Career Development Center

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In today's competitive job market, you need to do everything you can to ensure that you can effectively articulate your competitive advantages relative to others seeking the same position. First to get you noticed, then to get you hired.

At the Career Development Center, it's our goal to help you achieve your career goals and to ensure that your resume, cover letter, interviewing and networking skills are at their best to support a successful outcome.

How We Help

• One-on-one career counseling ensures personalized career marketing tools needed to competitively market yourself and the support and encouragement you may need along the way to keep you positive and focused.
• We start with "what do you want to do," and if you don't have a clear answer, we can guide you through a career and interest assessment process to help you understand your aptitudes, personality and interests and how they relate to particular career paths and jobs.
• Seasoned career counselors offer guidance in:
  • career strategy and planning
  • identification and presentation of your most compelling credentials
  • resume development
  • cover letter development
  • interview preparation
  • networking
  • job search assistance
  • negotiation
• You have access to the CDC Resource Center, which is staffed by an experienced career resource specialist and offers online access to job banks and word processing, as well as numerous career-related books and periodicals.
• Call today for more information and fee schedule.

ADDITIONAL, TARGETED PROGRAMS AUGMENT "MAINSTREAM" CAREER SERVICES WITH SPECIALIZED ATTENTION TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF:

• Mature Workers
  • Job seekers aged 45+ face particular challenges in a search for a new position. But you also have significant advantages. Regardless of age, hiring managers seek candidates that offer the best skills, attitude and fit for the position and their company. It's up to you to convince them that the best candidate is you, and we can help.
• Legal Immigrants
  • If you are foreign-born, in the U.S. legally and not 100% acclimated to the American job market, we can help. CDC career counselors with expertise working with immigrants will work with you to determine how your skills and interests fit into the U.S. job market and provide the help you need to get a job.
• At-Risk Youth
  • CDC's seasoned career counselors work with area schools and other organizations to provide school-to-work programming targeted toward enhancing the potential of young people to be successful in the workplace.
  • Programs range from mentoring and internships to labor market orientation and employability skills.

Meet the People We Help

• After losing her position as a general manager of a clothing store where she had worked for eight-and-a-half years, Susan felt unprepared to launch her job search.
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• After she and her husband divorced, Barbara found herself a single mom of two young children and in dire need of a job. She hadn't worked in more than a decade, and she wasn't interested in returning to her previous profession, anyway. She learned of the Career Development Center and came for help in her job search.
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• After losing his high-paying job with a professional association, 71-year-old Michael came to the Career Development Center for assistance in his job search.
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• Svetlana and Josef*, a couple who had been doctors in their native Eastern European nation, received visas to come to the United States. Although they would not be able to practice medicine here, they still hoped to work in the healthcare field. They had very little knowledge of the English language, though, and they struggled to find work in a hospital.
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• Amanda* had been a highly successful paralegal, but when her depression stopped responding to treatment, her mental state declined so much that she ultimately left the workforce. Now, she hopes to find a new job.
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• Malecha is a 15-year-old teen from the Wilkinsburg area who participated in the CDC’s Summer Youth Program for at-risk youth. CDC counselors worked with Malecha and other program participants, providing job readiness training and certification, summer job placement and follow-up.
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*Name changed to protect client confidentiality.

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