COLLIN COLLEGE CAREER CENTERS

Designing Dreams!  Creating Futures!

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

(Abraham Lincoln)

ABOUT US

Collin College Career Centers equip and empower students for success in the workforce and provide resources for the community. 

CONTACT INFORMATION

Career Centers are located on all Collin College campuses. For questions, or to schedule an appointment, please call the appropriate campus listed at the right, or email career@collin.edu.  Student walk-ins are welcomed and encouraged.

MISSION and PURPOSE

Collin College Career Centers connect students' interests with: selecting a course of study, exploring and planning a career, and developing job search skills and strategies so that they will be able to obtain a high skilled, high wage, high demand occupation or profession that compliments their interests, education, training and goals.

METHODS

Collin College Career Centers utilize numerous methods of equipping and empowering workforce candidates.

• Academic planning and mentoring
• Career and degree exploration
• Interactive workshops
• Career readiness competencies and skills training
• Online tools and resources
• One on one career coaching
• Personal counseling
• Classroom presentations
• Career and job fairs
• Employer information session
• Networking
• Personality, interest, and skills assessments
• Job search tools
• Internships
• Other resources for long term success

SERVICES

Self Awareness and Discovery

• • MyPlan  (Obtain college code at your campus Career Center.)
  • Holland Code
  • Keirsey Termperament Sorter
  • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is an introspective self-report assessment designed to indicate psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions.  (By appointment only through Counseling Services.)
  • Strong Interest Inventory is an assessment that measures career and leisure interests.  (By appointment only through Counseling Services.)
  • Strengths Quest Workshops. (Click on www.orgsync.com and register for Collin College events.)

 

Career Exploration

• • MyPlan (Obtain college code from your campus Career Center.)
  • O-NET
  • Candid Career
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook
  • Schedule an appointment with a Career Coach to further explore academic and career option.  
  • Career Exploration Fairs and events

 

Career Readiness Competencies and Skills

• • Employability Skills Workshops
    • Resume Writing 
    • Interviewing 
    • Dress for Success
    • Job Search

• • Career Readiness Competencies Workshops
    • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
    • Oral/Written Communication
    • Teamwork/Collaboration
    • Digital Technology
    • Leadership
    • Professional/Work Ethic
    • Career Management
    • Global and Intercultural Fluency

• • Portfolios

Business and Community Connections

• • LINKED IN
  • Employer Information Sessions
  • Networking Events
  • Job Fairs
  • Career Exploration Fairs
  • Internships

 

Job Search and Research - Off Campus Online Job Search Tools

• • Cougar Student Jobs (off campus), powered by Symplicity
    
  • Indeed
  • Glassdoor
  • Texas Workforce Solutions

 

Career Coaching and Personal Counseling

• Career coaches work one on one with students to:

• • • Provide resources for informed decisions
    • Assess student career goals to specific academic and workforce programs to achieve a degree.

• Licensed professional counselors offer in-depth personal discovery that may include one's awareness of the interaction between career choice, personality, interests, career knowledge, values, and life situations.

 

Education

• • Collin College Academics
  • Continuing Education and Workforce Courses
  • Transfer U

 

Classroom Presentations and Mini-Workshops

• • Faculty requesting in-classroom presentations and/or mini workshops may contact their campus Career Center manager directly.

 

 

SPECIAL EVENTS and on-campus ACTIVITIES

• • Calendar of Events 

 

PART TIME Student Worker / On-Campus Employment

• • On-Campus Student Employment