UAM College of Technology - Crossett Career Services

Dawn Reed,  Career Coach Technical Student Services reed@uamont.edu 870-460-2028	Campbell Wilkerson, Career Development Coach Adult Education wilkerson@uamont.edu  870-460-2027

Mission Statement

The UAM College of Technology-Crossett’s Career Services team is dedicated to helping students find gainful employment upon their successful completion of their chosen educational program.

CAREER PLANNING PROCESS

The Career Planning Process encourages individuals to explore and gather information that enables them to make decisions, set goals and take action. Each individual varies in their progress through each of these stages for many reasons. Individuals may repeat all or parts of the career development process at various points throughout their lives as values, interests, abilities, and life circumstances change.

Step One: Learning About Yourself
The first step in Career Planning involves gathering information about yourself to assist in making a decision about a career. You should develop an understanding of self, including values, interests, aptitudes, abilities, personal traits, desired lifestyle, and become aware of the interrelationship between self and occupational choice

Steps Two-Four:  Academic and Career Options
These three steps allows individuals to investigate the world of work in greater depth, narrow a general occupational direction into a specific one through an informed decision making process, and declare a major.

Steps Five-Six:  Education & Training? Getting A Job
An initial occupational/educational choice is made in steps five and six. Individuals prepare for and begin conducting a job search, or applying to post-secondary institutions.

Step Seven (optional): Relevant/Practical Experience
In step seven individuals evaluate occupational choices and gain practical experience through internships, cooperative education, relevant summer employment, volunteer work and/or campus activities. Additionally, more specific decisions about occupational choices are made.

Interested in jobs in Arkansas? What about in your area? If so, Arkansas Job Link is the site for you. Visit the Arkansas Job Link to open an account and enter the world of Arkansas Jobs!

	National Career Development Association This website is a great launching pad for many career development resources. Please feel free to browse the whole website, or just check out the recommended links below: Self-Assessments Career Development Process Career Search Engines
Job Choices is an online publication from the National Association of Colleges and Employers that will help prepare you for the job search. Inside these publications, you will receive tips on resume building, networking, and interview preparation.

The “Career Corner”
Where careers and opportunity meet.