Career Services

Career Exploration and Counseling

Our passion is: finding your passion. Our career exploration and assessments can pinpoint ideal career paths for you to explore! The assessments act as a tool to recommend which major is the best fit for you. If you are still unsure of your career path or want more information, all you need to do is make an appointment with our career advisors for one-on-one guidance in exploring and choosing a major and/or career.  

Assessments

We offer a variety of assessments to identify your interests, values, experiences and abilities. These are similar to multiple-choice exams, but are not timed and do not have right or wrong answers. Reviewing and understanding the outcomes will help lead to exploring and choosing different majors and careers.

Career Coach

Tells you how the education that colleges of Alamo Colleges District provide will lead to careers that interest you. This user-friendly web-based tool markets careers and programs by providing valuable information on how wages, trends, and careers connect to education and training locally (within a 50 mile radius of San Antonio).

Focus2

This self-paced career and educational planning program provides a great assessment of your skills, values, and interests.

When creating your profile, you will be asked for an Access Code; enter “wildcats”

FOCUS 2: Career & Educational Planning Solutions

Job Readiness

Career and Transfer Services helps you become 'job ready':

• Career Exploration: Is that the right career field for you?
• Resume, Cover Letter & Thank You Letter Assistance & Review
• Interviewing Skills: Have a mock interview!
• Dressing for the Interview

Optimal Resume is an easy to use software designed to simplify your job readiness needs!

• Resume Builder & Resume Formatting
• Review Center: Have your Resume Proofread
• Create a Professional Website for your Resume
• Cover Letter & Thank You Letter Builder
• Mock Interviews and Interviewing Assistance
• Create an Electronic Portfolio

 Student Log In

Purple BriefcasePurple Briefcase is Northwest Vista's new online job bank.....connecting you to jobs in San Antonio and surrounding areas.

Purple Briefcase has great features to assist with your job search:

• Job Search: Find Part Time, Full Time, Volunteer & Internship Positions!
• Resource Library: Find Resume & Employer Letter Templates!
• Events Calendar:  See when Employers & University Recruiters will be at NVC!
• Career Videos

Student Log In 

Employer Resources

Through Career and Transfer Services, Northwest Vista offers many options designed to assist you in recruiting students and alumni.  Opportunities include online job postings, career fairs, on-campus recruitment, and more.  Career and Transfer services is a connecting point for you to Northwest Vista students, alumni, faculty, and staff.

Purple Briefcase is our new platform for posting our employment opportunities: 

• Full-time Jobs
• Part-Time, Temporary or Seasonal Employment
• Internships

Employer Log In

Need assistance with registering your company or posting your available positions?

Contact Career and Transfer Services

(210) 486-4126

nvc-cats@alamo.edu

Northwest Vista requires all employers who interview on campus or post jobs or flyers through the Career and Transfer Services office to follow Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) practices as well as NACE Professional Standards in the recruiting process.  There shall be no discrimination against any qualified person on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, political or personal favoritism, marital status, sexual orientation, or disabling condition.

By registering your company or organization with us, you agree to accept and comply with the policies and procedures of the Northwest Vista Career and Transfer Services office regarding employer recruiting activities as well as Northwest Vista Campus Guidelines.  We reserve the right to refuse service to any company or organization whose business we believe is of a nature that is not appropriate for the Northwest Vista student body.