career Research

Career Coach is a valuable online search tool that will give you the opportunity to explore hundreds of potential careers or job possibilities in Maryland and the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.

Just enter a keyword of whatever career suits your interest and quickly learn about employment prospects in the field, job opportunities, income potential, job skills needed, and the education and training available at Prince George’s Community College, Maryland. Get started today on your road to a new future and give it a try.

Career Coach is unique to our geographic area. The job listings and information provided are specific to Prince George’s County and the surrounding area. We offer it as a service to our students, future students and members of our community. Happy searching!

How to get there:

Go to www.pgcc.edu

Click on the ‘Search’ tab (magnifying glass in the top right)

Type in, ‘Career Coach’

Click on, ‘Career Coach – Prince George’s Community College’

Click, ‘Career Coach Site’ in the yellow box (middle of the page)

Click, ‘Take Career Assessment’ in the green box to the left of the page

Under ‘Select Your Assessment’, click ’60 questions’ in the green box to the right

Click, ‘Continue’

Answer questions honestly.

To explore Careers:

Click, ‘Browse Careers’ to explore your career field

What you can do:

1. Search by career field or degree programs at PGCC

a. Obtain information on wages

b. education level required

c. related degrees

d. demographics of current employees

e. Obtain job descriptions

2. Search through local job postings via ‘indeed’

a. Look for jobs throughout the country (enter city, state, or zip code)

b. Post your resume

3. Take a career assessment

4. Build a resume