The Career Center offers a variety of services to assist students with college, career and life choices. The Career Center endeavors to create a supportive environment for students to explore and discover their options

Assessments

The following resources are available
For various aspects of career assessment

Skill Scan: an interactive exercise to help you discover and prioritize your transferable skills

Career Orientation Placement & Evaluation Survey: an inventory designed to identify values in life and in work

Eureka: computerized assessments include the Microskills and True Colors

Additional Services

Interviewing Assistance
Resumes and Cover letters
Career Websites
Berkeley Library Tours
Individual Counseling by Appointment

Alley Young is the Career Counselor at Berkeley City College. For more information about the Career Center contact her at (510) 981-2908 or email at ayoung@peralta.edu

Classes

Career Life Planning/Counseling 57

This is a three-unit class acceptable for credit at CSU.
In-depth, career/life planning: self exploration, identifying values, interests, goals; development of skills for assuming careers and lifestyles.

College Preparedness/Counseling 224

This is a two-unit class. Students will learn strategies For experiencing a successful and meaningful college experience by mastering techniques in notetaking, study habits, time management and much much more.

ASSESSMENTS

SKILL SCAN is an interactive exercise to help you discover and prioritize your transferable skills. You will gain knowledge regarding what skills you want to use in life and on the job; skills you already have, as well as those skills you need to develop. You will also discard skills you have but prefer not to use. A most valuable insight for making life/career choices.

COPES (Career Orientation Placement & Evaluation Survey) will help you inventory values that you consider important in the workplace. Find out if you are the investigative sort or accepting, a leader or more inclined towards the supportive role, social or reserved. Such information will help you maneuver toward the work environment(s) that works best for you.

TRUE COLORS What color is your personality and what job(s) does your personality match. Take this fun and easy computer assessment and find out!

MICROSKILLS An in-depth assessment of skills. View 72 self Management and transferable skills; determine the top five skills you wish to employ; 10 additional skills of moderate interest and occupations that utilize the skills you’ve chosen. To schedule career testing, contact Alley Young at (510) 981-2908

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

Interview Techniques : Do you know some questions are illegal to ask in an interview? Have you ever been caught off guard by a question and unable to answer? What do you say to a person who wants to know your weaknesses? Answers to these questions and more are answered in the interviewing workshops offered in the Career Center .

Resumes & Cover Letters : Should you prepare a functional resume or a chronological resume? Do you know the difference? Should it be one page or two pages. What about graphics, will that make an impression?

Alley Young, Berkeley City College’s career counselor has over 20 years of experience creating professional resumes and cover letters that get attention in the job search.

Career Websites : this feature is currently in progress.

Berkeley Library Tours : the new and very improved downtown Berkeley Library is only two blocks from Berkeley City College . Docent tours can be arranged upon request. The Berkeley Library offers computers with internet access and research resources for career exploration and the job search. Take advantage of the tour and learn how to efficiently and productively utilize this resource. Docent tours can be arranged upon request by contacting Alley Young in the Career Center at (510) 981-2908.

Individual Career Counseling by Appointment Sometimes it just helps to talk to someone to clarify or validate your thoughts. Whatever the circumstance might be, a private appointment is available by calling the career counselor at (510) 981-2908 or email ayoung@peralta.edu

EUREKA : If you have questions about choosing a major or selecting a college we can start from where you are using the Eureka database. Contact Nancy Delaney in the Career/Transfer Center, Berkeley City College, Room 165.

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