Gain new skills and develop compelling ways to accelerate your career growth with proven success! We assist students and alumni develop, evaluate and implement their career plans.
Visit with us in the Career and Transfer Resource Center! Come on in, we're happy to serve you. Here on our website, we offer information on services available including:
Choosing your major program at DCTC and engaging in career exploration
Preparing to transfer to earn an advanced degree once you’re done
Standing out in a competitive labor market by leveraging your education
Utilizing effective strategies to connect with employers and showcase how you best fit their positions
Expanding your skill-set with practical know-how including building modern cover letters and résumés
Learning current techniques to research and evaluate employers
Click into our Transfer Checklist and Worksheet to learn the process on how students/alumni are preparing for next steps in transferring to a college/university after completing DCTC program(s).
We look forward to you setting up an appointment with us at either 651-423-8283, 651-245-8450 or careerservices@dctc.edu
Résumé Help
Tools to prepare your rough draft can be found on www.collegecentral.com/dctc, under the Career Document Library. Find some Microsoft Word documents for résumé, cover letter and a references page. Also at this website, you can upload your résumé for review and posting with employers using this site. Please contact the office to set up an individual appointment.
College Central Jobs is Dakota County Technical College's online recruiting system that allows current students, graduates and employers more options and flexibility than ever before!
STUDENTS AND GRADUATES
Students and graduates can search for jobs online, upload application documents, and apply for jobs online.
College Central's Career Hub offers employers the opportunity to add internships, jobs, and hiring event announcements as postings to 13 institutions at once. These will download into DCTC's individual site, along with the 12 others. We recommend only using Career Hub, and not DCTC (or other institutions part of Career Hub) otherwise there will be duplicates.
You do still have the option to only use our DCTC site, please then use the link under Students and Graduates section. You have the ability through the DCTC site to search résumés. The following instructions below do apply to both sites:
United Parcel Service hires many students for part-time work. Earn as much as $5,250 annually in college education assistance with the UPS Earn & Learn Program.
I'm a recent graduate. Why should I complete the Graduate Follow-Up Survey?
Responding to the Graduate Follow-Up Survey provides feedback for the Career and Transfer Resource Center, academic departments and DCTC. This feedback allows us to determine changes in the job market and where alumni go after graduation. The information you provide is CONFIDENTIAL — results are not published in a personally identifiable manner. We appreciate you taking a moment to complete the survey.
United Parcel Service hires many students for part-time work. Earn as much as $5,250 annually in college education assistance with the UPS Earn & Learn Program.
