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Congratulations 2013 Graduates!!

Did you know that as an alumnus, you can continue to utilize Career Services?  To review a list of services offered, click here. 

Do you want to stay connected to what is happening in TC Career Services and the Columbia community? Join the TCCS Alumni Listserv to receive emails about upcoming career development workshops and panels, webinars, employer information sessions and current career opportunities. You will receive weekly updates during the fall, spring, and summer semesters, along with special announcements.  Click here to subscribe.


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Welcome to Career Services

Teachers College Career Services (TCCS) is committed to guiding all TC students and alumni throughout the different phases of the career development process. Whether you are entering a new field, advancing within your current profession, or changing directions, we will help you identify and develop the skills and resources needed to achieve your career goals.

TCCS Employer Relations: The "Educated" way to recruit

Employers connect to highly talented TC students and alumni in the fields of education, psychology, health and international educational development. Our employer relations staff can maximize your recruitment efforts by understanding your immediate and future hiring needs and developing targeted recruitment strategies.  It is the educated way to go!  We welcome your partnership and long term interest in our students and alumni.  Upon hiring from TC, please share with us your hire information by clicking here.

Services Offered

TCCS can assist you with your career development throughout the duration of your time at Teachers College and when you become an alumnus.  Start you career development  journey today.  Schedule an hour long career counseling appointment to help you make informed decisions about your career goals: take an assessment test, learn job search tips, and schedule a mock session for interview preparation.   Have your resume, cover letter, and curriculum vita (CV) reviewed electronically or come in for a 15 minute walk-in.
 
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Join the TCCS Linkedin Group

Teachers College Career Services (TCCS), Columbia University LinkedIn Group
Connect with TC alumni and fellow students, exchange information, ideas and opportunities with others in your field, and learn about upcoming TCCS programs & events.

ATTENTION: This group now serves as the new TCCS Alumni Mentor Program.  The former Alumni Mentor Program housed in TCCS LINK is no longer accessible.  The transition to this group will significantly enhance your overall networking opportunities!  Click here for more information on joining this group!


TCCS Programs & Events

Throughout the fall and spring semester, attend a workshop to learn how to write a resume and to negotiate your salary. Attend an employer information session to learn more about an organization you are interested in pursuing. Come to a panel to hear from TC Alumni who are teachers working outside of the classroom or who have advanced their education by getting a doctorate degree.
 
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NACE Job Choices Magazine now in digital format on the TCCS Website

The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) connects campus recruiting and career services professionals, and provides best practices, trends, research, professional development, and conferences. NACE Job Choices Magazines are now available in digital format. Magazines feature job-search advice and interview tips, sample cover letters and resumes, links to employer websites, and more! To view, go to the Resources Section on the TCCS Website and click on Publications.

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Resources_Tips and Samples > Personality Identification Worksheet

Personality Identification Worksheet

Printable Version

Understanding some of your core personality traits can help you think about the types of work environments that you will be most comfortable in.  By identifying these traits, you can define the types of industries that may suit you, along with office cultures that are most appealing to you.

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Personality Trait Checklist

Academic

Accurate

Active

Adaptable

Adept

Adventurous

Affectionate

Aggressive

Alert

Ambitious

Analytical

Arrogant

Artistic

Assertive

Astute

Attentive

Attractive

Authentic

Authoritative

Aware

Bold

Brash

Broad Minded

Businesslike

Calm

Candid

Capable

Careful

 

Caring

Cautious

Challenges

Charming

Cheerful

Clear-thinking

Clever

Competent

Competitive

Composed

Concerned

Confident

Conforming

Conscientious

Conservative

Considerate

Consistent

Constructive

Conventional

Cool

Cooperative

Creative

Curious

Daring

Deliberate

Democratic

Dependable

Detailed

Determined

Dignified

Diplomatic

Disciplined

Discreet

Discriminating

Dominating

Dynamic

Eager

Easygoing

Eccentric

Economical

Effective

Efficient

Empathic

Energetic

Enterprising

Enthusiastic

Exceptional

Exhibitionistic

Experienced

Expert

Expressive

Extravagant

Fair-minded

Far-sighted

Firm

Flexible

Flirtatious

Forceful

Forgiving

Formal

Frank

Friendly

Generous

Gentle

Good character

Good-natured

Good-hearted

Gracious

 

 

Healthy

Helpful

Honest

Humanistic

Humorous

Idealistic

Imaginative

Impulsive

Independent

Individualistic

Industrious

Informal

Ingenious

Innovative

Insightful

Inspiring

Integrity

Intellectual

Intuitive

Inventive

Kind

Leisurely

Light-hearted

Likable

Loyal

Materialistic

Mature

Methodical

Meticulous

Mild-Mannered

Moderate

Modest

Natural

Neat

Nonconforming

Objective

Obliging

Open-minded

Opportunistic

Optimistic

Orderly

Organized

Original

Outgoing

Outstanding

Painstaking

Patient

Peaceable

Penetrating

Perceptive

Perfectionist

Persevering

Persistent

Philosophical

Pioneering

Playful

Pleasant

Pleasure-seeking

Poised

Positive

Practical

Precise

Productive

Progressive

Proud

Prudent

Punctual

Purposeful

Quick

Rational

Realistic

Reasonable

Reflective

Relaxed

Reliable

Reserved

Resourceful

Respectful

Responsible

Retiring

Risk-taking

Robust

Self-Confident

Self-Controlled

Self-reliant

Sense of humor

Sensible

Sensitive

Sentimental

Serious

Sharp-witted

Shrewd

Sincere

Sociable

Sophisticated

Spontaneous

Spunky

Stable

Steady

Strong-willed

Successful

Sympathetic

Tactful

Talkative

Teachable

Tenacious

Thorough

Thoughtful

Thrifty

Tidy

Tolerant

Tough

Trusting

Trustworthy

Unassuming

Uncommon

Understanding

Unexcitable

Uninhibited

Unique

Verbal

Versatile

Vigorous

Visionary

Warm

Witty

 

Adapted from the Wizard of Work, R. Gaither

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