First Year and Career Services Center
Welcome to First Year and Career Services! Our department is dedicated to helping you successfully transition into college life and lay the foundation for your future career journey. Through a variety of services, we support exploring academic programs and career options, developing job readiness skills such as resume writing, cover letter crafting, and internship/job search strategies. In addition, the department offers a robust First Year Experience Program, which includes new student orientation, peer mentoring, and ongoing guidance to ensure that you feel supported and empowered throughout your first year. With a focus on both academic and professional growth, First Year and Career Services provides a holistic approach to student success, equipping you with the tools you need to thrive during your college years and beyond.
We invite you to explore our pages for services and resources. Some of the support you will find includes:
- Tools to explore career opportunities, interests, and academic pathways to get there.
- Resources for resume and cover letter writing skills, & interview preparation.
- Support with networking, job search methods, and scholarship resources.
- Information about First Year Experience programs, events, and support.
Pro Tip: Need support getting started, including setting up your ctcLink, MySeattleColleges, and Starfish accounts? Contact our Admissions Entry Specialists at TeamSuccess.Central@seattlecolleges.edu for help!
We are able to see all students interested in enrolling at Seattle Central regardless of if you started the enrollment process and can help you explore your career and program options. Please call or email us to setup an appointment.
Once you’re fully enrolled, you’ll be able to schedule appointments with us through Starfish under “Career Exploration Center-Central”. If this is your first time using Starfish, please read our guide.
Our team is open to collaborating virtually to present, provide online career resources, and more. Please read our Info for Faculty & Staff page for more information.
Seattle Colleges uses Handshake as our main jobs, internships, and events board. Please read our Info for Employers page for more information on posting as well as other ways we can collaborate.
We are excited to promote a new opportunity with our faculty partners in the First Year Learning Community! A Learning Community (LC) is an innovative class that is taught by two or more instructors who fully integrate course work to explore a single theme through multiple subjects. The dynamic, interactive learning environment includes student seminars, field trips, group projects, performances, guest speakers, co-curricular activities, and action research – anything but your traditional classroom fare. The class can be a full course load with a total package of 8-15 credits in one learning experience.
Learning Communities meet Seattle Central’s Associate of Arts degree requirement of 8 credits of integrated studies. After taking one LC, students rave about the experience and are eager to enroll in others as they continue their college journey.