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Professional Education offers a wide variety of non-credit classes, programs, professional certificates and training to help professionals advance their careers. The primary mission of the Office of Professional Education is to offer learning opportunities to all people of all ages using the expertise of our faculty, business partners and alumni.
Attend a scheduled class or contact us to arrange a customized, onsite program at your facility. If you have any questions please call 860-832-2277.
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From the Blog
Improve Your Emotional Intelligence to Further Your Career
Emotional intelligence can be important to your career in many different ways. Those who score high on a scale measuring emotional intelligence make on average $29,000 more a year than those who don't, so anything you can do to improve this trait could be worth...
Hard Data on ‘Soft’ Skills Learned in Professional Development
It is extremely rare that any employee has sufficient technical or professional skill to excuse them from the need for so-called "soft" skills like a positive communication style. Whatever your profession, you can safely assume that you will have more success if your...
Why You Need Continuing Education When Your Career Is Going Well
When you have a career and it is going well, it can be tempting to ignore continuing education. It doesn't seem very important to gain new skills when the skills you already have seem sufficient for the job that it seems like you will have for the foreseeable future....