Courses

401(k) Plans

1. 401(k) Basics

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course explains essential 401(k) rules. It covers the important features and benefits of a 401(k) plan, some points to keep in mind about protecting your investments, and how to enroll in a 401(k) plan.

Budgeting and Saving

1. Confronting Debt

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course provides a guide to assessing personal debt, formulating a budget, and maintaining a good credit rating.

2. Eliminating Debt

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course provides a guide to eliminating personal debt and rebuilding damaged credit.

3. Banking Basics

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course explains basic principles of consumer banking.

4. Choosing Bank Accounts

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course explains how to choose checking accounts, savings accounts and certificates of deposit, and provides an introduction to online banking.

5. Planning Your Retirement

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course provides an introduction to long-term investment strategy.

6. Making 401(k) Plans Work

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course explains how to take advantage of 401(k) saving plans.

7. Exploring Investment Options

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course provides a guide to investing in stocks and explains other investment options including bonds, mutual funds, and government investments.

Estate Planning

1. Starting an Estate Plan

   		Expected Duration:	2 hours
   Description: This course provides an introduction to the terms and resources needed to begin preparing an estate plan, as applicable to United States regulations.

2. Sorting Out Your Assets

   		Expected Duration:	4 hours
   Description: This course provides an overview of some of the most common types of estate assets, as applicable to United States regulations.

3. Preparing Your Will

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course provides an introduction to wills and trusts, as applicable to United States regulations.

4. All About Probate

   		Expected Duration:	2 hours
   Description: This course provides an overview of probate and probate court, as applicable to United States regulations.

5. Considering Your Family

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course provides information on the inheritance rights of spouses and children, and ways to prevent challenges to a will, as applicable to United States regulations.

6. Taxes to Expect

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course provides information on federal, state, and gift taxes, and how they affect an estate, as applicable to United States regulations.

7. Tax Strategies

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course provides strategies for keeping estate taxes down to a minimum, as applicable to United States regulations.

8. Retirement Issues

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course provides strategies for preparing for retirement and other elder issues within the estate plan, as applicable to United States regulations.

9. Revising an Estate Plan

   		Expected Duration:	2 hours
   Description: This course provides strategies for revising an estate plan throughout life, as applicable to United States regulations.

Home Business

1. Choosing a Business

   		Expected Duration:	5 hours
   Description: This course provides an overview of the options in creating a new business from home, buying a franchise, buying an existing business, or joining a partnership.

2. Raising Financing

   		Expected Duration:	5 hours
   Description: This course explains how to create a business plan and raise the money to support the plan.

3. Office Management

   		Expected Duration:	5 hours
   Description: This course explains how to set up and manage an office at home.

4. Managing Your Business

   		Expected Duration:	5 hours
   Description: This course explains how to run a home business, including such topics as keeping books and dealing with taxes.

Interview Skills

1. Getting the Interview

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course shows users how to find the right job openings and get an invitation to an interview.

2. Preparing Yourself

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course shows users how to prepare for an interview, from the time they receive the request for the interview to the night before.

3. Making an Entrance

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course talks users through arriving at an interview and establishing a connection with the interviewer.

4. Listening and Answering

   		Expected Duration:	4 hours
   Description: This course shows users how to actively listen to the interviewer and answer the most common interview questions with the solutions that the interviewer needs.

5. Taking the Reins

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course shows users how and when to steer an interview, and how to handle salary negotiations.

6. Asking Questions

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course shows users how to ask questions in an interview that will provide needed information as well as demonstrate preparedness for the job.

7. Opening Interviews

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course shows users how to generate opening interviews for themselves and how to handle gatekeeper and telephone interviews designed to weed out unsuitable candidates.

8. Tough Interviews

   		Expected Duration:	2 hours
   Description: This course show users how to handle difficult interviews, including group interviews, performance tests, and stress interviews.

9. Following Through

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course shows users how to overcome objections during interviews, handle follow-up interviews, and step through the process from post-interview to the first days on the new job.

Investing Fundamentals

1. The Basics

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course explains to users how to get a general picture of their personal financial situations and begin the process of investing.

2. Organizing

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course explains to users how to determine their financial situations and make plans for investment funds.

3. Stocks

   		Expected Duration:	4 hours
   Description: This course explains how to choose and invest in stocks.

4. Bonds

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course explains how to choose and invest in bonds. Each type of bond (U.S. Treasuries, U.S. government agency bonds, municipal bonds, and corporate bonds) is explained and the unique advantages and disadvantages are described.

5. Mutual Funds

   		Expected Duration:	5 hours
   Description: This course explains to users how to choose and invest in mutual funds.

6. Planning

   		Expected Duration:	4 hours
   Description: This course explains how to prepare for the future with solid investing strategies, retirement planning and insurance coverage.

QuickBooks

1. The First Time in QuickBooks

   		Expected Duration:	2 hours
   Description: This course explains how to get started with QuickBooks and how to begin the EasyStep Interview process. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries.

2. Setting Up Accounting

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course shows users how to complete the EasyStep Interview to set up company records in QuickBooks. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries.

3. Entering Historical Data

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course shows users how to enter current or past information about their companies to establish QuickBooks information. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries.

4. Managing Accounts and Lists

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course shows users how to use QuickBooks to track accounts and manage items in their companies. This includes how to create and manage lists for viewing and how to generate reports and graphs for visually assessing a company's accounting status. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries.

5. Invoices and Sales Tax

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course shows users how to manage invoices and record sales tax information in QuickBooks. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries.

6. Paying Bills

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course shows how to pay bills through check writing and cash transactions in QuickBooks. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries.

7. Managing Assets and Reports

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course shows how to track inventory and other assets and how to create QuickBooks reports on a business. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries.

8. Paying Employees

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course shows how to manage payroll track employee information and disburse payments to employees and contractors. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries.

9. Managing Taxes

   		Expected Duration:	3 hours
   Description: This course shows how to withhold and pay employee taxes create tax reports and account for income taxes in QuickBooks. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries.

10. Online Banking and Budgets

    		Expected Duration:	4 hours
    Description: This course shows how to manage online banking create and track budgets and use existing information to create forecast reports in QuickBooks. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries.

QuickBooks 2004

1. Setting Up QuickBooks

   		Expected Duration:	5 hours
   Description: This course introduces QuickBooks and shows how to set up the initial accounts for a company. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries.

2. Adding Information and Security

   		Expected Duration:	4 hours
   Description: This course provides information on using lists in QuickBooks and keeping your files safe. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries.

3. Invoices, Purchases, and Payments

   		Expected Duration:	6 hours
   Description: This course shows learners how to use QuickBooks for invoices, purchases, and payments. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries.

4. Timesaving Features

   		Expected Duration:	4 hours
   Description: This course introduces a number of timesaving features that can help learners simplify and enhance the work they do in QuickBooks. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries.

5. Recording Inventory and Assets

   		Expected Duration:	4 hours
   Description: This course shows learners how to track inventory and assets using QuickBooks 2004. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries.

6. Working with Taxes, Equity, and Liabilities

   		Expected Duration:	5 hours
   Description: This course provides an overview of the tools and forms that QuickBooks provides in order to manage taxes, equity, and liabilities. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries.

7. Extra Features and Reports

   		Expected Duration:	5 hours
   Description: This course provides information on preparing reports in QuickBooks and other miscellaneous features. QuickBooks is a registered trademark or registered service mark of Intuit Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries.

Retirement Planning

1. Money Management

   		Expected Duration:	5 hours
   Description: This course introduces basic financial planning and assessment strategies.

2. Investing

   		Expected Duration:	5 hours
   Description: This course explains the basic investment tools to use to build up savings for retirement.