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Career Services

Job Placement Assistance

Job placement assistance is included with each TechSkills vocational training program, available at select TechSkills campuses. Placement services include:

  • Personally assigned Placement Coordinator
  • Help with résumés and interviewing skills
  • Assistance in locating local job opportunities
  • Personal coaching
  • 120-hour externship with a local employer, or through the student’s current employer (not all vocational training programs include externships; please contact your local TechSkills campus for details)

Contacts With Local Employers

Each TechSkills campus maintains relationships with employers in the local job market. Employers often contact TechSkills looking for graduates to fill positions before those positions are even advertised.

Career Development Workshops

TechSkills offers a variety of workshops designed to assist our students and graduates in securing employment, including:

  • Occupations, Career and Job Search Strategies – Prepares students to conduct an efficient job search, and helps them determine which techniques are best for them
  • Resume and Cover Letter Writing – Teaches students how to create a targeted résumé, including tips on how to emphasize their experience and training
  • Interviewing Skills and Follow Up – Prepares students for the interview process, and helps them understand what to expect when meeting with a prospective employer
  • Networking and Utilizing Social Media Sites – Covers the importance of networking when job searching, and how to utilize professional networking websites like LinkedIn
  • Dress for Success – Students are shown what to wear in order to make the best impression at an interview, and how to comply with company dress codes such as business casual

Job Search Tools

To help our students conduct an efficient and effective job search, TechSkills offers our exclusive CareerForge service.

CareerForge features a proven methodology and a state-of-the-art Web-based toolset that enables you to create a professional résumé, organize your job search, find hidden job opportunities, locate decision makers, and generate multiple interviews. The step-by-step CareerPlan guides you from square one all the way through the interview process:

Step 1: Evaluate Your Career
Step 2: Organize Your Job Search
Step 3: Build Your Résumé
Step 4: Market Yourself
Step 5: Find Hot Opportunities
Step 6: Expand Your Career Network
Step 7: Tap Hidden Jobs
Step 8: Ace Your Interview

We are committed to providing innovative, affordable, life-changing education for each student.

 

What Our Students Are Saying

TechSkills has great hands-on labs with real-life technical scenarios. This was also the only program where I could complete this type of training and still maintain a full time job.

- B.Z., Denver, CO

I want to let you know how much I appreciate everyone's help at TechSkills. All my instructors have been great. Without their support I may have quit, but now I'm certified. And my manager gave me a $2,000 pay increase!

- K.R., Cincinnati, OH

My enrollment at TechSkills has been one of the best career decisions I've ever made. TechSkills has given me the tools to begin a new career in Information Technology after just eight weeks of enrollment.

- J.U., Milwaukee, WI