Goodwill Industries of New Mexico

CHOOSE A CLASS AND REGISTER BELOW

Employment Skills Classes

Resume Workshop: Hands-on workshop to create or improve your resume.
Communication Skills: Essential skills for success in life or work: improve communication, adaptability, & leadership.
Career Compass North: Career Exploration: Explore career interests, identify skills, and analyze potential jobs via SWOT. This class is available in-person or online.
Career Compass East: Resume/Applying: Create/improve your resume and learn how to apply for jobs online. This class is available in-person or online.
Career Compass South: Interview/Soft Skills: Learn best practices for interviewing & professional communication. This class is available in-person or online.
Career Compass West: Your New Job: Building relationships, a good attitude, and knowledge & behavior skills at work. Note: This class is available in-person or online.
First Impressions: Learn the use of time management, appearance, words & body language for a good first impression.
Job Search Support: Drop-in space for students to meet with GS Instructor on questions regarding job searches, applying for jobs online, resumes, and resources.

Life Skills Classes

Resiliency: An in-depth look at ‘Resiliency: the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.’ This class is available in-person or online.
Resiliency Workshop: You’ve learned what resiliency is… now here’s a workshop to develop a plan and learn tools to strengthen those skills. This class is available in-person or online.
Money Management: Financial Literacy Training: Understanding your paycheck, expenses, credit and creating a monthly budget. This class is available in-person or online.
Thinking Critically: Become a better thinker. This course helps build analytical skills and explains how to determine what information is accurate. This class is available in-person or online.
Public Speaking Intro: Learn the basics of speaking in front of an audience.

Community Classroom

Suicide Awareness Training - Question, Persuade, Refer: QPR is a lifesaving, evidence-based suicide prevention intervention training open to anyone ages 16 and over.

At this free event, you will learn how to:
- Recognize the warning signs and risk factors for suicide
- Intervene and ask tough questions when someone is at risk of suicide
- Refer someone at risk of suicide to an appropriate lifesaving resource

Pre-registration is preferred. To RSVP, call Goodwill at 505.881.6401, ext. 3897, or send an email to ajones@goodwillnm.org.

Digital Literacy Classes

Computer Basics: Basic parts of computer, buttons, ports, understanding OS, applications, hardware, software.
Internet Basics: Explores what the internet is, understanding search engines, browser safety, email basics, and other virtual communication.
Excel - Basics: Intro to Excel that covers basic functions: formatting, formulas, & more. This class is available in-person or online.
Excel for Business Professionals: Workshop intro to spreadsheet features including sorting,
formatting, filtering, & basic formulas.
Excel - Functions: Next level look at VLOOKUP, WEEKDAY, SUMIFS, "absolute vs relative" cells & data validation.
Excel - Pivot Tables: In-depth review of PivotTable construction & use.
Intro to Coding: An overview of computer programming. Explore JavaScript, Python, and web development.
Coding Workshop: Fun coding games to build coding skills in JavaScript and Python.
App Development: Intro to app coding, a look at iOS and Android & interactive learning exercise
Game Development: Intro on how to create video games & use game engines.
Microsoft Explorer: Navigate Windows OS, Download, upload, save, organize & find files.
Microsoft PowerPoint: Learn to design & animate slides & play/save presentations.
Excel - Mindset: Overview of the skills needed to use Excel well. This class focuses more on assorted mental skills and analysis skills than on Excel skills.
Microsoft Word: Learn how to layout, format & save documents as well as spellcheck, spacing & inserting images/shapes.
Cybersecurity: Learn to identify cyber threats and phishing and how to protect your digital assets.
Discovering Data: Learn the basics of data concepts, processes, and tools.
Microsoft Outlook: Learn the basics of creating and sending emails with Outlook.

Health and Wellness

Stress Management: You cannot avoid stress, but you can manage it. Take an in-depth look at where stress comes from and the mindful strategies used to overcome it. This class is available in-person or online.
Stress Management Workshop: Workshop dedicated to a detailed look at meditative and other practices to rescue you from daily stressors and help you thrive. This class is available in-person or online.