Career Readiness

• Career Development & Readiness Appointments
• Internship Advising Appointments – For enrolled credit-students.
• HandshakeGCC Job Board – Login with your GCC username and password.
• Resources, guides, and tips included in this website.
• Career Readiness & Internships Newsletters – Sent directly to your GCC inbox.

Introduces students to the career exploration and planning process. Students use online tools and supplemental resources to complete self-assessments, engage in self-reflection, gather information about careers of interest, and relate potential careers to educational opportunities. Through this class, students create an action plan for achieving their education and career goals.

If you have questions about the content of the class, please contact Shannon Doran at dorans@gcc.mass.edu.

If you would like to register for this class, please contact:

• Admissions, if you haven’t enrolled at GCC yet.
• Advising, if you are enrolled at GCC and need help registering, or..
• Self-register in your MyGCC account.

Ideally, a career development plan would include a list of personalized, doable, and empowering action steps that a student can take to both define and achieve their education-to-career goals – as well as defined timelines for completion.

Here are some steps you can take to get started:

1. Make an appointment with the Career Readiness Coordinator, Shannon Doran.
2. Use Career Goal Setting & Action Planning resources.

Here are some steps you can take to get started:

1. Make an appointment with the Career Readiness Coordinator, Shannon Doran.
2. Use the Career Goal-Setting & Comparison Table:
   1. Fill in page 1 to reflect, gain insights, and establish your baseline.
   2. Use page 2 when researching and comparing occupations.
3. Take one or more career assessments to gain insights and reveal questions that you can follow-up on.
4. Use reality checking tools to understand the relationship between specific occupations, financial well-being, and lifestyle preferences.
5. Use occupation research platforms to start gathering perspectives about industries, occupations, and career paths.
6. Engage in at least 1 Informational Interview to learn things you can’t research online.
7. Complete at least 1 Internship, while at GCC.

Here are some steps you can take to get started:

1. Make an appointment with the Career Readiness Coordinator, Shannon Doran.
2. Draft or update your resume.
3. Create an online Profile or Electronic Portfolio.
4. Draft a cover letter.
5. Draft a reference sheet.

Here are some steps you can take to get started:

1. To get an internship, make an appointment with the Internship Coordinator, David Brown.
2. To find summer jobs and part-/full-time employment, make an appointment with the Career Readiness Coordinator, Shannon Doran.
3. Use job search engines.
4. Gather perspective about the job search process.
5. Draft or update application materials.
6. Hone your Get-A-Job search strategies.