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Career & Employment Services

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world of Career Services. We’re happy to have you on the team.

Sit back and relax and let us fill you in on what kinds of things you may be doing very soon to help our students research and identify their own career and educational goals and pathways to happiness and success!

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new professionals on the role of Career Services in the Washington State community and technical college system

Career Services MISSION: To help students identify their own purpose, clarify career pathways and transition successfully to employment

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Career Services has a unique role in the Student Services arena…

Career Services is in contact with students throughout their entire academic life cycle“We support current

students, former students…”“…and potential students.”

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Secondary Education

Self Assessment

Research

Decision Making

Gaining Skills

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Job Search

Typical Student Life Cycle

Alumni Services

Unlike some student services, Career & Employment Services

engages students before, during, and after attendance in

college classes and training.

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sCareer Resources

We offer a variety of self-assessment methods to help students choose viable major or educational goals

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sCareer ResourcesExploration Activities

We provide ways to explore the ins and outs of a host of career and occupational specialties along with a list of knowledge, skills and abilities needed to succeed in a chosen career path

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sCareer Resources

Job Search Preparation

Once a path is chosen, we can further their journey by suggesting proven methods for finding jobs and opportunities, including entry and stop out points for many different kinds of jobs, careers and occupations.

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sClasses & Workshops

We offer classes and workshops designed to

improve job search methods, write

resumes, prepare for job interviews and increase career

network effectiveness

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sCooperative Education

& Internships

We facilitate internships and opportunities for students to demonstrate skills gained in the classroom in real world work situations

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sCentralization of Job

Listings We will post jobs and internship positions of interest to our students using a variety of offline and online methods

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sWork Study Programs

We manage State and Federal Work Study opportunities where students can earn money toward their college

education and goals

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sService Learning

Programs We coordinate Service Learning

opportunities where students gain experience and earn cash while giving

back to their local community

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s Career Fairs, Majors Fairs

We produce on-campus events that partner with other schools, colleges, local employers, & workforce agencies to provide increased access for students and the general public to a variety of resources, career pathways and opportunities

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s Faculty Support

We offer classroom presentations that tie career planning and curriculum together

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Org

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on Through statewide collaboration with other Career Service

professionals, we improve our own services to students by sharing and adopting best practices for commonly produced support for students, employers and community members

Career & Employment Services Council (C.E.S.C.)

• Skagit Valley College

• Whatcom Community College• Bellingham Technical College

• Lake Washington Technical College

• Spokane Community College

• Walla Walla Community College

• Big Bend Community College

• Yakima Valley Community College

• Lower Columbia College

• Clark College

• Highline Community College

• Everett Community College

• Bates Technical College

• Spokane Falls Community College

• Peninsula College

• Grays Harbor College• South Puget Sound Community College

• Centralia College

• Green River Community College

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CESC provides collaboration, best practice and information sharing amongst Career Services

pros in the state.

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Best

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hosts the largest job fair north of Seattle.

Just SOME of the best practices shared by CESC members

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Highline Community College

Renton Technical CollegeGreen River Community College

These three colleges formed a consortium and combined

resources for posting local jobs and internships via the Interfase

career services system.

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Clark College & Lower Columbia colleges, using a Perkins grant, contracted with an instructor to provide enhanced training to frontline staff to help students make better

use of career resources

Once again…

Career Services is in contact with students throughout their entire academic life cycle

We’re glad to have you on the team to help our students, former

students, and future students realize their educational and career goals.

You’re going to love this job!

THANK YOU

by:CESC Workgroup 1, May 2010

Music: 5:15 a.m. by Mark Knopfler from the album Shangri-La