Career Center Resources

One of the most important decisions you will make in college is choosing the right academic program for your career goal.  To help you with this important decision, John Tyler offers resources such as, self-assessment tools, research tools, and information and sessions, in the Career Center.  Career Center staff are available to help students at the following times and locations:

Chester Campus
Moyar Hall, Room 107F
804-706-5228
Monday – Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Midlothian Campus
Administration Building, Room B116
804-594-1563
Monday – Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Below is just a sampling of the Center’s many services for students:

Self-Assessment Tools
Self-assessments are valuable to students who are unsure of their career path, looking to change careers, or examine their characteristics, interests, values and skills. In the Career Resource Centers, you may use DISCOVER, a comprehensive computer-based system with an online assessment of interests, abilities and values. Multimedia features of DISCOVER include videos, graphics, photos, audio clips and hyperlinks to selected school and occupational web sites, resume sites, and job banks. Over 12,000 job classifications are presented in DISCOVER.

Enrolled students also may participate in more in-depth career assessments by completing individualized interest and personality assessments and follow-up interviews and interpretation. The Strong Interest Inventory provides a detailed interest profile based on vocational types such as artistic, social, or enterprising. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a personality inventory reporting preferences on scales such as extraversion/introversion. 

Research Tools
The Career Center encourages students to explore potential careers in a number of ways, including self-assessments, internships, volunteer work, elective coursework, and career shadowing.  There are also a number of excellent online resources available to students:

Career Connect – Virginia’s one-stop workforce system

College Board Online – Information on planning for college, taking tests and finding the right college

Occupational Outlook Handbook - Published by the US Department of Labor

Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) – Job search with ALEX, Virginia’s automated labor exchange

Virginia Career VIEW - College and career information system

What can I do with a major in...? - Find career titles, related skills and additional web sites

Information and Sessions
Counselors in the Career Center can also provide you with information about degree and certificate programs at John Tyler and planning your academic future.  The Center also regularly holds sessions and provides information on job entry skills, including completing applications, writing cover letters, resumes and thank-you notes, andbeing successful at interviews. 

For more information:
Career Center
Chester: 804-706-5228
Midlothian: 804-594-1563
counseling@jtcc.edu