Career Exploration
The Career and Job Placement Coordinator is available to help students make the transition from college to career. You are invited to make an appointment to discuss and explore various career options and also to plan your job search, prepare a resume, and identify job opportunities that are aligned for your career goals.
The Career Center is following suit with the CA Community College Chancellor’s Office as well as the State and federal Departments of Education and taking a more active and holistic approach to career and job readiness. Thus we’re addressing issues that affect job seekers’ ability to attain employment. Please feel free to use these resources and to visit the site links referenced.
Searching for a Job/Internship? Need an appointment with the Career Center?
College Central Network Solano 
What Can I Do With This Major?
Discover career options and explore new paths with this website!
https://whatcanidowiththismajor.com/major
EUREKA – Career Assessments and Exploration
Not sure what direction you are headed? Eureka can help!
Try some online career assessments to help understand your skills, interests, values
and personality. Then use that information to explore careers and understand what
education you need to pursue.
Contact the Career Center for log-in access.
Office: 707-864-7124
careercenter@solano.edu
Career Coach
Not sure about your major? Wanting to explore careers and learn about Solano CC programs? Check out Career Coach! Take an interest assessment, read about careers and see the specific programs at https://ccc.emsicc.com/
Road Map to Careers
https://roadtripnation.com/edu/solano
Discover how the things you like can connect you to a rewarding career you’ll love. Drawing from Roadtrip Nation’s library of thousands of candid video interviews with professionals from all walks of life, Roadmap to Careers showcases real stories of the struggles and successes you might encounter on your road to a fulfilling career - and equips you with the tools you’ll need to take your first steps to build a livelihood that's true to who you are.
Instructions for accessing Roadmap to Careers:
- Go to the Solano Roadtrip Nation Page
- Click on “Create Account”, fill in all required fields and create a username and password to return to this site.
- After creating an account, you will be taken directly to a page to fill out their membership status. This is the page where you will input the provided membership code SOLANO19 (Your code will be valid through 12/31/2021) listed above in order to gain full access to our career exploration tools and leader videos.
- Please ensure they click "Go!" so the membership code is processed to your account. If you click "getting started" it will not save your membership code.
- If you already have an account, log in and go to "Account Settings" in the top right corner, click "Membership", and add the according membership code.
Road Trip Nation Documentary – Community Driven
This documentary Community Driven follows three California community college students as they travel across the state to sit down with California’s changemakers and community college alumni, and hear what’s possible for their futures.
This one hour documentary highlights:
- 20-year-old Melina from MiraCosta College is a DACA student wrestling with her identity—and her future—in the present social climate.
- 26-year-old Rodney speaks to how Orange Coast College let him leave a tough neighborhood behind, and start channeling his pain and frustration into social change.
- 19-year-old Summer is currently attending Modesto Junior College, but is starting to navigate the somewhat-intimidating task of transferring to a larger university.
O*NET Interest Profiler
This assessment will help users:
- Identify your work-related interests
- Embark on a focused career search
- Link their vocational interests to an occupation: http://www.mynextmove.org/explore/ip
For Veterans: You served your country. Now you’re ready for a new challenge. What do you want to do for a living?
https://www.mynextmove.org/vets/
Try this Five Step Decision Process to help you choose a career.
https://apps.3cmediasolutions.org/oei/modules/career/index.html
Career Resources and Toolkit
http://www.learnhowtobecome.org/career-resource-center/
Interested in a career in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) ?
The links below will introduce you to some of the resources for career, education
and training pathways available locally and nationally:
http://www.ed.gov/stem
SCC has a program for those interested in STEM careers. Click on this link to learn
more and to apply for the program: https://sites.google.com/site/scc21stemscholarship/
The following public domain links are also extremely useful in exploring various careers, as well as the labor market conditions pertaining to these careers.
Salary Surfer
http://salarysurfer.cccco.edu/
California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
As students and their families make important decisions about investing their time and money in pursuing a college education, the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office is making available for the first time comparative information about the earnings of recent graduates who received an award in a specific program area at California community colleges.
O*Net Interest Profiler
U.S Department of Labor
http://online.onetcenter.org
Occupational Outlook Handbook
U.S Department of Labor
http://www.bls.gov/ooh
Learn How To Become
http://www.learnhowtobecome.org/
California Labor Market Information
State of California, Employment Development Department (EDD)
http://labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov
We also carry numerous hard copy books as reference at the Career Center. Come in and read books about resume writing, interviewing and general career exploration.
Additional Job Search Links
CalJOBs
California's Internet system for linking employer job listings and job seekers
http://www.caljobs.ca.gov/
State of California (State Job Openings)
USAJOBS (Federal Job Openings)
The official Job Site of the US Federal Government
http://www.usajobs.gov/
http://gogovernment.org/
Multipurpose (General Job Search)
Multipurpose (General Job Search)
Looking for Training & Educational Options?
Here’s a great link that will list all the programs that the California Community Colleges offer.
You can search majors by college, or see what majors each and every college has to offer.
Choosing your career - 5 minute video
And last but not least; outgrown the community college? Looking to transfer to a CSU
UC Campus? Want to explore majors and transfer requirements? Look no further than
“ASSIST” in your quest to further your education. http://www.assist.org
Contact the Career Center for log-in access.
Office: 707-864-7124
careercenter@solano.edu