Harper College

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The Job Placement Resource Center (JPRC) is committed to helping Harper students and alumni become job search ready! 

Services for Students & Alumni

  • Resume and cover letters
  • Internships
  • Job search
  • Interviewing
  • Career Ready Skills
  • Student aide information

Students and alumni can make an appointment with a Workforce Coordinator for assistance.

Resources

Presentations can be customized to fit your class time. Sample presentations include: resumes and cover letters, job search strategies, interview skills, career ready skills and an overview of the Job Placement Resource Center. Click here to submit a classroom presentation request form.

Hire a Hawk is Harper's online job board for full-time, part-time jobs and internships. Students are able search for jobs, upload their resume and apply to jobs in their area of interest. Students and faculty can sign up for an account at: https://harpercollege-csm.symplicity.com/

Big Interview is a useful tool to prepare and practice for interviews. Faculty can create an account to create and review interviews completed by their students. Access is free to students, but they must use their Harper email address. Click here to create your own account using your Harper email address. 

Series of short videos on topics for resumes, interviewing, job search, internships and career ready skills. If you wish to embed any of these videos into your Blackboard classes, let us know and we can send you the link.

 

  • Add the JPRC to your Blackboard course
  • Have the JPRC customize information about job search to your program of study for your Blackboard shell
  • Add this video about the JPRC to your Blackboard (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_daRcMunOk)

These online workshops will assist students in writing a resume and cover letter to prepare them for a job interview and to make them aware of the skills employers expect from employees. They are short presentations that they can view at any time.

 

Last Updated: 10/14/24