{"id":23562,"date":"2022-08-09T18:08:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T22:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2022\/08\/09\/new-director-of-corporate-and-community-education-is-paying-it-forward\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:57:12","slug":"new-director-of-corporate-and-community-education-is-paying-it-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/08\/09\/new-director-of-corporate-and-community-education-is-paying-it-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"New Director of Corporate and Community Education is Paying It Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haverhill and Lawrence, MA (August 5, 2022)\u2014 For nearly 30 years, Linda Schildkraut had a successful career in business-to-business solutions, sales, and team development in the New York City area. During that time, she saw firsthand how both employees and managers benefit when their employers invest in continued training.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25594\" style=\"width: 312px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/LindaSchildkraut-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25594\" class=\" wp-image-25594\" src=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/LindaSchildkraut-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"423\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linda Schildkraut is the new director of the Center for Corporate and Community Education.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI had a lot of good fortune, but not without help and training and other people investing in my future,\u201d remembers Schildkraut.<\/p>\n<p>When she and her husband decided to move back to her hometown of Lexington, MA, Schildkraut seized the opportunity to help others benefit from that same type of investment. She started at Northern Essex as the Program Manager for Corporate Education for the Center for Corporate and Community Education in March of 2021 and was recently promoted to director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/noncredit\/contact\/\">Center for Corporate and Community Education.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to offering general personal and professional development courses, NECC\u2019s Center for Corporate and Community Education staff connects with local businesses to provide specific and specialized training to provide the skills most in demand in their industries. That can range from basic computer literacy and English language skills courses to CPR certification and management training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you can hire someone for aptitude, we can upskill them,\u201d says Schildkraut. \u201cJobs have changed since the pandemic started, and there\u2019s a disconnect between skills employers are looking to hire and the skills job seekers have. We can help bridge that gap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schildkraut says they\u2019re constantly working to evolve courses to make sure they\u2019re relevant to the local community and focused on the changing needs of local employers. \u201cWe recently revamped our Supervisory Skills course, for example,\u201d she says. \u201cWe added topics such as generational and cultural awareness and how to manage a remote workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NECC\u2019s Center for Corporate and Community Education also offers a variety of personal development courses, like the popular noncredit cooking classes and Microsoft Office Basics. For more information, email <a href=\"mailto:communityeducation@necc.mass.edu\">communityeducation@necc.mass.edu, <\/a>call 978 556-3060, or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/noncredit\/\">the webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex Community College has campuses in both Haverhill and Lawrence. It offers\u00a0approximately\u00a060\u00a0associate degree and certificate programs and hundreds of noncredit courses designed for personal enrichment and career growth.\u00a0 Each year,\u00a06,000\u00a0students enroll in credit associate degree and certificate programs on the Haverhill and Lawrence campuses;\u00a0another 2,000\u00a0take noncredit workforce development and community education classes on campus and at businesses and community sites across the Merrimack Valley.\u00a0 For more information,\u00a0visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\">website<\/a>\u00a0or call 978-556-3700.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haverhill and Lawrence, MA (August 5, 2022)\u2014 For nearly 30 years, Linda Schildkraut had a successful career in business-to-business solutions, sales, and team development in the New York City area. 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