Career Counseling

Career Counseling assists students with the career exploration process. The career counselor, Lesley Wirt, is available to assist students in assessing skills and interests, exploring information about majors and subsequent jobs, analyzing resumes, and developing interviewing skills. Mrs. Wirt encourages students to talk with her to explore their interests and career options. She also has a career library in her office with many resources to assist a student’s career search.

If a student wishes to talk with the career counselor, Lesley Wirt, about career plans, please contact her to make an appointment. E-mail her at wirtL@edgecombe.edu or call her at (252) 823-5166, ext. 277.

Students may also visit the ECC Library to view career information. Ask an ECC librarian to point out the career section.

The ECC Library Web site has helpful information under Learning Express. Click here for Learning Express directions to assist with resume and interviewing success skills.

Students may also visit helpful Web sites below to complete self-assessments; to view career information, labor statistics, and wages; and to obtain job search assistance.

Helpful Web Sites

• The State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee for NC (SOICC) – www.ncsoicc.org – Click Links for many more Web sites pertaining to career information
• The Employment Security Commission of North Carolina – www.ncesc.com
• O*NET OnLine – http://online.onetcenter.org
• NC Careers: Education and Training – www.nccareers.org
• Career One-Stop – http://www.careeronestop.org
• NC JobLink Career Centers – http://www.joblink.state.nc.us

Tarboro:  (252) 823-5166 2009 W. Wilson St. Tarboro, NC 27886

Rocky Mount:  (252) 446-0436 225 Tarboro St. Rocky Mount, NC 27801