Greetings,
Did you know you might qualify for training funds if you work at a private company that pays Hawaii state unemployment compensation? The
Employment Training Fund (ETF)
offers tuition assistance for continuing education courses offered through all of the University of Hawaii community colleges. Employers currently receive tuition assistance for ETF approved courses of up to 50% of the first $500 of the price of the course. We encourage you to take advantage of this benefit offered through the State of Hawaii Workforce Development Division of the Department of Labor.
All the best to you,
Beryl Morimoto
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Meet Annie Meier, Registrar
Meet Annie Meier, our newest PCATT team member. Annie started her career working for several Congressmen in Washington DC. She enjoyed her years on The Hill because of her fascination with politics. Annie most recently worked in one of the largest school systems in the country. Her years of experience in the executive offices, Superintendent, and School Board provided her with strong customer service skills and the ability to manage many assignments in very busy offices.
We're privileged to have Annie on our team and she is appreciative and happy to be working at Honolulu Community College and most especially for PCATT.
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Cisco Academy Leads in Technical Training
Wayne Lewis, PCATT Cisco Academy Manager, recently attended the U.S. and Canada Cisco Academy Partner Summit and brought back good news for all of us as we keep current on cybersecurity, the Internet of Things, and data analytics which were focus topics at the Summit. We're looking forward to Cisco's new Cyber Operations certification and new courses.
Did you know? The Cisco Academy at PCATT trains all levels of people from high school and college students, career changers, Cisco Academy instructors, and IT professionals.
Continue reading the Blog article
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The scammers are getting better at scamming us. There are fewer Nigerian princes and emails with bad grammar. Here's a
scammer quiz from the Daily Mail.
Answers are provided after the 13
th
item in the quiz. See how many you get right.
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Information Security Policy Templa
tes from SANS
If you're developing
information security policies, this is a treasure trove of policy templates from SANS. There are general templates and network, server, and application security templates. There are also recommendations as to whether you have a policy, standard, or guideline.
Thank you, SANS
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The Honolulu Community College campus in the PCATT consortium is
certified to accept funding from the Veterans Administration (VA) for selected non-credit training programs. You may use VA benefits for programs such as Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle, GIS, CAD, BICSI, and others. The key is that your training must be part of a program, not just a standalone course.
It is crucial to be updated on the latest changes with the VA that impact processing of training benefits so PCATT sent its School Certifying Official (SCO), Germaine Tsukamoto, to the annual Western Association of Veterans Education Specialist (WAVES) training conference.
For information on how to use your VA benefits, we welcome you to contact Germaine @ 808 845-9184.
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Envision Strategize Actualize
We invite you to "Envision Strategize Actualize", an event that presents thought leaders' perspectives on how technology can transform Hawaii. You'll have an opportunity to participate in this smaller event with 100 fellow Hawaii business and community leaders. You can listen to panel discussions and then network at lunch. ES&A, Inc, a Law Corporation, is the primary sponsor, supported by Hawaii Pacific University, HI Tech Support, HTDC, PACXA, and PCATT.
Date: August 17, Wednesday
Time: 8:00 am to 1:30 pm
Where: Aloha Tower Marketplace
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Highlighting the Value of your Certifications
The value of your certifications isn't always apparent when your resume is being reviewed by a Human Resource office or a resume robot. Besides showcasing your certifications as this article from Certification Magazine suggests, tie your certifications to your experience and your competencies. There are great tips here for
showcasing your IT certifications.
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Hiring "Learning Animals"
A priority at Google is to hire "learning anima
ls
". Does your company or organization value learning? Here are tips from Harvard Business Review about
how
managers can foster learnability.
You can also look to PCATT for your training needs.
Listed here
are currently oper
ating and upcoming PCATT courses.
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This one isn't new and here's hoping no government employee takes offense. The Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure is a compendium of actual actions of government employees, categorized by types of ethical failures. Some are hard to believe which explains their inclusion in this list of failures. You can read an
excerpt from the book
or listen to a
podcast from Freakonomics Radio
(18:40).
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