Discover what’s possible with the Career Center by your side!
Our services are open to all students and include Degree and Career Exploration, Job Search Strategies, Resume and Cover Letter Writing, Interview Preparation, and more!
Explore Degrees & Careers
Exploring careers and degrees is an exciting process that helps connect passions and interests to future goals. Clarity is created by understanding the paths available and how education can shape the journey.
One aspect of exploration is assessment and they come in several forms and can provide different types of information. They measure skills, aptitude, values, personality characteristics, and interests—important areas to reflect on during career and degree exploration. All of them can help you learn things about yourself that can inform a career, degree, or major choice.
Please explore the following to help guide you in your discovery.
- MyNextMove
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Search careers with key words, browse careers by industry, and discover your interests. Take the MyNextMove interest profiler.
- Washington Career Bridge
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Career Bridge is Washington's one-stop source for career and education planning. Explore careers, view job trends, and find education.
- Career Connect Washington
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Career Connect Washington network delivers academic and work-based experiences that provide young people with clear post-secondary pathways to careers in Washington’s high-growth career sectors.
- Career One-Stop
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Your comprehensive source for career exploration, training, and jobs. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
- What Can I Do With This Major?
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This is a great resource for students who are interested in exploring careers which connect to specific degrees. What Can I Do with this Major can be especially helpful when a student is pretty clear about a major interest but not sure how to apply that interest as a career direction.
Employment Prep Resources
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- A professional networking platform.
- Widely used for career building and business development.
- 9 Beginner steps revealed to help guide you in setting up your profile.
LinkedIn - Network within your industry and search for jobs.
- Job Search
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Job Search Tactics and Techniques - 9-minute video on tips to prep for your job search.
- Indeed - Find job listings, post resumes, and research companies.
- Career Builder - Job listings, salary information, and useful job search resources.
- ZipRecruiter - Search platform that matches job seekers with employers.
- Simply Hired - Search engine that aggregates listings from across the web.
- USA Jobs – Federal Government Jobs
- Flex Jobs – focusing on jobs that are flexible, hybrid, or work from home.
Additional Resources
- Job Seekers with Disabilities
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The What Can You Do Campaign website provides many resources for job seekers with disabilities including: help finding employment, employment programs for Veterans or Service Members, job accommodations, information about working while receiving SSD benefits, and much more.
Job Accommodation Network (US Department of Labor)
- Resources for Veteran Job Seekers
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Military Skills Translator - Aligns military occupation codes to civilian jobs.
Peninsula College Veterans Center - Provides many resources for veterans.
- Employment Resources
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WorkSource - Take assessments, view instructional videos, utilize job search resources and more.
Washington Workforce Portal - Get connected with work-based learning, paid internships, and other opportunities!
Contact the Career Center
Email: advising@pencol.edu
Book an appointment for career exploration or resume/interview prep support!