Career Services offers resources enabling students to select appropriate college majors, to plan for careers/career transitions as well as employment placement strategies and full or part-time employment opportunities:

Personalized Career Testing

Career Services offers individualized assessments which may include:  

*COPS - an interest inventory which compares the relative strengths of individual's interests in activities performed in different occupations.

*Focus a computer-based system designed to provide assessment of interests, values and skills.   Focus also provides individualized exploration of educational and occupational options.  http://www.focuscareer.com/register/ucc.cfm

*MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) - a personality inventory which  assists in finding an occupational match/career that parallels your personality type.

*SDS (Holland's Self-Directed Search) - an interest inventory and guide to educational and career planning which assists in making career decisions. 

Job Fairs

Career Services hosts both Fall and Spring Job Fairs and, throughout the year, Mini Job Fairs on the Cranford, Elizabeth and Plainfield campuses.  For dates and information, visit the Counseling Services Center. 

Career Week

Career Week is held in Spring semester on the UCC campuses and provides Union County College students with the opportunity to explore college majors, to meet with individuals representing various professions, to meet with faculty and staff at the College, to attend career/employment related workshops and to learn of the services available through Career Services. 

Workshops

Resume Workshop

A resume is a focused summary of an individual's educational, employment and personal background.  The purpose of the resume is to get the interview.  Students may attend  workshops or work individually with a Career Services Counselor to create a resume. 

Interviewing Strategies Workshop

The interview serves two purposes.  It provides the employer with the opportunity to assess the applicant's qualifications and gives the applicant the opportunity to evaluate the job.

Career Development Workshop

The four steps in planning a career include:  Self Awareness, Career Awareness, Academic Awareness, and Professional Awareness.  To learn more about Career Development, visit the Counseling Services Center.  Assessment testing is available. 

Career Library

Visit the UCC Career Library at the Career Services Center.   Students may utilize videos, career and occupational literature, and various career management tools. 

Career Services Newsletter

The Career, Employment and Transfer Newsletter (C.E.T. Tribune) announces opportunities in the areas of career, employment and transfer.  The C.E.T Tribune is available on the Cranford, Elizabeth and Plainfield campuses. 

Web Resources

National Employment Opportunities

What Can I do with this major    
www.lynn.edu/majors/

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