Career Development Services
Welcome!
- One-to-one Career Exploration Support
- Resume and Cover Letter Development
- Job Search and Career Readiness Prep (interview techniques, soft skills training, etc.)
- Skills Workshops (resume building, networking, prepping for the interview – practice questions and attire)
- Job Fairs & Events with Employers
Individualized Career Exploration
A career assessment is a great way to help connect your interests, skills, and values to potential careers. With NCSC’s Career Coach tool, take career assessments and review local employment trends and opportunities. The Career Pathway Coordinator is available to assist with reviewing your individual assessment results, or to explore career options.
Resume/Cover Letter Development
Please feel free to email a rough draft of your resume and cover letter for review. Suggestions and feedback will be provided as soon as possible. If you don’t know where to start with a rough draft, no worries! We have you covered. Please reach out directly for guidance & assistance.
Interviewing & Soft Skills Techniques
Performing a mock interview is a great way to practice and improve interviewing skills. It also helps with understanding the importance of soft-skills, and how to effectively highlight them during the interview process. Schedule an appointment for your mock interview today! More resources are available below.
College Central Network
College Central Network, opens in a new window (CCN) provides access to local and national job postings, a resume builder, and other tools to brush up on job seeking skills, such as cover letter writing and interview preparation. CCN is a community job board, connecting NC State students & alumni to local employers. We have hundreds of local job listings as well as a search engine with over 500,000 jobs available nationwide. Click here for help with registering on College Central Network. (PDF), opens in a new window
Federal Work Study Employment
- Child Development Center
- Admissions
- Student Success
- Library
- Student Activities
- Facilities
- Health Sciences
- Kehoe Center –IT, Graphic Design, Adv. Manufacturing, Foundation & Alumni Services
Additional Resources
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- Ultimate Interviewing Guide (PDF), opens in a new window
- List of Practice Questions (PDF), opens in a new window
- 60 Second Elevator Speech (PDF), opens in a new window
- Interview To-Dos! (PDF), opens in a new window
- Phone Interviews (PDF), opens in a new window
- Thank Your Interviewer (PDF), opens in a new window
- How to Follow Up (PDF), opens in a new window
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Career Coach
Take a personalized career assessment and get the career forecast for your area.
Career Coach, opens in a new window offers a brief six question, or a more in depth sixty question career assessment, in addition to providing regional job outlook and salary data.- Current and future job availability
- Area unemployment trends
- Salary information
- Educational/training requirements
- Available Programs
College Central Network
Find local jobs that match your career.
College Central Network, opens in a new window (CCN) provides access to local and national job postings, a resume builder, and other tools to brush up on job seeking skills, such as cover letter writing and interview preparation.CCN is a community job board, connecting NC State students & alumni to local employers. We have hundreds of local job listings as well as a search engine with over 500,000 jobs available nationwide.
Click here to access the help guide for registering on College Central. (PDF), opens in a new window
Ohio Means Jobs
Build a career backpack in addition to the NCSC Career Toolkit!The State of Ohio job matching system allows anyone to post resumes and get job leads. Employers can also post jobs. Ohio Means Jobs has an expansive job searching toolkit to utilize in addition to NCSC Career Development Services.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Research possible career options.View and research occupational profiles (definitions, salary information, job outlook, education levels) plus much more. The Occupational Outlook Handbook can help you find career information for hundreds of occupations.
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Internship Program, opens in a new window
Read about the on-the-job internship experiences that your peers are having at their internship sites! This could be you next semester or next summer! Contact Career Services, at careerservices@ncstatecollege.edu for more information! Click here to go to the internship website.Want more information on internships?
–Test Drive Your Career (PDF), opens in a new window
–Internships: Company Culture 101 (PDF), opens in a new window
–Paid and Unpaid Internships (PDF), opens in a new window
–Internship Interviews (PDF), opens in a new window
–What is a non-profit organization? (PDF) -
In addition to College Central Network, opens in a new window, our community job board with local listings and OhioMeansJobs, you may be interested in searching for jobs on other online job boards. Here are links to other online resources:
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- Indeed.com, opens in a new window
- LinkedIn.com/jobs, opens in a new window
- Careerbuilder.com
- Monster.com, opens in a new window
- Glassdoor.com, opens in a new window
- Simplyhired.com, opens in a new window
- USAjobs.gov, opens in a new window
- CollegeRecruiter.com, opens in a new window
- LinkUp.com, opens in a new window
- ZipRecuiter.com
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