Before you go looking for that new job, there are a few things you might want to do first. And the specialists at the Job & Career Centers can help you with them. Workshops available at the Job & Career Centers will help you market yourself, work on job search techniques, understand how to best complete job applications and prepare yourself to move up in your new career.

Improve Your Resumé

Since resumes are extremely important in the job search process, it is vital that you know how to prepare one that puts you in the best possible light. At the Job & Career Centers, an Employment Specialist will help you learn how to create a resume, what should be included and how to write it.

Today, many employers want resumes that can be reviewed electronically. You are often asked to send your resume in attached to an email message. Resumes using key words will stand out in that process. The Job & Career Centers can help you learn what you should include.

Improve Your Interviewing Skills

Sharpening your job interview skills will improve your changes of getting a job. Workshops at the Job & Career Centers can help you learn and practice various interviewing techniques.

Find a Job

Use the computers at the Job & Career Centers to reach the CalJobs web site. This site will help you search for jobs you seek by title. The CalJobs site lists positions here in Ventura County and also in the neighboring Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties. Employment Specialists can also help you develop a training and employment action plan that fits your needs.