Your career starts here.
Career Services can support you as you choose a goal, create a career plan and master tools to manage your career development. We strive to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and resources necessary to be successful in their job search by helping them develop confidence and independence in reaching their employment goals.
Career Tools & Quick Links
A cover letter should be submitted with each resume. The cover letter introduces you to the employer and indicates which position you are applying for. It should also go into some detail about your interest to work for the company, your qualifications for the position, why you are a great candidate, and summarize the main highlights of your experiences as it relates to the position you’re applying for.
A resume is a way to provide a potential employer with information about yourself. It is an opportunity to highlight your abilities, strengths, personal qualities, and skills. A resume shows how your experience and skills match a position. The purpose of a resume is to get an interview.
Minnesota North College utilizes MCIS as the tool to assist students to plan for their future career.
MCIS will help students with the following:
- Learn about your interests
- Explore why people work
- Consider work characteristics
- Set personal and academic goals
- Review your own employability skills
- Research different career options
- Create a resume
View the Minnesota North MCIS flyer.
Work-study is a student employment program that allows eligible students to work part-time in (mostly) on-campus positions. Work-study jobs are especially convenient since they allow students to schedule their work hours around their academic schedule.
Because work-study is a form of need-based financial aid, students must first complete the FAFSA to determine their eligibility.
NORTHFORCE – NORTHFORCE supports and assists anyone who wants to live and work in the Northland by providing a warm, personal connection to a daunting employment-seeking process. It connects with employers, regardless of size or industry, and creates an inclusive and supportive environment for connecting people with jobs.
JET – JET serves job seekers, people wishing to enter or re enter the workforce, youth, and adults interested in training and education. Services include career planning and exploration, personalized job search strategies, funding for postsecondary education, and financial resources to support job search activities.
AEOA – AEOA offers a range of services through six service departments including Employment and Training, Head Start, Housing Weatherization and Rehab, Housing Resources, Senior and Nutrition Services, and Transit.
