Career & Employment Services

Providing students, alumni, and community members the opportunity to explore interests and values through assessments, research careers and identify career directions, experience work cooperative and internship opportunities, and develop job search skills.

Meet Our Career Specialists

Career Center Workshops
Free and open to the public

Seasonal and specialized workshops designed to assist with academic and career goals, including: Financial Aid, money management, resume building, and more.

Printable: Workshop Schedule

Contact Us

Career and Employment Services is located in the
Admissions Center

The Career Center provides many services, including:

• Counseling and referral
• Worker Retraining
• Opportunity Grant applications

Career Resources include:

• Personality type indicator - match your personality to occupations
• Interest profiler - find out which occupation areas interest you most
• Career skills assessment - pinpoint your strongest skills and add them to your resume)
• Job search tools - get a list of popular job search engines
• Résumé writing assistance - learn what to put on your resume. Submit it at hireconnections for evaluation
• Interview practice - The Perfect Interview! lets you play back YOUR answers to common interview questions. See what your next employer sees in you
• Free access to our reference library, which includes books, magazines, and videos!

Which major prepares you for the career you will love? Connecting a major to your career requires research.

Explore career options:

What can I do with my major?

Keep in mind that you may be qualified for additional occupations not listed.

See: Job Search Strategies to view resources on specific fields.

See: Fields of Study in which you can earn a degree at LCC.

See: Workforce Explorer Washington for quality labor market information.

Are you ready to start your job search? Take this short self-assessment to find out.

1. I can describe my career interests.
2. I know which of my skills employers are seeking.
3. I know where to find high demand jobs.
4. I have a job search strategy that will help me find and apply for desired positions.
5. My resume is effective, updated, and targeted to my potential employer, with additional copies available for interviews.
6. I have practiced answering interview questions and feel confident in my ability.

Stop by the Career Center for assistance completing these steps.

Seeking LCC Students!

HireConnections provided by College Central Services connects local employers to LCC students.

Local employers know where to find LCC students! Do you know where to be found?

lowercolumbia.edu/hireconnections

Click the Students icon to create your free account.

Job Flash
For a list of updated job listings, see JobFlash. For details on any job, return to Hireconnections and enter the Job ID number.

Learn more Getting a Job.

WOIS/The Career Information Center

Zero in on careers best suited to you, plus access a database of information about careers

See Career Options

Career Cruising

An online career guidance and planning system, to help you find careers that match your interests

See Career Options

Perfect Interview

Perfect Interview is an innovative learning tool that you can use to enhance your job interviewing skills and develop an edge over the competition.

Visit www.perfectinterview.com/lcc to create an account that will allow you to practice and perfect your interview skills using your personal computer and web cam.

View a Job Choices magazine for career and job search information.

Business & Liberal Arts

Diversity Edition

Science/Technology Edition

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