Hello! I am Willie Harrison, the Career Services Coordinator at Centura College-Columbia. I am committed to assisting students and alumni develop career and life-planning skills, acquire experience, master strategies, and seek rewarding employment. My  goal is to help foster meaningful relationships between employers and students/alumni in order to meet the dynamic challenges of todays workplace.

Planning for a career requires careful attention and our job is to help you be successful from start to finish. Success in your career begins with a wise decision concerning your field of study and continues on throughout your college experience with networking, externships, job-shadowing and preparation for your job search in the finals stages of your study. I am here to help you through this transition!  The Career Service Office provides expert guidance with resume preparation, successful interviewing techniques, and job-search strategies.  It also hosts panel discussions with outside professionals who offer their services. A mock interviewing program and one-to-one counseling are available to strengthen your interviewing skills.

To help you develop these skills we provide assistance in developing five career planning steps that are beneficial:

• Assess Yourself
• Explore Possibilities
• Inform Yourself
• Prepare Yourself
• Present Yourself

Once a student has mastered these steps a successful job search is very realistic.

Over 70% of our graduates are employed after successful graduations due to a positive attitude, self-confidence and knowledge in their new chosen profession. The aim of Centura College-Columbia Career Services is to assist students in setting clear, personally satisfying goals and in identifying strategies to achieve those goals.

Thank you for considering and/or choosing our college and I look forward to working with you in your chosen career path.

Good Luck!

~Willie Harrison~