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Career & Employment Services
You are here
Pu
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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
(Classes)
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
Team
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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Best
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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