• Interest inventories which assess interests and experiences.

• Career Aptitude Test to assess aptitude and match those aptitudes with occupations.

• College Catalog Collection including various post-secondary schools in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.

• Other information for vocational development (e.g. writing résumés, filling out job applications and interview techniques) is also available. A bulletin board listing employment opportunities in the local area is located in Ingram Hall, the Student Lounge, and Building 800.

The counseling staff provides information and assistance to students in planning their educational program. Counselors are available to assist students in planning for programs at NETC, obtaining information on other schools and transferring to a four-year institution, for job upgrading and/or personal enrichment.

All services offered in the Career Center are available to any person in the community. Appointments may be scheduled by contacting the Career Center.

SCOIS

South Carolina Occupational Information System (SCOIS) allows community members to access files of occupational and educational information such as the Job Bank, military occupations, descriptions of college across the United States. Within this system, there are nine files of occupational and educational information presented:

1. Occupation Files - Information on major occupations and their specialties

2. College Major File - Descriptions of related post-secondary education and training programs

3. College File - Descriptions of two-year and four-year colleges and universities

4. Apprenticeship File - Descriptions of national apprenticeship training programs related to occupations

5. Military File - Descriptions of military occupations and training opportunities which relate to occupations

6. School Subjects File - Information on high school subjects related to occupations

7. Job Bank File - Instant access to information on current job openings available through the Employment Security Commission in South Carolina

8. Private Vocational Schools File - Information on private vocational schools which offer vocational training

9. Graduate School File - Directory of graduate degree programs and schools offering graduate degrees in South Carolina

KUDER CAREER PLANNING SYSTEM

The Kuder Career Planning System combines interests, skills, and work values assessments with occupational information resources online. The system also includes an online searchable database of all individual results. The Kuder Career Planning System features:

1. Scientific-based interests, skills and work values assessments.

2. Provides occupational information resources online.

3. Corresponding assessment results directly to individual career planning and exploration.

4. Creates a lifetime portfolio of personal accomplishments.