Long Beach City College will host a number of developmental services for one’s career, primarily through workshops offered by the Career Center throughout the month of May, along with a chance at a $25 Amazon gift card.
The workshops featured in May will go over resume building, adaptability, how to handle an interview, networking, and how to come to a final decision on your career.
Career development is a massive part of advancing one’s life and as a community college, the focus is more geared to this near term development for one to move forward.
“Basically what we do is help students with applications, pair them with enrollment specialists, and provide what assistance we can,” Bri Pinkerton said, who is an administrative assistant and works with the transfer center, student support, and career academy.
Pinkerton also helps run some of the fairs and events put on by the departments she works with, such as grad fest.
Upon entering the Career Center’s room on the LAC campus, Pinkerton was busy finishing up work for grad fest and sorting certificates for students awarded scholarships.
Many students enter college undecided or change their major at least once while in college. This is something else the center tries to help with.
“We’re trying to get undecided students to join the workshops to get a feel for the process. Some things we talk about are tuition, CSU versus UC, and so forth,” Pinkerton said.
Accommodations for these workshops can be provided by contacting Disabled Student Programs and Services 72 hours ahead of time at (562) 938-4558.
The Career Center can be reached at (562) 938-5195 for student appointments and (562) 938-3174 for business contacts.
Centers can be found on both the Liberal Arts Campus and Pacific Coast Campus in A-1097 and LL-206 respectively.
Listed below are when the workshops are which can be registered here.
21st Century Skills Series: Adaptability
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
11:00AM – 12:00PM
Networking Your Way to Success
Monday, May 16, 2022
3:00PM – 4:00PM
Interviewing Skills
Friday, May 20, 2022
12:00PM – 1:00PM
Career Decision Making
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
1:00PM – 2:00PM