Business IT Diploma with HR

Designed for:

Individuals who wish to gain essential office and computer skills in preparation for a career in HR.
 

Objectives:

To provide you with vital business skills for improved employment opportunities in this field.

Course Content

• Computer Keyboard Skills – Learn how to touch type accurately, using the correct keyboard technique.
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• Keyboard Speed Development – Develop your typing speed to improve productivity using graded copying exercises and timed dictations. A number of stages are available, taking you up to a speed of 70 wpm.

• Effective Business Communication – Learn to communicate effectively in business – by letter, email, telephone and personal presentations.
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• Business Document Production – Develop skills and understanding of routine and complex business documents and the conventions used in their production and presentation.

• Microsoft Word – Learn word processing skills to a good employable standard.

• Microsoft Word Expert – Learn advanced word processing skills including mail merge, creating and running macros, creating an index, table of contents and more.

• Microsoft Excel – Learn spreadsheet skills to a good employable standard.
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• Microsoft Excel Expert – Learn advanced spreadsheet skills, covering areas such as importing and exporting data, creating and using templates, linking workbooks, data management, using analysis tools and pivot tables.

• Microsoft Outlook – Learn how to share, manage and schedule information electronically. Covers the use of email, electronic calendar, scheduling meetings and appointments, creating and assigning tasks and creating address lists.

• Microsoft Access – Develop database skills from initial design stage to running reports and queries.

• Microsoft PowerPoint – Gain competency in creating slide presentations. Areas covered include formatting, inserting tables, pictures, sound and hyperlinks, and applying transition and timing effects.

• Get Into HR – Learn the main principles of HR, including methods of recruitment, reviewing application forms, preparing for interviews, employee induction and contracts of employment

• Manual PAYE – Learn to calculate wages and salaries using Inland Revenue tables, understand tax codes, Inland Revenue forms, and how to complete them. Covers holiday pay, statutory sick and maternity pay.

• Sage Payroll – Convert manual payroll skills to computerised payroll using the most popular software program.
 

Please discuss the options with your Course Advisor

Benefits
 Equip you to start a new career
 The flexibility and value of a self-study course designed to enable you to work at your own pace
 Personalised workbooks to use as a reference guide on completion of your training
 The opportunity to gain a Pitman Training Diploma that is recognised nationally and internationally by employers

Duration: 7 weeks full-time* (200 hours flexi study)
* based on 20-30 hours a week