Career Exploration Coordinator

Who Are We?

Each MCC Campus has a Career Center where we provide in-depth career analysis and exploration to help students find their career paths. Career guidance is our specialty, and your success is our goal! Whether you are coming to MCC from high school or looking for a career change we can help you become intentional in your career planning to make the life you see for yourself!

What is Career Exploration?

You're in college and that first big job feels forever away. Why worry about Career Planning now? Great question!

Career Planning is identifying your strengths, barriers, skills, interests, personality, and abilities and translating that information into achievable steps to gain employment. Matching your life, financial, career, and education needs together assures you are building the life you want for yourself on your schedule.

Having these conversations and planning now helps give students the information they need to make the best choice. In the end, it saves them time, money, and effort! 

Our Services

  • Career Exploration and Planning 
  • Comprehensive Vocational Evaluation Assessments 
  • Personalized Career Action Plan 
  • Career Counseling and Guidance 

When should a student see a Career Exploration Coordinator?

  • If you are enrolled in the Exploratory Pathway. You know what kind of field you want but not necessarily the work you want to do. For example, " I want to help people", "I want to work with my hands", or "I want to be in the medical field”?
  • Having a lot of interests and you need help narrowing them down.
  • Making a career change.
  • Wanting to confirm you are in the correct field.
  • Want confirmation on labor markets and income potential of your current career.

MCC-Blue River

Matthew Heck, Career Exploration Coordinator
Education Center, Room 134T
816.604.6432
matthew.heck@mcckc.edu

MCC-Longview

Michael Roberts, Career Exploration Coordinator
Learning Resources Building, Room 204
816.604.2474
lv.careercenter@mcckc.edu

MCC-Penn Valley

Jessica Willis, Career Exploration Coordinator
Campus Center, Room 200
816.604.4046
jessica.willis@mcckc.edu