Adult and Continuing Education - LaGuardia Community College

Change Your Career, Change Your Life!
If you're looking to make a career change, get started
by taking this interactive course. You will work with a
professional counselor to assess your skills, learn
strategies to transition into a new career, and use
Internet-based resources to learn about occupations
that are best suited for you.
Mon Feb 23 & Mar 2 (2 sessions /5 hours)
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm $39 A03CRD004A
Seven tips to keeping your job search on track:
• Keep your resume up to date
• Develop a strong network that includes family, friends,
neighbors and former co-workers
• Post your resume on job boards in your profession
• Upgrade your skills
• Become certified or licensed in your field
• Be flexible
• Keep a positive attitude
One additional suggestion:
Check out our LaGuardia Workforce1 Career Center. We offer job readiness workshops that involve practice job interviews and learning how to develop
an effective network; referrals to training for further education; or direct referrals to employers for job placement.
These New York residents got a job and more through LaGuardia’s Workforce1 Career Center!
Pablo Pereira was a LaGuardia student who
enrolled full time at the college in September
2007. He obtained a position in two weeks
through the Employment and Careers Services
Center and the Workforce1 Career Center at
Grandland Expo Center in Flushing, Queens,
starting as front desk coordinator and within
six months was promoted to Special Assistant
to the President. He wants to go on to receive
a BA degree in criminal justice/criminology, and
this job is helping him pay for college.
Garvin Casinillo had completed a medical
internship at a university in the Philippines when
he realized that the healthcare field was not for
him. He had attended a technical high school,
where he did computer networking and some
electronics coursework, and knew he wanted to
work with his hands. However, he had never
been employed. After visiting the Workforce1
Career Center this past August to explore careers,
he was referred to an electronics firm that was
willing to train individuals interested in becoming
machinists. He was particularly attracted to this
position, as it might lead to other opportunities
within the field of electronics. In September, they
offered him a trial period of two weeks, and he
has been working there since.
Jessica Altruz was referred to the LaGuardia
Workforce 1 Career Center on July 25th of this
year by the South East Bronx Neighborhood
Center. She was pre-screened for a Stock
Associate position with Levi’s Jeans Company.
The Center set up an appointment for her, and
she applied directly to the Manhattan store.
By August 18th, she was hired and started
working.