{"id":23814,"date":"2021-07-19T19:29:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T23:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2021\/07\/19\/new-partnership-between-necc-and-fortune-500-employers-will-lead-to-job-ready-skills\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:22:14","slug":"new-partnership-between-necc-and-fortune-500-employers-will-lead-to-job-ready-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/07\/19\/new-partnership-between-necc-and-fortune-500-employers-will-lead-to-job-ready-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"New Partnership between NECC and Fortune 500 Employers will Lead to \u201cJob-Ready\u201d Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2021\/07\/microcredentials-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-24238 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2021\/07\/microcredentials-photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Haverhill and Lawrence, MA. (July 20, 2021)-This fall, Northern Essex Community College will offer <a href=\"https:\/\/ccce.necc.mass.edu\/public\/category\/programArea.do?method=load&amp;selectedProgramAreaId=1166984&amp;_ga=2.39235882.841810922.1626709710-1743615940.1457699467\">two new micro-credentials<\/a>, in Sales and Customer Service and Business Analytics, geared for those looking to begin, change, or enhance their careers.\u00a0 NECC is collaborating with Wayfair, Dell, and HubSpot, which was recently voted #4 on Glassdoor\u2019s annual list of Best Places to Work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to teach you a very specific skill in a very short time,\u201d said Alex Rodriguez, the college\u2019s director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/noncredit\/\">corporate &amp; community education<\/a>. \u201cThe point is to make you job-ready now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each program will meet online for three hours for 15 weeks, starting the second week in September. The <a href=\"https:\/\/ccce.necc.mass.edu\/search\/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&amp;courseId=1174862&amp;selectedProgramAreaId=1166984&amp;selectedProgramStreamId=\">Sales and Customer Service<\/a> course will be taught on Tuesday evenings and the <a href=\"https:\/\/ccce.necc.mass.edu\/search\/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&amp;courseId=1174904&amp;selectedProgramAreaId=1166984&amp;selectedProgramStreamId=\">Business Analytics<\/a> course on Wednesday evenings.<\/p>\n<p>While other colleges may offer micro-credentials, what is unique to Northern Essex\u2019s program is the level of involvement of the employers, according to Rodriguez. These firms have helped shape the curriculum and will continue to be part of the program, speaking to classes, providing case studies, and participating in networking events. In turn, they will have more immediate access to program talent and are eager to hire participants.<\/p>\n<p>The price of each micro-credential is $1,300 and there is funding available of up to $1,300 to assist students with their educational costs, including tuition and fees. Students who successfully complete the course will earn three credits toward an associate degree at Northern Essex and a free voucher for a three-credit course that can be taken in the future.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23326\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2020\/10\/Alex-Rodriguez-featured-image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23326\" class=\"wp-image-23326 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2020\/10\/Alex-Rodriguez-featured-image-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Rodriguez, NECC director of corporate &amp; community education<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Sales and Service course will cover \u201creal world\u201d sales, customer service, and management\/supervisory skills and will prepare students for sales careers in any industry. The curriculum will focus on engaging students in real life scenarios and current industry practitioners will be leveraged as guest speakers. At the end of the course, students will understand selling and customer service techniques, know key methodologies in attaining sales goals and benchmarks, be able to assess and deliver on customer needs, and have more fully developed oral and written communications skills.<\/p>\n<p>The Business Analytics course will prepare students for careers analyzing data that will allow them to draw conclusions to develop business strategies to improve performance. The course will cover standard analytical tools, data visualization as well as best practices around telling a \u201cdata story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe created these programs after researching what kind of skills were most in demand in the Greater Merrimack Valley and Greater Boston,\u201d said Rodriguez. \u201cThis is an amazing opportunity that we believe will get our students closer to immediate and sustainable careers with real potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, contact Rodriguez at arodriguez@necc.mass.edu.<\/p>\n<p>NECC\u2019s Center for Corporate &amp; Community Education offers noncredit business, professional, career, and personal development courses as well as professional certificates and computer training for individuals and companies looking for cutting-edge skills, by providing the training that is most needed in today\u2019s workforce. For more information email\u00a0noncredit@necc.mass.edu\u00a0or call 978-659-1200 or\u00a0visit us online<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex Community College has campuses in both Haverhill and Lawrence. It offers\u00a0approximately\u00a060\u00a0associate degree and certificate programs as well as hundreds of noncredit courses designed for personal enrichment and career growth.\u00a0 Each year,\u00a06,000\u00a0students are enrolled in credit associate degree and certificate programs on the Haverhill and Lawrence campuses; and\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, visit the website at\u00a0www.necc.mass.edu\u00a0or call 978-556-3700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This fall, NECC will offer two new micro-credentials, in Sales and Customer Service and Business Analytics, geared for those looking to begin, change, or enhance their careers.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":25082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11,15],"tags":[133,263,349,493],"class_list":["post-23814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-headlines","tag-center-for-corporate-and-community-education","tag-fortune-500","tag-job-ready-skills","tag-partnerships"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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