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Public
Employee Press
Computer training on city time
Human Resources Administration employees
are upgrading their skills and doing it on company time.
The career development subcommittee of the Quality of Work Life Committee
at HRA planted the seed for the new program more than five years ago when
they held a computer fair for employees.
The garden it grew in Clerical-Administrative Employees Local 1549s
new computer training center was an initiative of President Eddie
Rodriguez that the union completed last year.
Wanda Williams, labor co-chair of the QWL subcommittee and a Local 1549
member, knew that the local had a new computer-training center. She followed
up on the sub-committees desire to acquire new computer skills and
contacted Instructor Jon Ng.
Since June 1, the HRA group has been meeting twice a week to receive Microsoft
Office Specialist training from Mr. Ng, a certified Microsoft Master Instructor.
The training includes Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
In addition to Ms. Williams, the class includes: Clerical Associate II
Florine Watson, Local 1549; Eligibility Specialist III Donna McDuffie,
Local 1549; Supervisor I Tetina Bunche-Evans, Social Service Employees
Union Local 371; and Computer Specialist Ira Kurtze, Electronic Data Processing
Personnel Local 2627.
When we talk productivity with City Hall, we will be proud to take
the mayor on a tour of our training center and show him how it is making
our members more productive, said Mr. Rodriguez.
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