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Calendar of Events
Welcome, Career Advocates!
We are so glad that you’ve found your way to a volunteer role that changes lives for the better. Through your efforts, individuals will gain the skills and knowledge necessary to navigate a modern job search. Your help makes it possible for jobseekers to find better career paths, stabilize their financial footing, and take care of their families. You are making a difference.
We hope these resources are useful to you as you guide and advise your jobseekers. If you have any questions, the Career Center staff is always happy to help – just email us!
Career Advocate Resources
CAREER ADVOCATE HANDBOOK
Get a comprehensive view of best practices and find a place to start as you help jobseekers in your role as a Career Advocate.
CLIENT ENGAGEMENT GUIDELINES
Help clients understand how the process should work and what is expected of them as they embark on their job search with your help.
RESUME TEMPLATES
You don’t have to reinvent the wheel – start off with some strong resume templates that are proven to present work history and skills in a pleasing, easy-to-digest manner.
Partnerships
Potential Employers
These employers have a close working relationship with the CAC Career Center; have great positions, great benefits, and room for growth; and are more likely to facilitate hiring someone if they know a CAC Career Advocate has referred them. Click on the logo below for their respective careers page, including current job openings. For contact information within these companies, please get in touch with George Northrop.
Job Boards
Resource Organizations
These resource organizations can provide tools, workshops, job training, and other assistance to jobseekers in addition to the work they’ll do with you as their Career Advocate.
WORKSOURCE METRO ATLANTA
Funded by the government, this group provides job seekers with resources to attain sustainable employment and collaborates with local and regional employers for the recruitment and development of their labor needs.
GOODWILL OF NORTH GEORGIA
Goodwill’s mission is to put people to work. They operate 14 career centers and a virtual career center, Career Connector, providing job training and placement services to anyone who wants it. Last year, they helped connect more than 16,000 individuals with jobs.
WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY (WIT)
Women in Technology (WIT) empowers girls and women to excel in science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math (S.T.E.A.M) from the classroom to the boardroom. We do this by providing our community with education, exposure and experience. By sharing the stories of successful professionals across the S.T.E.A.M fields, we encourage all generations of girls and women to write their future.
WIT Resources
Federal/State Career Exploration Resources
- http://online.onetcenter.org O*Net – Click on Advanced Search and Skills
- www.mynextmove.org Free Career Interest Assessment
- www.bls.gov/iag Bureau of Labor Statistics information on Industries
- www.careeronestop.org Explore Careers; view videos, Education, Training, Advice
- www.apprenticeship.gov Information on apprenticeship programs
- www.usajobs.com Tips for searching & landing federal jobs; federal resume
- https://gvs.georgia.gov/ Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Services
- http://veterans.georgia.gov Job Assistance for Veterans
- www.fedshirevets.gov/ Job Assistance for Veterans
Upcoming Career Center Events
Join JF&CS for a 1-hour workshop where you will explore strategies to conduct a successful job search that will help you secure employment more effectively. This workshop will cover key information regarding organizing an action plan to move your job search forward. Topics will include how to handle the emotional roller coaster, job choice and self-assessments, identifying potential employers, creating a personal branding statement, networking strategies and more. Join JF&CS and learn how to create an effective resume or improve the one you already have. Transform your resume into a powerful tool. This workshop will identify the different parts of a resume and their purpose, create a master profile of core competences and accomplishments and provide a checklist of resume do’s and don’ts. It will also help you develop a cover letter to accompany your resume. Join JF&CS to learn how to better prepare for an interview, understand the different types of interviews and answer common interview questions. This workshop will address how to tackle difficult interviewing moments as well as help you gain strategies on the do’s and don’ts of salary negotiation. Are you currently searching for a higher-paying job? Join us for a one-day bootcamp hosted at parklink™ State Farm® at Park Center that will give you skills, tips, and walkthroughs on how to find a job, craft a resume, and get through the interview process. With help from Goodwill of North Georgia and State Farm, we’ll discuss the broad path of a job search, followed by breakout sessions for one-on-one resume review and interview practice. State Farm will give job seekers a sneak peek at the process a large company like theirs uses to find employees, and a walking tour of their campus for a real-life corporate experience. 
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JOB SEARCH ESSENTIALS • RESUME WRITING • TOUR OF STATE FARM HQ
INTERVIEW CHEAT SHEET • ONE-ON-ONES WITH CORPORATE PROFESSIONALSMore information coming soon!
About the Career Center
CAC launched the Career Center initiative in September, 2021. The Career Center is a natural extension of CAC’s mission of providing emergency assistance to those in need and promoting their self-reliance.
The Career Center offers a wide range of services, including volunteer Career Advocates, who serve in a mentorship role both short term and long term basis. The objective of the Career Center is provide guidance for career transition, help enter the job market, and to provide tools for our clients to find better jobs and transition into financial self-sufficiency.
All jobseekers, including those from outside of Dunwoody and Sandy Springs, are welcome to make use of Career Center services.
Location & Contact Information
CAC Career Center
1130 Hightower Trail, Sandy Springs, GA 30350
careercenter@ourcac.org
770-552-4339, ext. 240