensiveness. AMA textbooks are utilized for all of the courses to provide a solid foundation in the subject matter. A selection of AMA courses are offered each
semester toward the completion of certificates.
What Will I Gain from the Certificate in Programs?
Preparation for career and/or career advancement
Skill development to assist in managing day to day work situations
Insight from instructors with practical experience and AMA textbooks
A network of fellow professionals
Obtain a Certificate after completion of only six courses
Certificate in Management Program
Course Listing Core Courses (Required):
Communication Skills for Managers Fair, Square, and Legal: A Manager's Guide to Safe Hiring,
Managing, and Firing Finance and Accounting for NonFinancial Managers Leadership Skills for Managers `
Elective Courses (Choose two):
A Manager's Guide to Human Behavior How to Manage Conflict in the Organization Coaching for Top Performance Delegating for Business Success Managing and Achieving Organizational Goals Fundamentals of Human Resources What Managers Do How to be an Effective Facilitator
Certificate in Human Resource Management
Course Listing Core Courses (Required):
Fundamentals of Human Resources Fair, Square, and Legal: A Manager's Guide to Safe Hiring, Managing, and Firing Communication Skills for Managers
Electives (Choose three):
Managing and Achieving Organizational Goals Coaching for Top Performance Successful Interviewing: Techniques for Hiring, Coaching and
Performance Management Meetings How to Be an Effective Facilitator Presentation Success
Certificate in Business Communications Management
Course Listing Core Courses (Required):
Communication Skills for Managers How to Sharpen Your Business Writing Skills Presentation Success: How to Plan, Prepare, and Deliver Effective
Presentations
Elective Courses (Choose three):
Interpersonal Communication Skills in the Workplace How to Write Dynamic Business Proposals How to be an Effective Facilitator Successful Interviewing
AMA Semester Offerings
Communication Skills for Managers
This course will instruct individuals in becoming more effective managers by increasing reading, writing, speaking, and listening proficiencies. In addition, you will learn how to master the techniques of
public speaking from initial planning to actual presentation. You will learn how to express ideas clearly and concisely in every report and proposal you write, understand and use body language, feedback, and “active” listening as tools of effective communication. You will also explore how to evaluate your listening habits and build on their strengths. 1.5 CEU
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Managing and Achieving Organization Goals
This course will focus on how to learn to set and achieve department or work unit goals that assist in driving the organizational mission. You will learn how to implement five proven goal-setting criteria to increase your chances for success, develop a credible selling strategy to facilitate a wider buy-in of each goal, and to create an action plan to carry out the goals’ accomplishments. In addition, you will learn how to track goals to make certain they accomplish objectives on time and to troubleshoot and rescue goals that have gotten off track.
1.5 CEU
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Fair Square and Legal: A Manager’s Guide to Safe Hiring, Managing, and Firing
This course provides you with a knowledge of the ways the laws governing equal opportunity and employee rights protect not only employees but you, the manager, as well. You will learn how to identify potential employment law violations before they happen, investigate a harassment complaint, and recognize a “hostile work environment.” In addition, you will learn how to write safe job advertisements and descriptions, conduct safe hiring interviews and performance appraisals, and develop an effective sexual harassment policy. After completing this course, you will have a firm understanding of the key aspects of employment law to manage safely and avoid legal liability.
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Accounting & Payroll Banking
Financial Reports: Understanding Debits and Credits
This course will focus on the vital tools of decision making for companies – financial reports. In this class, we will explore the accounting equation; accounting terms and concepts; the types of financial reports; and accounting processes. Specific topics will include cash accounting, accruals, allocations, prepaids, receivables, depreciation, amortization, inventory, and reserves. In addition, we will review how transactions are entered into financial records; balance sheets, income statements, and month end closings. .8 CEU
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Become a Payroll Specialist! PayTrain College and University Programs
American Payroll Association and Camden County College are proud to offer the new PayTrain series of payroll courses. As a payroll professional, you know how important it is to maintain your company’s compliance by keeping up with the changing regulations and procedures. Staying current is not only important to your company’s bottom line but also to your continued professional development. The PayTrain College and University Program is comprised of two professional courses designed for all levels of payroll administration – PayTrain Fundamentals and PayTrain Mastery. Whether you are interested in preparing for the Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) or Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification exams, or are just new to the industry and need to learn the basics of payroll, our courses will help you meet your goals.
PayTrain Fundamentals
PayTrain Fundamentals teaches the fundamental payroll calculations and applications necessary for individuals who are new to the payroll industry, those who support the payroll industry, and those who are preparing for the FPC or CPP certification examinations. This course will provide you with the basic knowledge and skills required to maintain payroll compliance and prevent costly penalties. 3.0 CEU
These calculations are critical to successfully passing the FPC and CPP exams and are not covered in PayTrain Mastery.
Topics covered in PayTrain Fundamentals include:
• Payroll fundamentals • Fundamentals of payroll operations • Paycheck fundamentals • Payroll benefits basics • Tax reporting • Payroll accounting • Professional administration
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PayTrain Mastery
A continuation of PayTrain Fundamentals, the mastery course is a comprehensive class providing students with a solid understanding of advanced payroll topics necessary for payroll managers and supervisors. This course is ideal for experienced payroll professionals seeking compliance training, professional development, or CPP certification preparation. Topics include payroll concepts, calculations, fringe benefits, employment taxes, payroll practices, payroll accounting, management and administration. To prepare for the CPP exam, this course should be taken after completing PayTrain Fundamentals. 3.6 CEU
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Investment Institute
In these unpredictable and often turbulent times that we now face, it is more important than ever to increase your personal knowledge of investing for you and your family. In this seminar, you will learn the essentials of investing by exploring the various options and techniques commonly utilized by today’s financial consultants. These courses are instructed by a highly experienced financial executive, Mr. William Dorman, who
will guide you through the investment spectrum.
Cost: $120 for series or $35 per session
Budgeting and Fixed Income Investment
This seminar will introduce investments, including bank certificates of deposit, tax-free vs. taxable bonds, and other fixed income products. We will discuss budgeting to determine monies available for investment and the completion of a personal investment profile for each participant.
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This seminar will include discussion on purchasing stocks, understanding dividends, splits, PE ratios, and the difference between the various markets. A review of fundamental vs. technical analysis will be included. Handouts will provide current data used to make stock selections.
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Mutual Funds
This seminar will focus on purchasing mutual funds, the internal working of funds, asset allocation and no load vs. load. We will also discuss closed end investments and unit investment trusts.
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Retirement Planning and Funding
This seminar will explore goals and strategies for those in the process of planning their retirement by focusing on discussions of handling rollovers and lump sum distributions, social security, long term care insurance, estate planning, and strategies for planning a successful retirement. We will also focus on a review of funding retirement accounts including IRAs, Roth IRAs, 401Ks, and other investments that are appropriate for funding retirement accounts.
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