While you may not enjoy doing your taxes, receiving a healthy refund makes it all worthwhile. Your immediate impulse might be to use that sudden windfall on something you’ll enjoy. But investing that money with the future in mind may ultimately be the better choice, and you’ll have several different options for making your money stretch further.
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Spotlight On Success: Taber E Ashley Union Bank Taber received a Bachelor of Science in Business Studies in Management with a concentration in Human Resources and a minor in Economics. She is currently enrolled in “Today’s Workplace” offered by CFTEA and is always up for more opportunities when it comes to learning. Here is what she said about her CFTEA experience: “When I started at [Union Bank], a few of my co-workers were enrolled in classes with CFTEA, so I
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Life can get busy. It happens to all of us. And we all could use a little help. To better support our students and the investment in their education, CFTEA is proud to announce that quarterly reminders will be provided to students that have not completed self paced courses. Of course, students can easily reach out to our office at any time with questions and something unique in the industry – personal one on one support and coaching. So, if
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Take advantage of spring savings during our Guided Learning Sale (October 1 – 31, 2021)! Select from the following titles to access detailed course descriptions and pricing. Invoices reflect discounted pricing. 10% discount applies to course.* Analyzing Financial Statements Banking Today Business Math Commercial Lending Consumer Credit Products Consumer Lending Deposit Accounts and Services Financial Accounting Fundamentals of Consumer Lending Fundamentals of Mortgage Lending Fundamentals of Small Business Banking General Accounting Handling Workplace Conflict Human Relations Human Resource Management Leadership
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The start of the year brings conversations about retirement savings. CFTEA offers a number of courses to support confident conversations with those seeking options. To assist in guiding customers, employees at financial institutions are better prepared to navigate the options and provide direction (not advice) when they have the appropriate training on IRAs and Qualified Plans.
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Spotlight On CFTEA’s Council Beth Martin Community National Bank “I’ve always been interested in continuing education and working with CFTEA is great opportunity to learn more and to share these opportunities with others within my organization. I would recommend someone becoming a council member because it is a great learning and networking opportunity. The most rewarding part of being a council member is being able to learn from other members. I also enjoy the leadership training.”
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Congratulations to CFTEA Member Advocate and Enrollment Specialist, Tammy for completing her first Disney Institute course – Disney’s Approach to Quality Service! Amazing quality service and individualize service has always been a standard at our non-profit. Tammy had this to say about the experience: “I was particularly taken by the section that pointed out that even though a situation may not be “our fault,” in the customer service world the situation is still “our problem.” It drove home the point that to
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Guest Post: Scott Woodard (One Book) Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One, by Jenny Blake (Amazon link) Because careers are no longer straightforward, linear, and predictable; pivoting within our roles and throughout our careers is the new normal. Careers have become “more modular, customizable and dynamic;” employee tenure is about four-to-five years, and job roles often change dramatically within that tenure. For these reasons, we need to develop a “pivot mindset.” A pivot mindset emphasizes
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Congratulations to our executive director, Andrew Lederer for earning his Online Teaching and Learning badge through the Maine Community College System! This five module course provided in-depth application, best practices, peer reviews and assessments to provide an engaging experience when teaching online. Andrew is currently in his 18th year teaching for York County Community College – Wells, Maine. At CFTEA, our employees continue to keep learning in order to provide the best experience to our students, partners and customers.
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Woot! Woot! We are so pleased to announce the addition of AVP Branch Manager, Joline Dubuc from Mechanics Savings to our Maine council. Thank you so much for choosing us! Would you like to learn more about the role of council members? Contact us for more information. We’d love to add your energy and ideas to our team!
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