Student Handbook: Student Services continued

PLACEMENT / EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

The Placement and Career Center is located within the Student Services Office at the Salt Lake Campus. The Center has computer stations available for students interested in applying for jobs on-line, browsing companies’ web sites, composing employment letters, and searching career information.

Career Advising
Career advising and placement services are available to students and College applicants who are interested in career exploration and career decision making. Occupational interests, transferable skills, and other factors that contribute to making informed training and employment decisions can be reviewed with our placement specialist in Student Services. Student advisors are available to review progress and program issues and to make modifications as needed during the training process.

The Placement and Career Center provides access to Internet and on-line library resources to assist students in designing a career plan. Information available from these resources includes:

• Career-building, process, and portfolio assessment
• Occupational descriptions and training requirements
• Utah ’s industries
• Employment outlook and wages
• Occupations with high demand
• Utah ’s Economic Trends magazines
• Utah ’s businesses profile
• Current newspaper articles

Placement Services
The College not only provides training in specific fields, but also provides assistance in obtaining employment. Placement Services are designed to help students locate employment by providing a match between job openings in local industry and skills developed by students in training. The Placement Specialist will assist currently enrolled students locate employment while in school and will work with program completers to:

• Discuss their job goals and receive customized feedback
• Identify, list and describe their skills
• Write an effective resume and a cover letter
• Look for work strategically
• Learn to satisfy the needs of a prospective employer
• Obtain job referrals
• Apply for jobs utilizing hundreds of bookmarked internet job boards
• Discover hidden job openings and networking opportunities