Career counseling and planning |
A Great Education...
A Great Career! |
| Services Provided |
| For those undecided about their future careers or for those
interested in learning more about their career development and decision
making, Career Services offers individual career counseling, career/self
assessment inventories to match your interests and personality with
appropriate-fitting careers, small group workshops, and career
development courses in career/life planning and in resume-writing. These
services are designed to assist students in developing greater
self-awareness through self-assessment, identifying and evaluating
opportunities, and in exploring career styles and trends. The Library
and our computerized career information resources (i.e., BRIDGES and
Discover), provide valuable information to enhance the decision making
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Free, personalized career counseling and planning. |
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Job Development |
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Internships |
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Career Resources
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Career Testing and Assessment |
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MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) |
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SII (Strong Interest Inventory) |
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Online Interactive Career Development Programs |
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Values Clarification |
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Skills Assessment
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| Career readiness |
| See how ready you are to make a career decision by taking this online survey. Print your results,and bring them to a career counselor who can help you make sense of how ready you are to make a career decision. |
| Career related courses |
CPD 102AB Career Exploration
- Two credit course
- Designed to assist students making educational and career choices
- Includes testing for career interest, aptitude, skill, and potential
- INCLUDES oNE SECTIoN THAT IS CoMPLETELY oNLINE!!!!!
CPD 126 Writing Resumes
- one credit course
- open entry/open exit
- Involving designing and writing an effective resume
CWE 198 Career Work Experience
- one to three credits
- Designed to give students the opportunity to gain work experience, to explore careers, to receive on the job training, or to become involved in an internship
CPD 102AC Creative Job Hunting
- Two credits oR pass/fail (no credit)
- Designed to give students direction, skill-building, and increased confidence in finding a desired job
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| Seminars and Career Panels |
A wide variety of topics are provided
Provides an understanding of the career development process
Provides ways in which career satisfaction may be enhanced
Participants have opportunity for free career testing to identify educational and career interests
Free Career-Related Seminars:
Topics include:
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Finding Your Passion
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Writing a Winning Resume
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Interviewing Skills
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| PVCC Library |
In the Library, you will find a Career Section, which includes reference materials for exploring career and job options, conducting ajob search, writing a resume, preparing for entrance exams, exploring 4-year colleges, and finding scholarships! These include books, files,and videos, along with BRIDGES and Discover, computerized career information resources.
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| Books, videos, tapes |
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*  Download the free PDF Reader from Adobe |
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