Career Advisors & Information
"The mission of career advising is to develop, support, and empower students in their career decision making."
The Richland Career Advisors look forward to working with students to establish a career goal so that they will have a context for their education, take the appropriate coursework, and persevere in college.
Year-round career services are available through the Career Center in El Paso Hall, room E-093. Here you may get help with career planning as well as the job search: http://www.rlc.dcccd.edu/career/ .
Career planning services are also offered by appointment with one of the career advisors listed on the left when we are not in peak registration times.
If you would like to begin the career planning process by doing some online assessments, here are some links that may be helpful. We also have computerized career guidance systems in the Career Center and access to an online career planning system through advisors.
The Career Key http://www.careerkey.org/
This exercise allows you to investigate your skills, abilities, talents, values, interests, and personality in a simplified format to see where you might be happiest in a career. The information may be saved.
Career Development eManual http://www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca/
This very comprehensive site addresses the key aspects of career development: self-assessment, research, decision-making, networking, work, and life/work planning. The information may be saved.
Online Self-Assessment http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/%7Ecareer/Assessment/online_inventory/index.html
This site offers a series of exercises to increase your self-understanding, relates this to career options, and connects to occupational information. Since the work cannot be saved, you will want to print your summary sheet. {You may not want to start unless you can devote a couple of hours to the process.}
Careers Related to College Majors
“What Can I Do With A Major In”?: http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/majors/
“What Can I Do With This Major”?: www.twu.edu/o-cs/CCMajors.htm
“What Can I Do With A Major In”? (related to Richland’s programs): http://www.rlc.dcccd.edu/career/wcid.htm
Identifying Personality Preferences
Researching Occupations
http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
Informational Interviews
http://www.careerfyi.typepad.com/infointerviews/
