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Career Center
Career Center Goals
We will work to help you identify a Major/Career. After completing career assessments through the Career Center, students will be able to identify at least one potential career and related major.
After acquiring career knowledge and skills from the Career Center, students will be able to pursue opportunities for employment, internships, or learn the steps in the process of seeking employment (Resume, cover letter, applications, cold calling, introductory emails, and informational interviews
Check out Employment & Internship opportunities with HandshakeCareer and Major Exploration Tools
Research Careers
Employment Opportunities
Take a Class: Counseling 57
Counseling 57 is offered in Fall & Spring!
Sign up for in-depth career and life planning: Self-exploration, identifying values, interests, needs and goals; development of skills for assuming careers and lifestyles over the life span, the influence of career choice on the quality of life, and the development of a career action plan. Designed to assist those students considering the transition of a career change or undecided about the selection of a college transfer major.
Sign up for in-depth career and life planning: Self-exploration, identifying values, interests, needs and goals; development of skills for assuming careers and lifestyles over the life span, the influence of career choice on the quality of life, and the development of a career action plan. Designed to assist those students considering the transition of a career change or undecided about the selection of a college transfer major.
Career Institute
Merritt College is pleased to announce the launch of its new employment placement website. Merritt will be using College Central Network as its official job resource and resume system.
The site is available 24/7 to students, alumni, and employers. Visit: www.collegecentral.com/Merritt
- Students: quickly apply to jobs and internship/co-op opportunities posted exclusively for you, and search other opportunities via Jobs Central® and Intern Central®, national job boards.
- Create and upload your resume and career portfolio to make available to employers.
- Access our events calendar, and career/job search advice documents, podcasts, videos and more.
- Review Career Fair information and company recruitment visits.
- Employers search for talented students and alumni, and post unlimited jobs for free.
Cheryl Maier is our College Central site coordinator and will be linking employers to our students and alumni. Our aim is to connect Merritt students and alumni with jobs.
Looking for a job? Want to post a job? See below…
The Job Placement Service offers the community Job Listings and Job Postings.
For questions or more info, contact:
Cheryl Maier
Employment Placement Specialist/ College Central Network Coordinator
Cheryl.Maier@peralta.edu, (510) 434-3938
Employment & Internship Opportunities
For a live update of current Employment and Internship , check out our page on Handshake
Career Center Staff
Career Counselor
Sara Alturk
Counseling Department
salturk@peralta.edu
(510) 436-2475
Hours of Operation
Mon-Wed:8am–4:30pm
Thursday:8am–7:00pm
Friday:8am–12pm
