No Career Center due to 6th Grade Career Fair

Welcome to the Career Center! I hope to cover the following information today: Class Website – www.nwtech.edu/alvacc/ How to use the Announcements menu for class announcements (select your program from the Categories menu) and notices of job openings Take note of where you are sitting.  This year… no rotating computers if possible! If prompted, do not […]

Welcome to Career Center! Please complete the survey linked survey – https://forms.gle/FK5552XJge8AEMhP9 Please sit at the same computer each time you attend Career Center.  If you do not like where you are sitting please change seats now.  I will help you create a folder with your name in the Documents folder on the computer hard drive.  […]

Cover Letters The following students need to make corrections to their cover letters: Bethany Company Research Questions The following students need to submit their answers to the Company Research questions: Gabriela Tatum Cheyenne Interview Questions The following students need to submit their answers to the Interview Questions previously provided: Bethany Gabriela Tatum Cheyenne Questions to […]

Resumes The following students need to make corrections to their resumes: Janell Gabriela Tatum Cheyenne Job Applications The following students need to make corrections to their job applications: Chris – write in corrections Tatum – nothing turned in Cover Letters The following students need to submit or make corrections to their cover letters: Chris Janell  […]

Resumes The following students need to make corrections to their resumes: Janell Gabriela Tatum Cheyenne Job Applications The following students need to make corrections to their job applications: Chris – write in corrections Tatum – nothing turned in Cover Letters The following students need to submit or make corrections to their cover letters: Chris Janell  […]

Career Center Schedule Remaining regularly scheduled Career Center sessions: Thursday, March 28 Thursday, April 4 Thursday, April 11 Thursday, April 18 Thursday April 25 Assignments Regarding the Resumes, Job Applications, and Cover Letters, I still need the following assignments to be corrected and/or completed and submitted from the students listed below: Chris – Resume, Cover […]

Past Assignments Complete the Company Research and Interview Questions assignments from last week if you haven’t yet. New Assignments Prepare a list of 4 – 5 questions that you would ask the interviewer regarding the company, work environment, and/or job duties.  Print the questions and save a copy in the folder with your name that […]

Past Assignments At this point you should have completed your resume, cover letter, and job application.  If you have not completed those, please refer to previous class announcements for instructions.  Ask me for help if you can’t find the instructions or necessary files. Interviewing Tips and Tricks The following video presents some good tips and […]

Topics for today: Resumes Cover Letters Job Applications WorkKeys Curriculum Cover Letters Upon completion of the resume, students will start working on a cover letter.  Information about cover letters can be found on the Cover Letter page of the Career Center website. Cover letters are important because they tell employers the type of position you’re seeking and exactly how […]

Today is HOSA testing day! Only students who will be taking HOSA tests will need to attend the Career Center!

Surveys Thank you for completing the survey a few weeks ago regarding utilizing math within your program area. Please complete the two following surveys regarding utilizing reading and writing within your program area. Reading Survey Writing Survey   Resumes Have you created a resume in an easy to read professional format?  You should include a […]

No Career Center today due to no school today!

PN Students will meet on Wednesday this week instead of Thursday due to Sophomore Tours. Resumes Students will continue working on resumes and/or make suggested corrections and improvements. Some of the most common corrections/suggestions for resumes include: Include hyphens or bullets to separate areas of the address and contact info in the heading section. An […]

PN Students will meet on Tuesday this week instead of Thursday. Students will continue working on resumes and/or make suggested corrections and improvements.  Some of the most common corrections/suggestions include: Include hyphens or bullets to separate areas of the address and contact info in the heading section. An example of formatting for city, state, and […]

Resumes We will review the Best Way to Write a Resume by Job Genius video at the top of the Resumes page – –  (http://nwtech.edu/alvacc/resumes/) –  of the Career Center website and provided below. Each student will need to create a resume in an easy to read professional format.  You should include a heading at the […]

Practical Nursing students will attend Career Center on Wednesday (January 9) instead of Thursday this week.  We will try to complete some the following activities today. WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certification: What were your scores for the three WorkKeys assessments?  How do those scores compare to the profile for your desired career?  We will analyze and […]

Practical Nursing students will not attend the Career Center on 12.13.18.

All Practical Nursing students will be taking the Student Services Self Study Survey # 1 – Math. Everyone will be taking the WorkKeys Applied Math test.  Be sure you have scratch paper, a pencil, Formulas sheet and calculator available to you BEFORE starting the exam. I have placed a MS Word document into the shared […]

Practical Nursing students will be taking the WorkKeys Graphic Literacy assessment.  Be sure you have scratch paper and pencil available to you BEFORE starting the exam.  Be sure your cell phone is on silent or off. You are not allowed to use your cell phone or talk to a classmate during the test.  Tests have […]