Career Guide

Looking for a job? Need to write a résumé? Want interview tips? The Central Piedmont Career Guide is a tool to help you on your path to career success.

Read the Career Guide (PDF)

The Central Piedmont Career Guide details the job search process from beginning to end. The following are a few highlights

Section 1: Introducing You – Prepare to Begin Your Job Search

  • Develop your brand (page 7)
  • Network (page 8)
  • Job Shadow (page 10)

Section 2: "Getting it in Writing" — Résumés and Cover Letters

Review résumé examples for a variety of programs, including Associate of Arts, air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration technology, business administration, information technology, medical assisting, and mechanical engineering technology.

  • Popular keywords or buzz words to use (page 13)
  • Spice up your writing with action verbs (page 15)
  • Functional résumés (pages 17–19)
  • Chronological résumés (pages 20–22)
  • Combination résumés (pages 23–24)
  • Cover letters (page 28)

Section 3: "Interviewing Me, Interviewing You – Interview Tips

  • What to wear to an interview (page 30)
  • Discrimination (page 33)
  • Salary negotiation (page 37)