Career & Transfer Information

Students should begin researching transfer options early in their academic career. The Transfer Center houses a college catalog collection, reference library, articulation agreements, and other resource materials to help students experience the smoothest possible transition to four-year colleges and universities. Annually, the Center has several visits by CSU, and UC Counselors, to assist students on an individual basis with their transfer needs. UNLV is an out-of- state university that visits CMC once each semester. Students are also approved to use the phones in the Center to call the universities in which they are most interested. Students are encouraged to use the Transfer/Career Center on a drop-in basis or by appointment.

The Career Center helps students assess interests, skills, and aptitudes, and relate that information to careers. In order to find a truly satisfying occupation, students need to research college majors and/or certificates, and understand which careers relate to those educational programs. The average student switches majors three to four times throughout their college years, thus unnecessarily extending the length of time they spend in school.

A thorough understanding of occupations in which students show the highest interest aptitude will help them focus on a major or certificate program, and graduate in the shortest time possible. Also researching majors before transferring to a four-year college or university can save time and money. The "Choices" database (on all WDC computers) provides a complete system that helps students research careers, find the majors that commonly lead to those careers, and match schools that offer that major from either local, state, or nation-wide areas. It can also help those who need to prepare for job interviews.

The Career Center is available to help people with career decision-making, and will review and critique resumes and cover letters. The Career Center offers a library of career books and can give an access code to CX-online, a career-based Internet information source for those who prefer to do their research on a home computer.

Articles

How to Conduct a Successful Job Search

How to Write an Effective Resume

Informational Interviewing

What a College Major Is & How to Choose One

Career Monographs

Accounting

Administration Of Justice

Anthropology

Art

Automotive Technology

Business Administration

Certified Nursing Assistant

Computer Information Systems

Computer Science

Early Childhood Education Assoc. Teacher

Economics

Fire Technology

French or Spanish

General Business

History

Literature

Mathematics

Psychology

Social Science

Sociology

Vocational Nursing

Useful Links

America's Job Bank

ASSIST

Career Builder

Career Lab

CSUMentor

Mind Tools

Occupational Outlook Handbook

The Keirsey Temperament Sorter

The National Association for Colleges and Employers

Workforce Development Department (San Bernardino County)