Career & Transfer Services
Career & Transfer
Services | Choosing a Career | Finding a Job
"The only
way to predict the future is to create it!"
Career Services at Garrett College provides opportunities
for students to develop clear career goals and design action plans to
reach those goals, including obtaining relevant career experience and
developing the skills necessary to conducting an effective job search.
Assistance is available through individual career coaching, group learning
experiences including workshops, computerized career and education planning,
access to a Career Library, connections with employers, and other career
services. Our belief is that students, armed with in-depth personal knowledge
and a realistic and detailed plan, can obtain their work and career goals
and move forward with confidence in any direction they choose.
 Employers: Garrett College is proud of our students and
endeavors to connect students with employers interested in hiring them
for full-time, part-time, permanent, seasonal, and internship positions.
Click here for a listing of Employer Services.
For assistance and/or additional information, please contact:
Judy
Carbone, Coordinator of Career & Transfer Services
301-387-3046
Student Services Center, Room 412
career@garrettcollege.edu
Students:
For personalized assistance, please make an appointment in advance to meet
with Judy. In the meantime, take a look at these online resources:
CHOOSING A CAREER
Assistance with career decision making is available through individual career
coaching, group learning experiences including workshops, computerized career
and education planning, access to a Career Library, connections with employers,
and other career services. The following resources are recommended:
 Necessary
Steps in Choosing a Career
DISCOVER:
a computer-based career and educational planning system
KUDER:
another online career and educational planning system
Missing
Major: an interactive resource by MonsterTrak help students
choose a major
O*NET:
a full-access, online database of the federal government’s occupational
network
Occupational
Outlook Handbook: classic reference about occupations compiled
by the US
Bureau
of Labor Statistics
Helpful Career
Links
FINDING A JOB
Career & Transfer
Service works with students to search for employment and other non-paid
work that provide valuable skills, knowledge and experience, making
students more marketable as they move in the direction of their career
goals. The following resources are recommended:
College
Central Network: connecting Garrett students and alumni with
local and national employers 24/7 (only available to students
and alumni)
Maryland
Workforce Exchange: search for available positions in Garrett
County and throughout Maryland
WorkForce
West Virginia: search for current openings in West Virginia
Garrett
County Job Fair: check here for information on the Job
Fair held in March
at Garrett College
ReferenceUSA:
a database for researching companies for possible job leads and/or
in preparation for interviews (Garrett College Library card is required
to access)
Helpful Job Seeking Links
TRANSFERRING AFTER GRADUATION
For many Garrett College students, their educational plans include transferring
to a 4-year institution in order to complete their bachelor’s
degree and even continuing beyond that to graduate school. Assistance
in identifying schools locally and nationally that match one’s
educational goals is available, as is information on schools with which
Garrett College has articulation agreements. The following resources
are recommended:
Garrett
College Transfer Planning Timeline
DISCOVER:
use to identify 4-years schools that offer certain degrees and majors
KUDER:
use to identify 4-years schools that offer certain degrees and majors
College
Board: search colleges and universities by location,
majors, cost, and more
ARTSYS:
for use in identifying which courses from Garrett College will transfer
to 4-year institutions within the University
of Maryland system
List
of Transfer Colleges/Universities Common for Garrett College Graduates
EMPLOYER SERVICES
Garrett College, through its Career & Transfer Services Office,
provides the following services aimed at helping employers connect
with students and alumni: |
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College
Central: post jobs and search resumes of Garrett College
students and alumni seeking employment
College
Central Employer Help Sheet: a
tip sheet for employers getting registered on College Central
Annual
Garrett County Job Fair: held each March on the campus
of Garrett College, the Job Fair is open to the entire community
and connects job seekers and employers in a face to-face
networking opportunity
On-Campus
Information Sessions: email Judy to discuss a date and
time to conduct an employer information session on-campus
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