PUGET SOUND CAREER & JOB RESOURCES A Unit of the Division of Student Life
The UW Center for Career Services provides services to current UW students and alumni. This list identifies community career and job search resources available to the public, primarily at no or minimal fees.
WASHINGTON STATE WORKSOURCE CENTERS WorkSource Centers are located throughout the state and all services are available to the public. They provide information, technology, a full array of programs and services to job seekers. Also, they provide self-service, group presentations and activities, one-on-one counseling, access to employment and training. http://www.worksourceskc.org/ Go to: Quick Guides
http://www.wa.gov/esd/guides/quickguides_seeker.htm
GOVERNMENT JOB LINKS
King County Reemployment Support Center Online guide for job seekers listing hundreds of resources for career planning, job search assistance, job skills training, apprenticeships, and selfemployment in King and Snohomish Counties: http://www.cityofseattle.net/step/
NON PROFIT & GOVERNMENT CAREER SERVICES Asian Counseling and Referral (206) 695-7600 http://www.acrs.org/ Center for Career Alternatives (206) 322-9080 http://www.ccawa.org/
Federal http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/
Human Service Resources - Non profit & Government http://www2.ci.seattle.wa.us/CrisisClinic/
State of Washington http://www.dop.wa.gov/jobseekers/
Jewish Family Services (206) 461-3240 http://www.jfsseattle.org/
Washington Counties http://www.mrsc.org/byndmrsc/counties.aspx
King County Veterans Program (206) 296-7656 http://www.metrokc.gov/dchs/csd/veteran/
Washington Cities http://www.mrsc.org/byndmrsc/cities.aspx
King County Women’s Programs (206) 205-1324 www.metrokc.gov/dchs/csd/women/hotlines.htm
ONLINE CAREER GUIDES UW Center for Career Services Career Guide is a comprehensive publication to help you learn about your dependable strengths, develop a resume, prepare for an interview and improve your job search strategy, 33 pages: http://depts.washington.edu/careers/guides/ Washington State Career Guide, “Where Are You Going?” includes: an online self assessment quiz, links to education & training programs, and many other tools to help you choose a career, 172 pages. http://www.wtb.wa.gov/ click on: Training Resources, Where Are You Going?
Multi-Service Center, Federal Way (253) 838-6810 http://www.multi-servicecenter.com/ Seattle Indian Center (206) 329-8700 http://www.seattleindiancenter.org/ Seattle Office of Civil Rights (206) 684-4500 http://www.seattle.gov/civilrights/ Seattle Urban League (206) 461-3792, ext. 3034 http://www.urbanleague.org/ YWCA Employment Services 206) 436-8600 http://www.ywcaworks.org/page/22/
University of Washington ▪ Center for Career Services ▪ 134 Mary Gates Hall ▪ 206-543-0535 ▪ http://depts.washington.edu/careers/ f/customer relations/ccshandouts/8-06
COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAREER CENTERS Washington Community Colleges
http://www.50states.com/college/washingt.htm
Bellevue Community College (425) 564-2018 http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/careers/ Cascadia Community College (425)352-8132 http://www.cascadia.ctc.edu Edmonds Community College (425) 640-1256 http://careeractioncenter.edcc.edu/ Everett Community College (425) 388-9278 http://www.everettcc.edu/ Green River Community College (253) 833-9111, Career Center ext. 2555
http://www.greenriver.edu/careercenter/default.htm
Highline Community College (206) 878-3710 http://www.highline.edu/ Lake Washington Technical College (425) 739-8113 http://www.lwtc.ctc.edu/ North Seattle Community College (206) 527-3685 http://www.northseattle.edu/ Pierce College (253) 964-6250 http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/workforce/jobConnect.php
Renton Technical College (425) 235-2352 http://www.rtc.edu/index.aspx Seattle Central Community College (206) 587-5422 http://www.seattlecentral.edu/career/ Shoreline Community College (206) 546-4610
http://www.shoreline.edu/CareerEmpSvcs01index.html
South Seattle Community College (206) 764-5304 http://www.southseattle.edu go to Career Services Tacoma Community College (253) 566-5027 http://www.tacomacc.edu go to Career Services
LIBRARIES Directories, magazines, newspapers, trade journals, telephone books, career library, company information, annual reports, on-line databases, government documents, extensive reference collections University of Washington Libraries (206) 543-0242 Odegaard Library, 2nd floor, by Kane Hall http://www.lib.washington.edu/research/ King County Library System (425) 462-9600 www.kcls.org Seattle Public Library Quick Info – (206) 386-4636 http://www.spl.org/ go to database & websites, then Jobs ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Centerpoint Institute for Life and Career Renewal (206) 686-5433 www.centerpointonline.org Puget Sound Career Development Association Professional Career Counseling Association www.pscda.org Seattle Recruiters & Employment Agencies
http://www.bridgewaycareer.com/seattle-recruiters.htm
Seattle Networking Guide www.iloveseattle.org/ UW CCS Community Resources Link: http://depts.washington.edu/careers/comm/ UW CCS Web Resources:
http://depts.washington.edu/careers/webresources/
Washington State Newspapers http://newslink.org/wanews.html Washington Associations and Organizations http://www.awb.org/biz/associations.asp WSA (formerly the Washington Software Alliance) http://www.wsa.org/
University of Washington ▪ Center for Career Services ▪ 134 Mary Gates Hall ▪ 206-543-0535 ▪ http://depts.washington.edu/careers/ f/customer relations/ccshandouts/8-06