The Center helps students explore major and program possibilities, build their career confidence and vocational identity by providing the support needed to succeed in an everchanging workplace landscape. We strive to create an environment that fosters respect, inclusion and equity via our programs and services. Whether you are a recent high school graduate or planning to transfer to a four-year university, or an adult learner focusing on skills leading to a new employment path, we have what you need to be successful in your career and community. The Center does this by supporting current and prospective students discover who they are, what they want, and how to get there through customized career development plans.
The Career Development Center merges the Career and Academic Assessment Center, Career Counseling and Job Placement and Cooperative Education into one integrated Career Center. The primary goals of the Center are too: 1) Connect high school students, teachers and counselors with the college's pathways. Prepare high school students for college through teaching career and college literacy and readiness competencies. 2) Provide resources and counseling for students to reach an informed career and/or major decision within their fist term. Develop strategic outreach and referral process to engage students through multimodal deliveries, including but not limited to, online content and platforms, virtual and on-on-one in-person interactions. 3) Provide access to experiential and work-based learning opportunities and student employment; engage students within their paths and reach essential milestones for transfer and post-graduation employment. 4) Develop employer relationships in order to provide employment opportunities for current students and alumni. Provide pre and post-graduation employment opportunities, job search skills and career readiness resources and guidance to secure employment. 5) Integrate career development services and curriculum within the classroom. Create collaboration between the CRDC, Student Services departments, the College's Communities of Interest (COI), regional high schools and employers to support students' career success.
Operating Budget for CAAC: To purchase office supplies and materials
Operating budget is used to support printing, supplies and materials for the both the Career and Academic Assessment Center (including Career Counseling) and the Regional Testing Center. This includes all printing, office materials, advertising, marketing and technology resources.
Miscellaneous for Career Counseling to be used for advertising, travel/mileage and supplies.
Originally, this was the only operating budget for Career Counseling. These funds would have been utilized in non-Covid environment.
These funds support 4 student assistants year round.
Student assistants support our areas in a variety of ways. Student staff answer phones and greet students walking in to our Center. They assist students with the pre-enrollment process, registration issues related to prerequisites, schedule appointments, suppot projects and administer exams. Student assistants are essential to our operation and provide feedback to our processes and services.
Career Assessments (Strong Interest/Myers Briggs) test units.
The Strong Interest/Myers Briggs test units are purchase for students to use to take these assessments prior to meeting with a Career Counselor. These are purchased to provide a free services to students so they do not have to pay to take these career assessments. This is to eliminate the financial obstacle for many students who want to take these career assessments, but don't have the financial resources to pay for the assessments.
Focus2Career and Focus2Apply Career Assessments
The Focus2Career and Focus2Apply career assessments replaced the Vita Navis career assessments. This is the primary career assessment services that is used by staff and students to identify interests, strengths and values and integrate them into our career pathways.
Other/Non Instructional stipends for Work Experience (WEX) faculty
These resources are used to pay WEX faculty advisors $100 per students contract.
Non Instructional Operating Budget for Job Placement
This is the overall operating budget for the current Job Placement program. These funds pay for all printing, office materials are event planning. In the past, this budget was supplemented with CALWorks funds.
Travel/Maint/Service Contracts
These funds are used to support the Service Contract for the copy machine in the main offie space (SAS 251). This copy machine currently supports Job Placement, Transfer Counseling, Student Success Services and TRIO SSS.
- Students will be able to utilize online resources to explore majors, colleges, and careers and will identify career pathways within a chosen major.
- Students will establish career goals based on analysis of interests, personality and values, and understand the requirements to fulfill academic and career goals.
- Students will be able to identify potential employers, prepare effective application materials and interview successfully.
The core mission of the Center is to provide support to students to identify a career pathway and attain job search skills to find employment after college. Support is provided specifically to explore careers, find student employment and work experience related to their pathway, relate work experience to their program of study and learn job search skills (resume writing and interview technciques). These services directly relate to the student achievement standards: degrees, certificate of completion, licensure rates and employment rates.
Through the Department Goals and Future Development strategies (see that section of the Unit Plan), the Center directly supports the following Strategic Direction Priorities:
1A: Prepare high school students for college
1B: Align onboarding process with pathways
1C: Redesign support for our diverse students by
1D: Support student progress and completion
1F: Support Workforce and Community Development
6A: Enhance Access to Equitable Student and Academic Services
In the past, there were 3 department Program Reviews for Job Placement and Coorperative Education, Career Counseling and the Career and Academic Assessment Center. The following recommendations are being address through the Goals and Strategies.
- Pursue restructuring the center and ensure cross-communication with all leadership areas to maximize efforts and avoid duplication of efforts
- Develop Career Exploration Advisory Committee.
- Collaborate with Dual Enrollment Coordinator and FYE to ensure consistency
- Support growth and funding for the Regional Testing Center through marketing and outreach; use one-time funds (Strong Workforce)
- Identifying a staffing structure to support the Career Studio and Career Counseling.
- Develop and expand online services and resources
- Cover letters
- Online job postings; us job placement software
- How to videos
- Explore new marketing strategies
- Institute Day tabling; place staff and students around campus
- Flex Workshops; presentations at Learning Council
- Encourage faculty to awared extra credit to students who use services
- Enhance and refresh website
- Photos and testimonials
- Automate communication to employers who post a job
- Post before and after resumes and cover letters to encourage students to use services
- Program Enhancements and Modifications
- Extend services to the Centers and evenings
- Increase travel budget to go to other colleges/universities and conferences
- Create Advisory Committee to get feedback on marketing and website
- Office Location
- Unit all offices and staff into one location
- Increase visability
- Connect high school students, teachers and counselors with the college's pathways. Prepare high school students for college through teaching career and college literacy and readiness competencies.
- Provide resources and counseling for students to reach an informed careera and/or major decisions within their first term. Develop strategic outreach and referral process to engage students through multimodality deliveries, including, but not limited to, online content and platforms, virtual and one-on-one in-person interactsions.
- Provide access to experiential and work-based learning opportunities and student employment; engage students within their paths and reach essential milestones for transfer and post-graduation employment.
- Develop employer relationships in order to provide employment opportunities for current students and alumni. Provide pre and post-graduation employment opportunities, job search skills and career readiness resources and guidace to secure employment.
- Integrate career development services and curriculum within the classroom. Create collaboration between the CDCm Student Services departments the College's Communities of Interest (COI) regional high school and employers to support students' career success.
- Establish accountability for department's services, student outcomes and commitment to DEI.
- Expand Regional Testing Center to Chico/Glenn County Centers as part of the Career Development Center.
Strategy 1 - Partner with Recruitment/Outreach to provide career development and college information to high school students
Coordinate with Reg2Go, Recruitment and Outreach and Dual Enrollment to provide career explorationa and development services to high school students.
Many high school students are undecided about a career and academic pathway. This strategy is to use Reg2Go, Recruitment and Outreach and Dual Enrollment programs to reach out to high school students to help them explore careers and educational pathways. The primary goal is to help new high school students be aware of their interests, strengths and values and identify potential career and academic pathways prior to enrolling at Butte College.
Strategy 2 - Institutionalize the delivery of career development plans for students to develop and manage their semester-by-semester plan to
This strategy includes increasing access to existing and new technologies such as Focus2Career, Handshake, Linkedin, Canvas and other job placement software. This strategy may also include supporting students with attaining scholarships and completing applications. To support this strategy professional development is important; including partnering with the California Career Development Association, National Career Development Association and Job Placement Association.
Suporting students through multiple modalities is critical in a post-Covid environment. We need to engage students in career planning in both an in-person and virtual environments. Successful application software programs and online assessments along with professional development is critical to supporting students in both an in-person and virtual environments.
Strategy 3 - Increase Work Experience (WEX) participation and credit or non-credit internships
Ensure that students are aware of job opportunities, Work Experience (WEX) and internship opportunities that are integrated into their career pathway. This includes COI based work experience opportunites and COI based career fairs. This links work experience with career and academic pathways.
These strategies help students engage in work based learning opportunities related to their career and academic pathways.
Strategy 4 - Target soon-to-be graduates to prepare them for the job searching process and connect them with prospective employers.
Develop a Last Year Experience program that prepares students for finding employment after graduation. Support students with job search, resume writing, interview preparation and provide workshops on career readiness and job search skills.
Students need support to bridge their experience between their academic pathway and employment. This strategy support students at the end of their academic pathway to get them ready for employment in their field of study.
Strategy 5 - Market services campus wide and in the community. Integrate career services into the curriculum to provide career pathways for
Market services and partner with local, regional and state organization and employers to engage students in career development and job development. Work closely with specific student populations to support equitable outcomes for students.
Develop a culture of career exploration, job development and job placement by integrating services with curriculum and community employers and organizaitons.
Strategy 6 - Focus services on student equity outcomes and DEI
With all goals and strategy, identify specific initiatives and outcomes to support equitable outcomes. Create baseline data and Student Learning Outcomes that support specific student populations.
Disproportionate impact exists for many student populations in terms of degree, certificate and transfer and employment outcoems. This strategy is specific to improving outcomes in all these areas for marginalized student populations.
Strategy 7 - Expand the Regional Testing Center Services and integrate into the Career Development Center
Integrate the Regional Testing Center services into the Career Development Center. Develop more efficient ways to provide current services.
Testing services support Butte College programs. These testing services provide community members and students pathwasy to employment through licensure, credentialing and certification exams. These services provide direct opportunity for employability in our community.
Strategy 8 - Identify and develop a facility to support the above goals and strategies
Identify a facilty location that supports the services provided by the Carer Development Center. The Center needs a facility that supports staff and multiple services. This includes a location that is accessible for students and community members to access services and supports.
The Center requires a facility that can provide maximum access to students and employers and can provide flexibility to support a variety of services. This facility needs to have space for staff to work independently with students one-one-one and in large groups. Additionally, this facility needs to be accessible and friendly to students and community members. In the future, services will need to be provided in a remote environment and possibly in the evening and weekends. The Center's facility needs to be able to adapt to future needs including evening and weekend services and be in a location that is accessible to employers who want to access students. The Center also values providing career services at the Chico Center, Main Campus and the Glenn County Center.
District Budget (Staffing/Persnnel): $686,741
District Budget (Operating Costs, supplies): $18,914
Student Equity (Staffing/Personnel): $253,707
Student Equity (testing software, student assistants): $58,813
CalWorks (Staffing/Personnel): $109,084
| Original Priority | Program, Unit, Area | Resource Type | Account Number | Object Code | One Time Augment | Ongoing Augment |
| Description | Supporting Rationale | Potential Alternative Funding Sources | Prioritization Criteria | |||
| 1 | Career Development Center | Operating Expenses | 11-000-1-632001 | 54500 | $10,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Operating budget for materials, supplies, printing, etc. This augmentation combines 5 previously funded items from 2021-2022 for Job Placement, Career and Academic Assessment Center, and Career Counseling | Operating budget for copying, office materials and supplies. This augmentation combines 5 funded augmentations from 2021-2022 Unit Plans for Job Placement, Career Counseling and Career and Academic Assessment Center. These include: CAAC Operating budget ($4000) from 2021-2022 (11-000-1-632001-54500), Career Counseling Operating budget ($2000) from 2021-2022 (11-000-705-1-634002-55890), Job Placement Operating budget ($895) from 2021-2022 (11-000-707-1-493000-54500), Job Placement Service Contracts ($500) from 2021-2022 (11-000-707-1-493000-55630 and Job Placement Other Misc Op Expenses ($2,256) from 2021-2022 (11-000-707-1-493000-55890). |
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| 2 | Career Development Center | Personnel | 11-000-707-1-493000 | 51490 | $0.00 | $9,000.00 |
| Faculty Advisors Stipends for Work Experience (WEX) students receive a $100 stipend per semester, per student | Faculty advisors are required to be paid a stipend for their time ensuring that students have an appropriate placement, confirm goals and objectives, ensure student has completed a time-sheet of hours worked and enters grade at the end of the term. |
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| 3 | Career Development Center | Personnel | 11-000-707-1-647000 | 52120 | $0.00 | $100,000.00 |
| Replace Employment Technician for 2022-2023 | This position may become vacant through retirement in July 2022. This position is currently being funded by CALWORKs. This augmentation request is to replace this position in the event that it is not funded from CALWROKS allocation. This position is necessary to provide job and internship opportunities to student and expand the Work Experience (WEX) program. |
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| 4 | Career Development Center | Personnel | $0.00 | $100,000.00 | ||
| Job Developer/Employer Engagement | This position would outreach to community employers in the north state to develop relationships and connections between employers and the College. The goal is to bring employers to campus and provide connections to students to learn about career options and skills and training necessary to work in these career fields. These connections can create work based learning opportunities to support WEX and develop internship opportunities for students in their chosen pathway. This position does not currently exist and would be a new position, but could potentially be funded by partial staff restructure. |
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| 5 | Career Development Center | Personnel | 12-200-709-1-632001 | 52368 | $45,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Student Assistants | Student assistants provide customer service and support over the phone and by walk-in. Student assistants make appointments, support students with the enrollment process, complete projects and orient students to the Center's services. |
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| 6 | Career Development Center | Personnel | $0.00 | $82,000.00 | ||
| Administrative Support | The Center currently does not have a dedicated Administrative support staff member. This position is necessary to provide Administrative support to the Center. This position may be considered "currently funded" and supported by vacant positions or current staff restructure. |
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| 7 | Career Development Center | Operating Expenses | $10,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Travel/Mileage | A primary goal for the Center is to work closely with our local high schools during and after outreach efforts to help students better understand the College's pathways. This augmentation supports those efforts. Additionally, the Center wants to reach out to employers in the north state to create collaborations around internship and employment opportunities. This augmentation supports travel to local employers to develop these relationships. |
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| 8 | Career Development Center | Operating Expenses | $15,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Professional Development/Association Membership Fees | This augmentation is to integrate professional development and training for staff to develop robust services and focus specifically on improving outcomes of minoritized students. Professional development trainings include conferences for California Placement Association, California Career Development Association, National Career Development Association, CCCAOE conference, participation in NFNRC and other trainings to support staff. This is essential during this next year to support staff with developing an equity minded career center. |
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| 9 | Career Development Center | Operating Expenses | 12-262-709-1-632001 | 54511 | $14,300.00 | $0.00 |
| Career Assessments licenses and testing units - Focus2Career, Focus2Apply, Strong Interest Inventory and Myers-Briggs | This augmentation is for purchasing the Focus2Career platform for students to use to explore career and develop career literacy, acquire a comprehensive student educational plan sooner, expand career counseling and coaching, increase the connection to career services by building a stronger bridge between newly enrolled students and career coaching and counseling. |
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| 10 | Career Development Center | Operating Expenses | $5,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| COI based Career Fairs/Workshops | Currently career fairs are offered a couple of times per year. This augmentation would support the development of more focused career fairs based on the Community of Interests. This could also include bringing high school students to campus for program specific tours, workshops or career fairs. |
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| 11 | Career Development Center | Equipment | $10,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Replacement desktop computers for staff | Many of our staff computers are more than 5 years old. This augmentation supports new desktop computer stations or docking stations for staff. |
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| 12 | Career Development Center | Personnel | $0.00 | $120,000.00 | ||
| Career Counselor | Currently, the College has 1 full-time Career Counselor to handle all student appointments, support Duel Enrollment CLP 101 and CLP 30. This position would support the more student appointments, and support the grown and evaluation of CLP 101 and CLP 30 courses and Duel Enrollment. Additionally, a 2nd Career Counselor could coordinate with a team of 2 Career Counselors to better integrate into Guided Pathways and the Communities of Interest. This position would also allow the career counselors to advertise their services and work collaboratively to support specific programs as well as develop and deliver unit based career courses to support students. |
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| 13 | Career Development Center | Operating Expenses | $15,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Software program data bases can support managing job placement, internship, work experience and employer profiles. Additionally, products like Handshake can support students with connecting to staff, services and employers. |
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| 14 | Career Development Center | Facilities | $150,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Facilities Resources for New Center | The Career Development Center needs a facility that can provide services at the Main Campus, Chico and Glenn County Centers and is accessible for both students, community members and employers. Multiple options could exist for this facility, including Main Campus, Chico Center and Glenn County services offered at all three locations. Career services should be provided during the day time and in the evening and weekend to work around students' schedule. This facility could also house both the Career Development Center and Regional Testing Center in one location. This augmentation is intended to provide maximum flexibility for students and employers. |
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