Truman College Partnership

RIC is a proud partner of the Business and Industry Services Division of Truman College. Our goal is to provide training opportunities to the Ravenswood Industrial Corridor. This training includes a wide variety of programs in Management, Professional Development, Strategic Planning, Information Technology, Computer Applications, Manufacturing Technology, Industrial Services, Biotechnology, Warehousing, Healthcare Training Services, and many others.

Through this partnership, local businesses are eligible to participate in open enrollment courses provided by the the Business and Industry Services Division. As a RIC member, your company is eligible to recieve a 15% discount on the cost. In addition, you may be eligible to recieve other financial aid through city and state incentives.

Please click here for a list of upcoming open enrollement classes.

Training courses can be provided at a convenient location right here in the Corridor by highly qualified trainers or customized training courses may also be available onsite at your place of business.

The Business and Industry Services Division has a long history of success in working directly with companies and trade organizations to design training and consulting programs that address their specific needs. They are now offering this training to the community at large--employers, employees, and area residents--with their new Open Enrollment program. All instructors are experts in their subject as well as business professionals with real-world experience. We are pleased to be able to offer you this valuable resource for flexible, economically accessible, high quality business-oriented training.

For more information, please contact the Ravenswood Industrial Council or visit Truman College Business and Industry Services.

Quickbooks Classes

Will your business be a success story or a statistic?
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know that the businesses that succeed are the ones who stay on top of their finances. Keeping track of where your money comes from and where it goes is the number one difference between companies that succeed and those that don’t.

Take control of your business finances with QuickBooks Financial Software
QuickBooks: Basics Thursday, Oct. 6th, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM; Tuesday, Oct. 4, Wednesday, Oct. 5, & Thursday, Oct. 6th; 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
QuickBooks: Advanced Thursday, Oct. 13th; 8:00 AM to 5:00 AM
Located at Truman College; cost is $275.00 per class

In This Instructor-Led 8-Hour Class You Will Learn How To:

    Prepare business forms, including invoices, sales receipts, credit memos, and purchase orders
    Receive payments and apply credits to a payment
    Receive items into inventory
    Use the Find window to search for completed forms
    Write and print checks, transfer funds between accounts, edit transactions, enter and pay bills, and start the payroll setup process
    Create, modify, memorize, and print reports; and create and modify budgets
    Set up a new company file by completing the EasyStep Interview Work with lists, including the Chart of Accounts window and the Customer, Job, Vendor, and Item lists.

Convenient online registration is available at our website.