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Get active! Coming to our membership dinners and joining a RAP committee is a great way to network, learn new skills and be a part of changing the retail industry!

• Art & Media Committee: It's time for new rhyme on retail. Connect with the artists creating an original RAP rap music video!
• Career Development Committee: Plan our customer service training alumni party and build our new Retail Staffing Network!
• Workplace Justice Committee: Because no one's going to make retail better - if we don't! Organize for better scheduling practice and protect commissions!

Find out how credit reports affect your life, and receive personalized assistance with improving your credit score.

Improve your qualifications, better your opportunities, advance on the sales floor, and land that dream job at the four class CST series - Tuesdays, May 8, 15, 22, and 29. Gain a completion certificate from LaGuardia Community College. Dinner provided.
Register Online: http://bit.ly/IYIxO3

Learn how to develop a client book that helps you increase sales and advance in the industry. Includes an overview of the client book, how to start and develop client relationships, and how to establish yourself as a specialist. Register here: http://bit.ly/J5ZZUz

*Determine if your commission rate meets industry standards.
*Explore best practices to enhance your sales.
*Learn about laws that protect YOUR commission earnings.
*Examine current trends in commissioned retail sectors.

Improve your qualifications, better your opportunities, advance on the sales floor, and land that dream job at the four class CST series - Tuesdays, May 8, 15, 22, and 29. Gain a completion certificate from LaGuardia Community College. Dinner provided.
Register Online: http://bit.ly/IYIxO3

Perfect your resume to make yours stand out above the rest, and land those coveted interviews.
Participants receive small group instruction and individualized suggestions, edits, and tips for resumes.

Are your Customer Service Skills polished? Now learn the next steps, and how to increase your sales and develop repeat customers in mid to high-end environments. Sign up online: http://bit.ly/HOHkI6

Import Export, Fashion professional, Event Planning, Small Manufacturing and Creative Arts.
Interested in Starting a business?? Working for yourself? Starting a worker coop?
Meet and Network with other RAP Entrepreneurs on the same road
At our first meeting a representatives from LaGuardia SBDC will be going over some preliminary info you need when starting a business. In addition their free services include:
• understand the importance of a business plan
• discover sources of funding
• prepare for e-commerce
• identify avenues for exporting goods & services
• develop marketing plans
• assess an invention’s viability
• comply with licensing & regulations

Learn how to stay away from financial products and services that have hidden fees, and reduce your debt on any income.

Improve your qualifications, better your opportunities, advance on the sales floor, and land that dream job at the four class CST series - Tuesdays, May 8, 15, 22, and 29. Gain a completion certificate from LaGuardia Community College. Dinner provided.
Register Online: http://bit.ly/IYIxO3

Are your Customer Service Skills polished? Now learn the next steps, and how to increase your sales and develop repeat customers in mid to high-end environments. Sign up online: http://bit.ly/HOHkI6

Improve your qualifications, better your opportunities, advance on the sales floor, and land that dream job at the four class CST series - Tuesdays, May 8, 15, 22, and 29. Gain a completion certificate from LaGuardia Community College. Dinner provided.
Register Online: http://bit.ly/IYIxO3