C a r e e r & J o b P l a c e m e n tCOLUMBIA COLLEGE

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On behalf of the Career & Transfer Center, congratulations to our soon-to-be

graduates! Our students have worked very hard this year in their classes and have

invested a lot of time brainstorming how to eventually gain their dream job.

Students and alumni from the college have taken advantage of career services

and have made 120 appointments this semester.

Columbia College’s collaboration with Mother LodeJob Training to host the second annualCommunity Job Fair on April 5th was a hugesuccess. Over 350 students, alumni, andcommunity job seekers attended the event tonetwork, apply for jobs, and interview with 71employers! Employer panel presentations occurredthroughout the day on careers in hospitalitymanagement, natural resources, law enforcement,

health, fire, education, and the military.

Job Fair Update

Job Fair Dream Team!

Psychology Major Aneke Harris will be

spending the summer working as a

Camp Lead for Camp Menzies,

associated with Girl Scouts of

California. Aneke stated, “this position

will provide me the opportunity to

work with children and adults to help

prepare me to eventually become a

therapist.”

Darlene Gibson

recently started

working as a Fiscal

Technician at the

Tuolumne County

Community

Resources Agency.

Graduating with her

AA in Business

Administration and

Accounting, Darlene

is “thankful to Randy

Barton and Ida

Ponder for teaching

such relevant skills

in the classroom.” In

particular, Darlene

noted that “Randy’s

Managerial

Accounting course

and Ida’s Small

Business Accounting

class provided me

with the skills and

tools that I use every

day in my new role

as a fiscal tech with

Tuolumne County.”

From Left to Right:Beautiful Grandson;Darlene Gibson!

Keandre Santiago will be working

for the San Francisco Dept. of

Parks and Recreation near

Yosemite National Park, where he

be a Camp Assistant for the

summer. While at Columbia,

Keandre has interned with the US

Forest Service, earned a Certificate,

and nearly finished his AS in

Forestry and National Resources.

Alex Jacob Jones, a business

administration major, also got a job as

a Camp Assistant at Camp Mather!

Alex noted, “the preparation I received

at the Career and Transfer Center

prepared me well for the interview. I

was able to tie in past experience to

what is relevant for the employer.”

Columbia College student Tony

Hardin is excited to have the

chance to work for the U.S. Forest

Service again this year as a

Recreation Tech. Tony uses many

of the skills gained from his

classes at Columbia on the job

and stayed particularly busy

clearing trails and roads after all

of the winter storms this year.

# I G o t T h e J o b !

Job Fair Success StoryMany interviews are still taking place as a result of the job fair, but here isone job fair success story: Business major Robert Shepherd recently started working as anOperations Manager with Allstate Valet Services in Tuolumne County.Robert had his second interview with the company at the job fair and isnow working to hire 14 people in Tuolumne County to work as ValetAssociates. Robert shared, “my experience at Columbia has broadened myperspective and enhanced my ability to interact favorably with others.”

Columbia College Alumnus

Trevor Carter is now working

as a Fire Apparatus Engineer

for CalFire in Merced. Trevor

got his AA in Liberal Studies

and graduated from the Fire

Academy. He noted, “the Fire

Academy motivated me to

excel in the field and taught

me to realize that there is no

option other than success.”

Trevor continues to stay

involved with Columbia

College and has spoken to fire

students about overcoming

obstacles and barriers to

achieve their dreams.

MORRIS FAMILY

Double-majoring in Sociologyand Psychology, DawnFullerton is preparing for aPeer Specialist position withTuolumne County BehavioralHealth! This part-timeposition will allow Dawn totransfer this fall and takeclasses online toward herBachelor’s in Sociology with aminor in Psychology. Dawnsaid, “I am excited to usewhat I learned at ColumbiaCollege in the workplace.”Dawn has worked atColumbia College as aStudent Ambassador and aTRiO Peer Mentor, and has agoal to be a GuidanceCounselor for the educationalsystem.

Xochitl Martinez just starteda summer job as a VisitorService Assistant at GlacierBay National Park in Alaska.The job is full-time and willgive Xochitl invaluableexperience before shereturns fall semester to takemore classes and continueto work as a StudentAmbassador. Xochitl ismajoring in Anthropologyand Communications and ishoping to transfer in 2020.Xochitl shared, “the CareerCenter was integral inhelping me prepare for myinterview. If you see the jobsign, go see Mary!”

Students/Alumni: Do you need help exploringcareer options, applying for jobs, or creatingyour resume and cover letter? Do you want tobe featured in the next newsletter? Faculty: Do you want assistance helping thestudents in your courses gain the skills topursue the job/career of their dreams? Employers: Are you hiring or would you liketo let students know about career paths inyour industry? Let the career center helpconnect you with our wonderful and talentedpool of students! Call, email, or stop by the Career & TransferCenter to see Mary – 588-5273 /wattsm@yosemite.edu

Tech Connect - Linkedin

Use your LinkedIn account to connect

with alumni to network for your future

dream job endeavors and promote your

current skills. If you do not already have a

LinkedIn account, you should create one

today and add Columbia College in the

education section! For help, visit the CTC!