Job Placement Services at Columbia College:
Career & Job Placement Services remain available for students and alumni via phone or video calls. You can book a career center meeting yourself in Starfish by clicking here, or you can email me at wattsm@yosemite.edu. Use your time wisely while inside and explore career options!
Here is a video about online career service access and how to book a meeting.
Upcoming Virtual Events:
Wednesday, January 13 from 2:30-4:30pm Career Services Virtual Open House
Recordings of previous events:
10/29: Virtual Panel on Careers in Hospitality Management with Ironstone Vineyards, the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians, Chicken Ranch Casino, and Alicia's Sugar Shack
10/28: Supporting your Mental Health while Job Searching with Dr. Tamara Oxford, Coordinator of Mental Health Services and Mary Watts from Career Services
10/20: Webinar on Effective Cover Letters with Mother Lode Job Training
10/14: Working While Receiving Benefits – Presented by Irene Maka, Community Work Incentives Coordinator at DRAIL/ Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA)
10/13: Virtual Panel on Careers in Fire with CalFire, U.S. Forest Service, and Central Calaveras Fire
10/8: Webinar on How to Fill out State Job Applications featuring a representative from the California State Parks
10/7: Virtual Panel on Careers in Child Development/Education, featuring ATCAA, The Resource Connection, the Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools, and the Calaveras County Office of Education
10/6: Webinar on Federal Job Applications through USAJOBS with a representative from the U.S. Forest Service
10/6: Webinar on Interview and Follow-Up Tips with Mother Lode Job Training
9/30: Webinar on Networking and Harnessing the Power of Mentors with Mother Lode Job Training
9/24: Webinar on Effective Resumes, with Greater Valley Conservation Corps
9/23: Careers in IT Virtual Info Session with Tuolumne County IT
6/17: Careers with Adventist Health Sonora
Were you recently laid off or are you looking for a new job? I am working with my employer contacts to create a list of local companies hiring
Job Placement Services:
- Career exploration
- Resume, cover letter, and job application assistance
- De-stressing your job search
- Effective interviewing tips
- Employer connections
- Job board for jobs on and off campus
- Job fairs
- Quarterly newsletters
- Interview clothing closet - students receive one FREE professional outfit per semester! By appointment only - 209-588-5273/wattsm@yosemite.edu.
To set up an appointment to explore career goals, get your resume reviewed, or prepare for an interview, call Mary Watts at (209) 588-5273 or email wattsm@yosemite.edu. This service is offered to current students and Columbia College alumni.
Career Resources:
- California Career Zone has some great self-assessments for career exploration
- ONET OnLine can be very helpful when you are making resume bullet points.
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Vault.com provides in-depth intelligence on what it’s really like to work within an industry, company, or profession—and how to position yourself to launch and build the career you want.
- Plus, Vault.com has examples of resumes and cover letters you can download for inspiration!
- As a Columbia College student/alumni, you have free access to Vault. Login with your Columbia College email address and either enter: columbia15 as your password.
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Road Trip Nation - Career exploration resources available to Columbia College students for free!
Unique membership code: GOCC19 -
Eureka: provides powerful self-assessment and career information tools to enhance the career decision-making process.
- Click on Create Account
- Site: Columbia College
- Site ID Code: KRQJIJG
Columbia College Courses:
- GUIDE 1: Career & Life Planning (3 units)
- GUIDE 11: Occupational Exploration (1 unit)
Columbia College Counseling:
- Individualized Career Interest, Exploration and Assessment
- Myers Briggs Type Indicator - Personality Assessment
- Strong Interest Inventory - Career Interest Assessment
Newsletters
- Fall 2020
- Summer 2020
- Spring 2020
- Fall 2019
- Summer 2019
- Spring 2019
- Fall 2018
- Summer 2018
- Spring 2018
Job Boards:
- Columbia College JobSpeaker Job Board
- Calaveras County Jobs
- Calaveras Enterprise Classified - Employment
- CalCareers - state jobs
- CalJOBS
- CareerBuilder Jobs
- City of Angels Camp Jobs
- City of Sonora Jobs
- Coolworks
- EDJOIN - California public schools job listings
- Indeed - job search engine
- LinkedIn Job Search
- Marketplace 209 Jobs
- Monster.com
- Murphys Job Board - Facebook group for jobs
- MyMotherLode.com Job Listings
- Robert Half Staffing Agency
- Snagajob
- SonoraVille Jobs - Facebook group for jobs
- Tuolumne County Jobs
- Union Democrat Classified - Employment
- USAJOBS - Federal job listings
- Vault.com Job Search
- Wine Jobs California
- Yosemite Community College District Jobs
- Ziprecruiter
