Career Information @ TCC

Mission: Our mission is to offer a comprehensive program to help students develop, evaluate and implement educational and career plans through a variety of personalized services and resources.

Counseling: Counselors are available in the Counseling Center to provide individual counseling which includes self-assessment, goal setting, decision-making, and educational and career planning. 

Transfer Services

The center provides services and resources to assist you in personalized educational planning and to help you design a program to make your transfer to another college or university less difficult.

Transfer Resources Include:

• A library of transfer materials for students browsing and counselor research. 
• Information to  students about transfer through a monthly calendar of activities.
• Computer-based information about schools and  majors via Discover, Virginia View, and Internet Browsers.
• Catalogs from colleges and universities throughout the state and country.
• Transfer guides and applications from colleges and universities in Virginia.
• Guides to two-year and four-year colleges throughout the country indicating a variety of programs of study and geographic locations.

Career Services

The center provides services and resources to assist you in career exploration and planning, personality, interest and skills assessment, value clarification, decision making, job search skills, resume writing, interviewing and networking with working professionals.

Career Services Resources Include:

• Comprehensive computer-based career planning: Discover, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is available to students to develop self-awareness. 
• Self-Directed Search helps you match your personality type with the career and work environments that will offer them the best potential for career satisfaction and success.
• Computer-based occupational and labor market information: Virginia View, Discover, and Internet browsers.
• Up-to-date occupational information from a variety of trade and professional organizations.
• Publications about occupations and the labor market.
• Job Referral
  The center provides opportunities to view job postings either through the Internet or announcements that have been faxed or sent to the center.  A wide variety of job opportunities, part-time and full-time are sent to the center daily.
  View TCC Employment Events online at http://www.tcc.edu/jobplace/events.htm 
• Internship listings are also available.

Links:

• www.americsemployers.com/samples.html
• www.careermag.com/index.html
• web.missouri.edu/~cppcwww/holland.shtml (Career Interest Game)
• www.jobhuntersbible.com (What Color Is Your Parachute)