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At VAR we run a wide variety of training.
See below for current courses that are to be delivered at The Spectrum.
For further details of the course click 'read more' and to book click 'book now'
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What is covered?
The course is designed to take delegates through the key processes and essential activities required to manage a project from start to finish. It unpicks the complexities of project management and presents them simply with a step by step approach. It is an interactive course that will leave delegates with a clear understanding of how to approach and deliver projects.
Delegates will leave the course having learned how to:
- Identify and manage project objectives and benefits
- Develop the project Business Case
- Break a project down into manageable stages through Project Planning
- Identify, assess and manage risk
- Establish a project team and clarify roles and responsibilities for all those involved in delivering the project
Course Date
Tuesday 21st February 2012. From 9:30am to 4:30pm - Book Now
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What is covered?
The workshop reviews and practices the skills and attributes of good leaders, including:
· Are you a manager or a leader – or both?
· “Being a leader” v “Leadership”
· Transformational v Transactional leadership.
There will be a pre-read offered to all participants to provide the opportunity to start the workshop with the same level of knowledge.
Course Date
Tue 28th February 2012 - 9:30am - 1:00pm - Book Now
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 January 2012 10:36 |
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What is covered?
The workshop is practical with all many activities to offer the opportunity to understand the techniques involved. The main issues are:
· The 6 Stage problem solving process;
· Logical and creative problem solving;
· Group and individual problem solving.
There will be a pre-read to offer all participants the opportunity to start the workshop with the same level of knowledge.
Course Date
Tue 20th March 2012 - 9:30am - 1:00pm - Book Now
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Whats covered?
This is a full day course which looks in detail at the legislation surrounding managing discipline and grievance.
Session outline
• What discipline and grievance means
• What a procedure should look like
• How to introduce a procedure
• How to operate a procedure, including the right to be accompanied
• Practical cases studies
Course Dates
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What is covered?
This workshop will teach you techniques to help you stand out from the crows when looking for a job or considering a volunteering opportunity.
By the end of the session you will be able to:
- Identify the stengths you would bring to a job
- Feel confident talking about these strengths in an interview
- Create examples of the benefit you can bring to an organisation - to use at interviews
- Sell yourself in a short amout of time using an 'elevator pitch'
- Know how to use social media to look for jobs
- Understand different employment types, self-employment for example
- Start to look at your career ambitions
This workshop is free of charge for people who are currently unemployed and living in Rotherham.
Course dates
17th - 18th April 9.30am to 3pm (both days) Book Now
23rd - 24th May 9.30am to 3pm (both days) Book Now
25th - 26th June 9.30am to 3pm (both days) Book Now
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What is covered?
Are you considering becoming self-employed but not 100% sure if it is right for you? This workshop gives you the opportunity to take the first steps into exploring whether self-employment should and could work for you in reality.
By the end of the workshop you will be able to:
- Look at your confidence and potential barriers to setting up in business
- Understood some of the challenges and benefits of starting a business
- Looked at your skill set – and decided what you want your business to give you
- Looked at developing an idea and take it to the next stage
- Gained an understanding of market research to ensure your business idea is viable
- Gained an overview of what’s involved in starting and running a business
- Know how to register as self-emplyed
This workshop is free of charge for people who are currently unemployed and living in Rotherham.
Course dates
7th - 8th March 2012 9.30am to 3pm (both days) Book Now
15th - 16th May 2012 9.30am to 3pm (both days) Book Now
Cost: FREE
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What is covered?
Starting a business can be an exciting opportunity but also, may feel a bit daunting. In order to make sure your business succeeds you need careful planning. This workshop will help you to move towards starting your business and will show you the basics of business planning and marketing your business so you are in a better position to launch it.
By the end of the session you will be able to:
- Understand how to complete a business plan
- Have the tools to carry out market research to ensure you understand your market
- Be able to price your product/service
- Have an opportunity to explore selling skills and marketing your business
- Decide the correct legal status for your business
- Know what is required for HMRC – tax and National Insurance
- Look at licenses and insurances that might be required
- Know the basics of health and safety that will be required, especially if employing staff
- Identified all your start-up costs required for the business
Course dates
13th - 14th March 9.30 to 3pm (both days) Book Now
19th - 20th June 9.30 to 3pm (both days) Book Now
This workshop is free of charge for people who are currently unemployed and living in Rotherham.
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What is covered?
This workshop has been designed to help support you as you start your new business. It will help you focus on the financial side of your business plan and ensuring that you and your business is viable. The workshop will give you knowledge of financial issues, guidance on how to manage your finances and how to help you ensure your business is making a profit.
By the end of the session you will be able to:
- Understand the basic financial aspects involved in setting up and running a business
- Identified all your start-up costs
- Looked at your own personal financial situation
- Know how to complete a cash flow forecast
- Know how to produce a sales forecast
- Work out a profit and loss sheet
- Know what breakeven is
- Be able to price your product/service
- Know what is required for HMRC – tax and National Insurance
- Look at a simple bookkeeping system and how to keep your financial records
This workshop is free of charge for people who are currently unemployed and living in Rotherham.
Course dates
25th - 26th April 9.30 to 3pm (both days) Book Now
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What is covered?
This workshop will develop your social media skills so that you can widen the channels you use for job searching. More and more employers communicate with their customers via social media so understanding the tools and techniques may help you impress perspective employers.
By the end of the session you will be able to:
- Identify different social media platforms
- Look at the benefits of social media
- Understand which types of social media would benefit you in your job search
- Identify good and bad examples of how it is used
- Understand why and how companies use social media to communicate with their customers
- Create your own Linkedin and/or Twitter account and know the basics of how to get started
- Identify ways to find jobs on Linkedin and Twitter
This workshop is free of charge for people who are currently unemployed and living in Rotherham.
Course dates
30th - 31st May 9.30am to 3pm (both days) Book Now
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