Career Stories

Every Career Has a Story

Career Week: March 20 - 24, 2023

Day Event Time
Monday Treasure Hunt Opens 8:00am
STEM and ADIP Pathways (Zoom) 10:00am - 11:00am
Resume Ready? (Zoom) 11:00am - 12:00pm
Student Employment (W1420 and Zoom) 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Tuesday Genogram (W2140) 9:00am - 10:00am
LinkedIn (W2190 and Zoom) 10:00am - 11:00am
STEM Meet & Greet (East Cafeteria)
Until 1 PM
11:00pm - 1:00pm
“River of Life” (W 1420) 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Self-Coaching for Personal Success (W2180 and Zoom) 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Health Sciences Pathway (Zoom) 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Wednesday Talents (W2190) 8:00am - 9:00am
Balancing Life & Work (Zoom) 10:00am - 11:00am
Strengths Finder (W2090) 11:00am - 12:30pm
HSER & Business Pathways(Zoom) 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Navigating Career Skills (Zoom) 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Thursday Personality? (W2190) 9:00am - 10:00am
Values (Zoom) 10:00am - 11:00am
Liberal Arts Pathway (Zoom) 11:00am - 12:00pm
Alumni Panel (Zoom) 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Handshake- Job Bank (Zoom) 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Friday Treasure Hunt Due 12:00pm

* For more information, visit the Campus Calendar. 


Career Stories from Century College

Storytelling is an effective way to share lived experiences, and sharing career stories can help students choose and navigate their career paths. Below Century College employees tell their career stories which reveal a variety of paths to achieve career success.

Decided Career Path in 9th Grade, Yet Still Evolving, by Michele Jersak, Counselor

 

When Interests Ignite a Career, An Unexpected Journey by Crystal De Kam, Counselor
 

 

An Unexpected Journey: Making Space for the Waves in Life by Andrea Clepper

Confessions of a Career Development Flunkie by Robert Jersak, Communication Studies

 

From Certainty to Confusion to Happiness by Lydia Jagodzinski by Lydia Jagodzinski Upward Bound Advisor

 

If at First, You Don’t Succeed Try Again - Century College Career Story by Dr. Gabriel Warren


Career Week Interactive Treasure Hunt

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