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WATERVILLE — Professional development programming at Thomas College will help develop employees and, in turn, help companies address the difficulty of training and retaining employees in a tight labor market.
Now in its third year, the professional development series has helped more than 50 businesses train more than 200 employees right here in Central Maine.
The Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation at Thomas College offers six programs total (one-day, three-week, and six-week programs); the first program begins Oct. 1, and the last program starts Nov. 5.
This fall HAIBI is continuing its partnership with the Buker Community Center to offer two programs (Leadership Symposium and Effective Teamwork) in Augusta.
New this year is a one-day seminar, “Recruiting and Retaining Employees: Your Company’s Most Important Asset,” for Human Resources professionals, supervisors, and hiring managers.
“We’re really excited to be able to offer these programs this fall. Employers, both small and large, are telling us how important it is to quickly train employees in these specific subjects and to have these new skills immediately put to use in the workplace,” said Mike Duguay, executive director of the Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation.
For more information and to register, visit www.thomas.edu/training.
Celebrating its 125th anniversary, Thomas College offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in programs ranging from business, entrepreneurship, and technology, to education, criminal justice, and psychology. Its Guaranteed Job Program, the first of its kind in the nation, is built on students’ academic, career, and leadership preparation. Thomas is also home to the Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation and the Center for Innovation in Education.
In 2017, Money Magazine ranked Thomas 23rd of all colleges and universities in the country for adding the most value to their degrees, and data reported by the “New York Times” ranks Thomas in the top 15 percent of all higher education institutions in the U.S. for upward mobility of its graduates.
For more information, visit www.thomas.edu or contact MacKenzie Riley Young at pr@thomas.edu or 207-859-1313.
