Give your resume a boost with Microsoft Excel Certification. The Excel Specialist Certification program includes our three Excel courses (Fundamentals, Intermediate, and Advanced), two hours of private training, and the Excel Specialist Exam fee with a free retake. You'll also receive free proctoring on exam day. All students enrolled in our Microsoft Excel certification program gain lifetime access to our free Excel video courses, the perfect companion to our live classes.
Registration: To sign up for the Excel Specialist Certification Package, choose from a preset track of dates or customize your schedule. After you take the group classes, you can schedule the two hours of private training and the Excel Specialist Exam.
We also offer an Excel Expert Certification package, which includes the classes above, four hours of private training, and the Excel Expert Exam with a free retake.
The Excel Specialist Certification Program Includes
Beginner Microsoft Excel
Get going with the basics of Excel and start working on projects in Excel. Get practice with calculations and formulas, charts and tables, worksheet and workbook formatting, and basic hotkeys to accelerate your workflow.
Intermediate Microsoft Excel
Take your Excel skills up a level with this Intermediate Excel course. Learn important Excel functions like VLOOKUP, SUMIFs, and Pivot Tables in this hands-on training. You'll also learn crucial text-related features like splitting and joining text, removing duplicates, and data validation.
Advanced Microsoft Excel
Become an expert Excel user with this Advanced Excel course. Learn powerful functions like INDEX-MATCH, work with advanced Pivot Table functions, and start recording macros to automate workflows. Prepare yourself for any Excel challenge with this advanced Excel course.
Additional Items
This package also includes two hours of private training, the Microsoft Excel Specialist Exam (with a free retake), and proctoring for the exam. Schedule the private training and exam after you complete the group classes.
Microsoft Excel Certification
NYC's Best Excel Certification Program
Microsoft Excel is the most popular data management software used in offices around NYC. With a Microsoft Excel certification on your resume, you'll be a competitive candidate for administrator, analyst, and strategist positions that require the ability to enter, manage and draw insights from data quickly. The primary topics on the Excel Specialist Exam require students to do the following tasks:
- Create and manage worksheets and workbooks
- Manage data cells and ranges
- Format tables
- Perform operations with formulas and functions
- Design charts and objects
Why choose NYIM's Excel Certification Program?
- Taught by the top instructors, experienced educators in New York
- Learn all you need to know in three convenient classes
- Free retake for each class and the certification exam
- Proven track record of success for passing the exam
- Package includes the exam fee and proctoring at our facility
- Flexible scheduling for classes, private tutoring, and the exam
Excel Certification Classes
We offer three Excel classes geared towards passing the various Excel certification exams: Fundamentals, Intermediate, and Advanced. Though you'll only need material covered in the Fundamentals and Intermediate course to pass the Microsoft Excel Specialist Certification exam, all three courses are included in the Specialist training fee.
In the Fundamentals course, you'll learn essential shortcuts, automatic calculation, cell formatting, charts. In the Intermediate course, you'll learn Pivot Tables–Excel's secret weapon to summarize data sets and statistical functions. In the Advanced course, you'll learn advanced formulas, additional features of Pivot Tables, and how to record macros for repetitive tasks.
In addition to the three group classes, you'll also have access to three video course libraries, one at each course level to reinforce what you've learned in class. After completing the three courses, course retakes, and video training, you'll have the skills to pass the Specialist Exam on your first attempt. You'll also get two hours of private tutoring to get one-to-one assistance in areas where you need it most.
The Expert Exam is more specific and advanced, so we provide an additional four hours of private tutoring in that package. For details on topics covered on that exam, see the Excel Expert Certification page.
Why earn a certification in Microsoft Excel?
According to studies by employment professionals, holding a MOS (Microsoft Office Specialist) certification can increase your salary by $16,000 or more annually compared to uncertified peers. Microsoft Excel is arguably the most crucial skill you can possess in the workforce today. For only $899, you can get over 20 hours of Excel training (3 group classes & 2 hours of private training) and earn your Excel certification.
See for yourself how getting your Excel certification can transform your career.
This Course is Available Live Online
You can attend this training live online at the scheduled time the course is offered (New York, Eastern Time) through screen-sharing software Zoom (free for you).
- Classes are activity-based and taught by a live instructor.
- You can hear the instruction, ask questions, and share your screen—all in real-time.
- Retake the course for free (in-person or live online) within one year.
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