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The Career Services Center maintains a variety of printed and web-based resources to educate you, the job seeker, to help develop the skills you will need to be successful in your job search.

  • Approximately 75% of the available jobs in the US are not advertised through traditional means! So where are they? Uncover job leads and the “hidden” job market-Access a variety of local, state and national jobs on our job board and through the web
  • Practice interview skills with Interview Pro TM
  • Learn strategies for job development, retention and navigating a tough job market
  • Be an informed job seeker by knowing current labor market conditions
  • Explore your training options for both short term training and various continuing education and curriculum program options tied to high growth occupations
  • Access resume templates for specific occupations tied to college programs for a “head” start by visiting the center

Individual assistance is also available for developing your job search skills, to include free resume development and evaluation of your existing resume. The College offers a variety of Human Resources Development Classes to help you develop needed skills to compete for employment vacancies and many are available free of charge for qualified participants.

Perfect Interview™, is available in the Career Center, as a computer-based innovative learning tool that you can use to enhance your job interviewing skills and develop an edge over the competition. Perfect Interview™ creates a compelling and realistic "simulated interview" experience where you are asked challenging questions and must respond, just as you would in a real job interview. You can repeat each question as often as you like, and you can even see examples of how someone else might answer. And, if you get stuck, there's a built-in Interview Coach to offer help.

Quick Guides

We have the following Quick Guides that cover just about every possible career development topic available. Stop by and pick up copies in the center or by e-mail request at careerservices@coastalcarolina.edu. ADOBE READER is required to open e-mailed attachments.

Quick Guides Related to Employability Concerns

  • Just Laid Off
  • I Quit! Leaving a Dissatisfying Job
  • Downsized
  • Fired from Last or Previous Job
  • Re-entering the Workforce
  • Changing Careers at Midlife
  • Just Graduated
  • The Experienced Worker
  • Post-Military Job Seeker
  • Ex-Offender toolkit
  • Person with a Disability
  • Issues for women and minorities
  • Relocating
  • Managing Unemployment
  • Handling the stress of the job search
  • The role that family can play
  • What Employers Expect from Employees

Helpful Tips

Dislocated Worker Toolkit - for those who have recently lost their jobs due to economic conditions

Quick Guides to Finding a Job

  • Using your local JobLink Career Center
  • Where are the jobs?
  • Networking
  • Government Jobs
  • Temporary employment: A viable option
  • Using private employment agencies
  • Entrepreneurship (starting your own business)
  • Using the Internet in your job search
  • Newspaper Ads
  • Help Wanted Response forms
  • How to make Cold Calls
  • Cold calling telephone log
  • Choosing your career
  • Identifying your knowledge, skills and abilities
  • Interests and Personal values traits
  • Ideal Job Worksheet
  • Identifying salary needs
  • Your Career Advisor

Quick Guides to Marketing Yourself

  • Filling out job applications
  • Sample employment applications
  • Sample completed employment applications
  • Resume writing made easy
  • Chronological and Skills based resumes
  • Sample Chronological Resume
  • Sample skill based functional Resume
  • Internet resume
  • List of Action Words to use when writing resume statements
  • Writing a Cover Letter
  • Sample Cover Letters
  • Overcoming challenges to employment
  • Dealing with negative information
  • Accessing labor market information
  • Interviewing for information
  • Researching the job and the employer
  • Employee Benefits
  • Daily job search planning worksheet
  • Career Portfolios

Helpful Resume Tips

Sample Resume Template (Word doc)

Resume Action Verbs

What is an Objective?

Competencies & Skills Worksheet

 

Quick Guides to Interviewing & Beyond

  • Interview from the employer’s point of view
  • Kind of Interviews to expect
  • Dynamics of an Interview
  • Preparing for the Interview
  • Telephone Interviews
  • Common Interview Questions
  • First Impressions
  • Pre-Interview Worksheet
  • Post-Interview Worksheet
  • Thank you notes as a follow up
  • Negotiation of Salary
  • Pre-employment tests
  • The Job Offer
  • Starting a new job
  • How to read your pay stub and deductions
  • Job Retention: How do I keep my job?
  • Setting goals at work
  • Communicating at work
  • Time management on the job

Helpful Interview Tips

Competitive Interviewing Techniques

Do Your Research Before the Interview

Interview Small Talk Makes a Big Impression

Frequently Asked Interview Questions

Examples of Behavior-Based Questions

Hardball Questions

Questions to Ask the Interviewer

Are you having trouble finding what you are looking for?

Don’t worry! We have access to all kinds of resources and information both on-site and through partner agencies that work with us in our community. Send us an email or give us a call and let us know what information or resources you are looking for and we will try to locate it for you.

CareerServices@coastalcarolina.edu
(910) 938-6761

 
 
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