Career Experience
The Career Experience team provides professional development services that will assist students with exploring, developing, and participating in experiences realted to their educational and career goals.
Career Experience assists with:
- Exploration of careers and college majors
- Job and internship search
- Resume and Cover Letter reviews
- Job Interview preparation
Whether you are just starting to explore careers or making a career change, it is important to find a career that matches your interests, skills, and abilities. Career exploration can help you discover your ideal career path.
Career Resources
A user-friendly web-based tool, which provides the most current Bexar County data on employment demand, wages, job postings and associated education and training that can lead to your intended career.
- Take a career assessment to discover occupations that interest you
- View careers and relevant career data
- Search for education/training programs
- Find Civilian Careers related to your military occupation
- Create a Career Portfolio
Focus2
FOCUS 2 is a self-paced career and educational planning program provides a great assessment of your skills, values, and interests.
- Explore careers based on self-assessment
- Research careers associated with specific majors
- Compare occupations
- Learn important industry data and facts
- Northwest Vista Focus 2 Access Code: wildcats
FOCUS 2: Career & Educational Planning Solutions
What Can I Do With This Major?
What Can I Do With This Major is a website that allows you to explore majors and career fields. It provides information on common career paths, employers that hire in the field, and how to maximize opportunities.
*This is not a comprehensive list of all careers you could potentially pursue, it provides 100 typical career paths associated with the major/area of study.
Need additional exploration or resources?
Contact your Career Experience Office.
Northwest Vista Career Experience can help you become 'job ready':
- Resume and Cover Letter Review
- Interviewing Strategies, Mock Interview
- Job/Internship Search
- Networking Strategies
- Handshake Profile Reviews
Northwest Vista has partnered with Handshake, an online platform designed to help guide studdents through their career serach journey. Create your profile to find jobs that are right for you, search job roles based onyour interests, and discover new career possibilities!
Handshake Student Sign In:
Handshake Employer Sign In:
Indeed - a free job search engine
Onet Online - includes job defini9ons with details such as skills needed, educa9on level needed, pay ranges and outlook for job
What Can I Do With This Major - jobs available based on major
Texas Reality Check - this will show you how much your living expenses will cost and the amount of money you will need to earn to pay for them
Glassdoor - employees review workplaces
Handshake - an online recruitng platform for students
LinkedIn - professional network
Northwest Vista offers many options designed to assist you in recruiting students and alumni. Opportunities include online job postings, career fairs, on-campus recruitment, and more.
Our Career Experience team is a connecting point for you to Northwest Vista students, alumni, faculty, and staff.
Handshake is our platform for posting employment opportunities for our students and alumni:
- Full-time Jobs
- Part-Time, Temporary or Seasonal Employment
- Internships
Need assistance with registering your company or posting your available positions?
Contact:
Career Experience
(210) 486-4090
Northwest Vista requires all employers who interview on campus or post jobs or flyers through the Career and Transfer Services office to follow Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) practices as well as NACE Professional Standards in the recruiting process. There shall be no discrimination against any qualified person on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, political or personal favoritism, marital status, sexual orientation, or disabling condition.
By registering your company or organization with us, you agree to accept and comply with the policies and procedures of the Northwest Vista College and Career Experience regarding employer recruiting activities as well as Northwest Vista Campus Guidelines. We reserve the right to refuse service to any company or organization whose business we believe is of a nature that is not appropriate for the Northwest Vista student body.