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Career Preparation Courses

Welcome to Workforce Preparation!

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Discover your job-hunting headquarters at Allan Hancock College Community Education, offering tailored classes and programs to propel you toward your career aspirations.

Join our tuition-free Career Preparation program for rapid skill-building, land your first job, switch careers, or earn that promotion. 

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Workforce Preparation (NC) Courses

  • WKPR 7000 - Planning Your Next Job/Career
    • This course is designed for individuals who wish to explore new approaches to work and career opportunities. Students examine their work histories, identify marketable employment skills, and develop work-related goals.
  • WKPR 7001 - Planning a Job Search
    • In this course, students have an opportunity to plan a job search strategy based on their life and work goals, their strengths, and past experiences.
  • WKPR 7002 - Impression Management
    • In this course, students learn impression management concepts that apply to the workplace and life in general. Emphasis is on managing the interview and the job search process as well as using impression management to accomplish career goals.
  • WKPR 7005 - Professional Workplace Skills
    • Learn the skills that are essential to success in the workplace. Professional skills are the qualities, habits, attitudes that make someone a good employee and compatible to work with. 
  • WKPR 7006 - Practical Workplace Skills
    • Get the tools you need to find a job, apply for it, and successfully ace the interview. Gain skills to help you keep a job once you secure one, by learning to recognize and solve common workplace problems.
  • WKPR 7007 - Technical Workplace Skills
    • Technical skills can dazzle and impress a prospective employer. When crafting a resume, these skills—customer service, planning and organization, experience with tools and technology, attention to detail, operational excellence, and sustainable practices and safety—are valued by all employers.

Click here to view more information about our Career Preparation classes and Certificate of Completion.

Certificate of Completion

Get a Certificate of Competency in just three weeks or pick individual classes. Expert instructors are ready to propel you toward success.

Program Requirements:

WKPR 7000, 7001, and 7002

The graduate of the Certificate of Completion in Career Preparation will:

  • identify marketable employment skills
  • develop job-related goals

Earn More!

Improving your job skills can lead you to new opportunities in higher-paying careers. Allan Hancock College students have used their job preparation as Business Owners, Commercial Truck Drivers, Floral Designers, Income Tax Preparers and more.

Interested in building the foundation to get started with a new career? Community Education offers several programs that can help you get your foot in the door and land a job in a new field.