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Career Exploration
Are you frustrated? Confused? Lost? You can feel this way at any stage in your life. Come for as many career and education consultations as you need. Coaching, cheerleading, interest assessments, brainstorming, creative problem-solving, connections to resources -- whatever you need to start you on your new path is available. Contact Career Services for a FREE appointment.
Perhaps, you already know what you want to do. Do you know how to get there? Confident in your goal, you can still encounter barriers or a lack of information and resources to help you reach it. Bring your dreams and ambitions and we'll help you find a way to achieve them. Contact Career Services for a FREE appointment.
Internships are an excellent way to "try on" a career. Many programs at SFCC incorporate paid and unpaid internships into their certificate and degree plans. Internships can also be customized and created to match your interests. For more information, click here to link to our internship page.
Thinking of re-careering? Many mature workers are ready for a new direction after a successful career or their circumstances change. Sponsored by AARP, Samuel Greengard has written a book called Finding the Work You Love: The Essential Guide to Reinventing Your Life. Click here for his article in the November/December 2008 AARP Magazine.
While 7% of most community college populations have students with advanced degrees, SFCC is unique with 40% of its students having advanced degrees. Re-careering adults will discover many of the people in the halls they thought were faculty or staff are actually students!
Consider taking a Career Interest Assessment or consulting with Career Services to determine your new direction. Perhaps you want more education, perhaps you just need to recognize your transferrable skills and develop a plan. Contact Career Services below. Services are free to students and community members.
The Career Information System (CIS) is a web-based program that holds information about more than 500 occupations, uses the Peterson's Guide to Colleges and Universities, State and U.S. Department of Labor wage and career projection data, as well as built-in interest assessments to help you discover your career direction. Contact Career Services to learn how to use this program and to obtain a guest username and password. If you already have a username and password, click here or on the CIS icon to login.
CareerTV
informational videos on career issues:
When You Hate Your Job:Career Counselor Marcus Buckingham Shares Career Advice on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Click here for a review and information about the free online career class through Oprah's website.
THE OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK is published bi-annually and is now available as an online database for career information research through the U. S. Department of Labor. The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. The Handbook is revised every two years. Go to www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm to learn about hundreds of occupations
JOB FAIRS are an excellent place to get ideas and find out what's out there, besides just diving in to a new opportunity. It is important to be serious about a job fair and take care to dress your best, bring copies of your resume or work history and be ready to make a great first impression.
Santa Fe Community College sponsorsfall and spring job fairs that are free and open to students, graduates and community members. The next job fair scheduled is: April 15, 2010. Details on this and other community Job Fairs are also listed on the Upcoming Local Career Events page listed in the left margin.
APPRENTICESHIPS AND THE TRADES are on-the-job training programs. Click on the page in the left margin for more information.
Volunteering is another great way to get free training, on-the job experience and "try on" a career. SFCC's Service Learning Department has hundreds of resources for volunteer opportunities. SFCC students can receive academic credit for their volunteer work. Click here to access that page. Community members and those who are not current students, should contact Career Services for assistance with accessing volunteer learning opportuinities.
GET YOUR BACHELOR'S OR MASTERS ON THE SFCC CAMPUS:
SFCC has an office for New Mexico Highlands University on campus. Classes for several disciplines and full degrees are offered at SFCC.
Click here for the NMHU web page.
College Night for High School Seniors: Each October, the SFCC sponsors a national college fair in the fitness center for high school seniors and other interested community members. Contact Collette Lee, clee@sfccnm.edu or 505-428-1271 for information.
The SFCC Library has valuable books, databases and weblinks to assist you in your career research.
Also, be sure to ask one of our librarians for assistance, when you visit. They are very knowlegeable about resources and databases. They can also get materials from other libraries for your use.
Labor Market Information:
(Though it may not seem like it, this labor market data is up-to-date. Labor Market projections are long term and do not take into account brief fluctuations like the current economic "downturn" -- or crash, as it feels like to many. So, though jobs in these "In Demand" areas may not be available at the moment, unless our economy stays in crisis for a while, they are still good bets for long term planning. Labor Market Anaylists are watching the current economic situation and will be adjusting this data as they are able. --PA, 2/4/09)
Click here for 25 Best jobs for 2009 according to CareerBuilder.com (www.careerbuilder.com).
Click here to access O*NET's database of "In Demand" occupations in High Growth Industries.
Click here to access the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solution's Labor Analysis and Statistics and Economic Research (LASER) Department's webpage, with constantly updated information on New Mexico's jobs and salaries, their anticipated growth and the outlook of a variety of professions.
Click here to access the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statstics home page for national wage and job growth information, along with an incredible amount of other useful data and links for labor information.
For more information, please contact Patty Armstrong, GCDF, Career Services Coordinator, (505) 428-1406, FAX: 505-428-1848, patty.armstrong@sfcc.edu.