Career Service Center at PCC- FREE!

ALL PCC STUDENTS ARE WELCOME!!

You can take the free shuttle bus from CEC to PCC main campus (show your student ID).

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Classes/Academics | Apply & Register | Student Services | Library |   |   | |   |

About the Center WHAT: Career counseling and advisement, workshops, resume and job search advisement, job descriptions, salary and outlook information, job club, help picking a major, job listings, books, journals videos, directories, handouts, computerized self-assessment (“tests”), a place to type your resume, interview tips and practice, actual interviews, job fairs, company information, help with decision making and career planning. WHERE: We are located in the L building (Student Services), behind the information booth, Room: L103                    [Campus Map] Telephone: 626-585-7381 Fax: (626) 585-3355 WHEN: Spring Semester Hours Department Hours Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Room L103 Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Room L103 WHO: Access to job postings and job search services are reserved for present and past PCC students, but community members are welcome to use the career exploration materials. Student employment interviewers, career counselors, a job developer, and student workers are available to help you. Staff Directory
2013 Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91106, 626-585-7123

Stress Tests -- and Famous People Website

Are you stressed out?

Select one of these stress tests:

http://stress.about.com/od/selfknowledgeselftests/SelfKnowledge_SelfTests_Personality_Tests.htm

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Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante by Taiwanese artists Dai Dudu, Li Tiezi, and Zhang An. 

If you like the background picture on my blog, go to this link to see and learn more about the artist and the famous people in the picture.

http://cliptank.com/PeopleofInfluencePainting.htm

Job Interview Tips...Shared from LinkedIn

INFOGRAPHIC: How Interviewers Know When to Hire You in 90 Seconds

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We can’t get enough about the art of interviewing in these times. We all fret job interviews and prepare as much as possible but there is little way of predicting their outcomes. Well at least we have some cool stats in this infographic complied by our friends at Come Recommended:

• 33% of bosses know within the first 90 seconds of an interview whether they will hire someone
• Having little to no knowledge of the company is the most common mistake made during interviews (see: How To Plan Ahead for the Interview)
• 67% of bosses say that failure to make eye contact is a common nonverbal mistake
• When meeting new people, 55% of the impact comes from the way the person dresses, acts and walks through the door
• 65% of bosses indicate that clothes could be a deciding factor between two almost-identical candidates (see: What To Wear To An Interview)
• The number one question most likely to be asked is: “Tell me about yourself”
• The number one most common mistake at a job interview is: failing to ask for the job

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CASAS Test Practice

Looking to improve your CASAS reading or listening score? Here are some websites that provide practice.

CASAS Sample Reading Tests (open powerpoint, view as a slideshow):
https://www.casas.org/product-overviews/curriculum-management-instruction/sample-test-items/life-and-work-reading

CASAS Sample Listening Tests:
https://www.casas.org/product-overviews/curriculum-management-instruction/sample-test-items/life-and-work-listening

Seminole State CASAS-like reading practice (Powerpoint, choose READ ONLY, view as a slideshow):
http://www.seminolestate.edu/adult-ed/els/pett/reading-tests.htm

Learn Test Practice Skills (Seminole State- tutorials): http://www.seminolestate.edu/adult-ed/els/pett/reading-tutorials.htm

Taking the CASAS test online?

Here is an e-test online tutorial:
http://www.casas.org/product-overviews/curriculum-management-instruction/sample-test-items/eO-sampler

Sample e-test (download): https://www.casas.org/product-overviews/curriculum-management-instruction/sample-test-items/casas-etests-sampler

"Good Life" One Republic + Lyrics

One of my favorites...turn up your speakers and sing along!

 

Thursday Lab (April 4) - Units 2 & 3

Good morning,

1. Type up one of your paragraphs or journals that I have checked. Print it out.


2. Here is a review of Unit 2 using a new web tool called Voice Thread. It's a lot of fun because you get to leave a comment by text -- or use your cell phone to leave a voice comment!

• Watch/listen to each slide.

• Make a comment on at least 3 slides by text or voice. You can draw by clicking the color wheel when as you comment.

• Raise your hand and I will help you :)

Please try this out because I would like your opinion about using this tool!

Click here: Unit 2 Voice Thread (don't laugh at my video...it's old). :)
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3. Unit 3 is about family and friends. Practice your listening skills with the following activities. Pick one from each level. Feel free to do the other activities and quizzes linked to the listening activity.

(easy)       Phone Message     http://esl-lab.com/meet/meetrd1.htm

                 Daily Schedules   http://esl-lab.com/schedule/schedrd1.htm


(medium) Dinner Time  http://esl-lab.com/cook/cookrd1.htm

                 Parenting   http://esl-lab.com/parenting/parentingrd1.htm


(hard)        Funerals: Expressing Condolences  http://esl-lab.com/insurance/insurancerd1.htm

                 The Ideal Woman http://esl-lab.com/ideal/idealrd1.htm

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4. Inspiring TED Talk (video): Try Something New for 30 Days

http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days.html

(turn on the English subtitles or there is a transcript) 

What will YOU try for 30 days? Please leave a comment on my blog here!

Enjoy!!