{"id":644,"date":"2024-12-16T18:33:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T18:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=644"},"modified":"2024-12-16T21:59:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T21:59:22","slug":"your-career-readiness-pathway","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/knowledge-base\/your-career-readiness-pathway\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Readiness Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These career prep touch points are spaced throughout the program so you gain hands-on job readiness skills from your first semester to your last.<\/p>\n<p>Each touch point will help you plan, prepare, and practice so that you enter the design industry with confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Your career prep journey starts in semester one with the Career Exploration class, and completes with your capstone courses: Portfolio, Design Studio 2, and Internship. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-645 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/12\/Generic.png?resize=643%2C1141&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Career Exploration \u2022 Learn about careers in design \u2022 Plan your major \u2022 Learn how to plan for a portfolio Strategies for Viscom Jobs \u2022 Learn interview skills \u2022 Learn to build a basic portfolio \u2022 Resume &amp; cover letter writing assistance \u2022 Face-to-face &amp; remote interview practice \u2022 Networking experience and strategies Internship \/ Design Studio\/ UX Applied Lab \u2022 Gain professional experience \u2022 Build skills in professionalism \u2022 Apply the studio workflow process to industry projects. \u2022 Work with real colleagues and customers \u2022 Create portfolio-worthy design projects Portfolio \u2022 Tighten, polish, and perfect your portfolio pieces \u2022 Create a final professional portfolio \u2022 Finalize your self-identity system \u2022 Learn job seeking, self-promotion, and interviewing skills\" width=\"643\" height=\"1141\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Further Reading:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn the difference between <a href=\"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/knowledge-base\/internship-vs-design-studio-2-which-is-right-for-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Studio 2 and Internship<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Learn the difference between <a href=\"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/knowledge-base\/ux-internship-vs-applied-ux-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Applied UX Lab and Internship<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How to <a href=\"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/knowledge-base\/internship-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prepare for the Internship course<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These career prep touch points are spaced throughout the program so you gain hands-on job readiness skills from your first semester to your last. Each touch point will help you plan, prepare, and practice so that you enter the design industry with confidence. Your career prep journey starts in semester&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[18],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-644","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-our-classes-and-programs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=644"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}