CLIMB Center at PCC

CLIMB Center

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Continuing Education for Individuals, Management & Business

CLIMB Center programs deliver continuing education opportunities for individuals, and workforce solutions and customized training for professionals and businesses in Portland. These non-credit courses, workshops and certification trainings help elevate careers and improve workplace performance by offering specialized training from experts in their fields. Learn more below!

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Institute for Health Professionals

Start your career in healthcare, enroll in CEUs for health professionals, prepare for national exams, and complete comprehensive health certificate programs.

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Small Business Development Center

Launch or grow your small business through no-cost, one-on-one business advising and affordable business education.

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Professional Development & Training

Develop and improve your professional skills – for individuals or larger organizations.

Remote Career Training

Self-paced remote career training you can do from home to reach new career goals.

CLIMB News and Announcements

New This Summer: Business Builders: Fri, 05 Jun 2020; The newly designed Business Builders program is designed to help our clients put a strong foundation under their growing businesses. This unique program consists of 10 sessions, each three hours long, each focused on one of the critical elements necessary to help you develop strong roots for your growing business while creating systems and processes to ensure long term resiliency, flexibility and success.
Develop Skills for a Career in Hospitality with These Remote Learning Courses: Wed, 03 Jun 2020; Working in hospitality is a mile-a-minute career, being the behind-the-scenes mastermind for everything from wonderful experiences at hotels to excellence in event planning and design. If you've worked in food service or another hospitality-related job, you've likely already dipped your toes into this complex and exciting career path.
Portland Financial Recovery Resources: Mon, 01 Jun 2020; If you've recently been furloughed or are out of work and wondering how recent events will affect your livelihood, you might be looking to carve the path to a brighter future. We've been thinking about that too. Our diverse non-credit programming offer a variety of topics to allow you to explore potential career paths, side hustles or moonlighting projects - without having to revive a full-scale academic pursuit. In this blog, we're sharing a sample of some classes that may jumpstart ideas for those seeking to improve their current financial situation.; View more ...