Shawnee Community College Career Services offers a variety of services to students and employers. Services are designed to meet the educational and employment needs of students, graduates, community members and employers in the SCC district and surrounding area.

Services Include:

• Employment Assistance
  • SCC JobLine
    The SCC JobLine is a computerized system utilized in Career Services that Shawnee Community College has incorporated to help automate numerous functions found within the career center and enhances the services offered to students, community members and employers.

    The site streamlines student and employer registration, resume referrals, document management, placement tracking, job posting and management, and interview scheduling, As a result, students have 24x7 access to easily register, search jobs, send online inquiries and manage multiple resumes, cover letter and other employment related documents. Employers can quickly and easily post jobs on campus, choose to receive on-line applications directly from the system with current resumes attached, sign up for career fairs and much more.

• On-line Classified Ads for Tri-State area
  • Harrahs Hotel and Casino
  • Southern Illinois Healthcare
  • The Southern Illinoisan Newspaper
  • The Southeast Missourian
  • Kentucky Career Movers

• Labor Market Information
  • Illinois Department of Employment Security

• Career Planning and Assessment
  Career Planning and Assessment allows the student to explore avenues available to them. This service enables the students to match their lifestyles and abilities with career opportunities and develop effective job search skills.

  Shawnee Community College Career Services offers the Kuder® Career Planning System. This assessment is appropriate for use with students from Middle School to College, including adults. It will assist in your career education and career development needs.

  Why Kuder?
  Kuder has a history rich in scientific research and tradition. Since 1938, more than 100,000,000 individuals, worldwide, have used Kuder Preference Records/Inventories in their career exploration and career path selection. The Kuder Inventories are widely recognized for their high degree of reliability.
  The Kuder College and Career Planning System is online and interactive and is the latest in a series of career assessment tools.

  The system includes:

  • Electronic Career Portfolio
  • Interest Inventory
  • Skills Assessment
  • Work Values Inventory
  • Composite Report
  • Immediate Scoring
  • Administrative Database
  • College Search
  • College Majors
  • Financial Aid Information

  Make an appointment today to take the Kuder Career Assessment. Contact Career Services at (618) 634-3337 or e-mail lesliec@shawneecc.edu.

• Career Coach
  

  The Career Coach is a complete program that will help you learn about good careers, set a career goal and make plans to reach it. Learn how to advance on the job, how to choose a school, and how to get to where you want to be.

  

• Resume Writing Assistance
  

  SCC Career Services provides assistance with developing your resume and cover letter. There are a variety of resource materials available to help you design the perfect resume.

• Annual Career/Job Fair
  

  Each year over 40 area employers participate in the Annual Career/Job Fair. This is a great opportunity for individuals to explore employment/career opportunities available from area employers. Employers also have the opportunity to promote their businesses and identify qualified employees.

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