Career Star

Career Star is an LSC-affiliated career platform that utilizes labor market information from the Greater Houston Area. It currently houses our Career Assessment, Career Area Database, and Online Job Board.

Career OneStop

CareerOneStop is a U.S. Department of Labor resource that provides national-level job outlooks. It has two types of career assessments: Interests Inventory (for career exploration) and Skills Matching Assessment (for individuals with professional experience). It also houses a variety of other useful items for the job prep process!

Resumes & Cover Letters

The templates below are preloaded with LSC-Tomball information and is ready to be reviewed by Human or AI Recruiters! Get ideas from our Prepared Resume Samples!

• Cover Letter Template
• Standard Resume Template
• Resume for Health Sciences and Licensed Professionals

NACE's Career Readiness Inventory (provided by Career Launch)

We are excited to partner with Career Launch to provide NACE’s Career Readiness Assessment! At specific points during your academics, you will have a chance to reflect on the development of your Timberwolf Talent. For more info, click the following link to access NACE's document: NACE's Career Readiness Competencies

Experience Learning Map

This tool gives you a chance to reflect and understand how your college activities (such as course assignments) are developing skills for your early career. Guiding questions will help you discover more about yourself, your major, and develop your different identities! This can be completed with the Career Advisor, your Academic Advisor, or any mentors/coaches you have! Here's the Template!

LinkedIn

LinkedIn lets you build social capital and a professional network. You also get the added bonus of access to job postings and recruiters on the platform to help make your next move! For updates from CTC, give our LSC-Tomball Career & Transfer Connections LinkedIn Page a follow!

Career Village

Career Village is a interactive platform where students or new graduates can ask questions related to their career and then have it matched to relevant professionals to answer their questions. You get meaningful and insightful advice directly from the field! They also have an AI-powered coaching tool called COACH that is an additional resource that individuals can utilize.

O*NET OnLine

O*NET OnLine is an interactive application and database for exploring and searching the details of hundreds of occupations. The U.S. Department of Labor continually updates the database by surveying a broad range of workers from each occupation.

Forage

Forage provides employer-built courses that teach foundational skills for specific roles or industries. Additionally, some courses offer opportunities to connect our Timberwolf Talent to the companies for future employment and networking. The best parts: the courses can be included in Resumes AND IT'S FREE!

Big Interview

Big Interview is an AI-Powered Career Tool to prepare you to ace those interviews! Available to students, staff, and faculty of our college, it combines training and pracitce to help you improve and build confidence! It includes a recording feature for you to gauge yourself, job search and interview process information, and a video-sharing mechanism to collaborate with others! When registering, use LSC's code 4320 or follow our Video Tutorial.

TEDC's Youth Employment Program

The Youth Employment Program is a collaborative program hosted by the Tomball Economic Development Corp. for student internships with local employers in the Tomball community. The program's goal is to help create a talent pipeline to build and sustain a robust, well-trained, and highly skilled workforce in Tomball, Texas.

Work Simplr

Work Simplr is a partnering resource to help students get short-term projects to work on that pay! Intended to work with your schedule instead of against it, the team at Work Simplr want to support students build skills as they attend classes that can help launch their career when they transition into the workforce. PLUS, it's not limited to LSC- as long as you are complete college- or graduate-level coursework, you can take jobs with Work Simplr!

Work In Texas

Work In Texas  is a comprehensive online job search resource and matching system developed and maintained by the Texas Workforce Commission. It is a complete set of employment tools for job seekers or those looking to find education and training (much of which Lone Star College's Workforce Programs can provide)!. 

Texas Internship Challenge 

Texas Internship Challenge is a recommendation and collaborative effort between the major agencies of Texas: Texas Workforce Commission, Texas Education Agency, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Governor’s Office. This resource aims to link educational outcomes with workforce needs to spur economic growth across the state of Texas. It is great database for individuals looking for internships for their program requirements or those who need that step between graduation and going into full-time work!

Disability:IN's Neurodiversity @ Work Employer Roundtable

Disability:IN's Neurodiversity @ Work Employer Roundtable aims for businesses big and small is to welcome neurodivergent employees into the workplace, recognize and promote their strengths, and be aware of their unique needs. They provide a community for employers to engage these unique individuals. Job Seekers can click the following link to the databse: Access the Neurodiversity Career Connector.

Neurodiverse Workforce Recruitment Program

The Workforce Recruitment Program is an employment program managed by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy and the U.S. Department of Defense. It connects federal and select private-sector employers nationwide with college students, graduate students and recent graduates with disabilities who are eager to demonstrate their abilities in the workplace through internships or permanent jobs.

Job Accomodation Network (JAN)

the Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations. They provided important News, Webinars, and Resources to help prepare individuals for the Workforce. They have a nifty "Information By Role" resource page to give you the scoop on your first position after college!

Texas Workforce Commission

Texas Workforce Commission is a state agency aiming to meet the needs of the growing workforce in Texas. They provided professional development, resources, and scholarship/funding for individuals pursuing vocational/workforce education. Their goal is to help build a stronger economy and workforce in Texas for Texans. Financial Aid offices at Lone Star College also have a TWC liaison for those who receive approval for scholarship funds for their education!

LSC-Tomball Job Posting Submission & Template
Help us employ our LSC-Tomball Timberwolf students and alumni- we make it easy! If you don't have a job posting document, we've got a Job Posting Template for you to use! We've even got a Sample Posting to view.

Once you've gotten your job posting ready, you can submit it to Our Job Submission Form. If it's your first time using the form, we have a one-time employer information portion so we can stay in touch and let you know about Job and Career Fairs or partnership opportunities!

Career Star’s Online Job Board

Career Star is Lone Star College's online job board & career tool that is used by most Career Services and Advisors in the system. It has an active Online Job Board, which is free for employers to register and post open jobs. To Register, go to the CareerStar Employer Sign Up.

Lone Star College Career Fairs
Information about Career Fairs happening throughout the Lone Star College System can be found on our Career Fairs Webpage.