Employment Opportunities:

READ HERE: How Employers Can Up Their Game When Finding And Keeping Employees

Pajaro Valley Shelter Services

Pajaro Valley Services Center is seeking an Executive Director! 
Are you passionate about helping families achieve safety and stability?  If so, join Pajaro Valley Shelter Services and be a part of their awesome team. 

For more details and a full description, visit their website HERE. 

Workforce Development Board (WDB)

The WDB is dedicated to help Santa Cruz job-seekers access the tools they need to manage their careers and to help local employers find the skilled workers they need to compete and succeed.
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The Workforce Development Board (WDB) of Santa Cruz County brings together the business and education communities, local government, and residents of Santa Cruz County to:
  • Identify local and regional workforce issues and create practical solutions
  • Keep its finger on the pulse of changes in occupations and the local and regional labor markets
  • ​Responsibly manage the employment services funded by the federal Workforce Investment Act, to train and deploy workers, retrain employees who have been laid off and help all workers gain the skills they need to enter and prosper in the labor market

Goodwill

Goodwill Central Coast works hard to build lives, families, and communities by removing barriers to employment through their education, training and employment services. They believe that everyone has the right to work, but for many individuals the barriers to employment are too high to overcome alone. Barriers like homelessness, military service, single parenting, incarceration, addiction, and job displacement can define a person’s identity, even when they have so much more to offer.

Their goal is to ensure all of our community members know their worth and gain the skills and confidence to land a job that could turn their life around. Each year they assist over 13,000 job seekers get back to work and reclaim financial and personal independence as well as provide a positive learning environment that creates brighter futures through connecting people to meaningful work.

Internship Opportunities:

At the Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce, college students can obtain hands-on experience in a variety of departments.  Internships offer responsibilities such as research, writing, database management, web page maintenance, communications, and event preparation.  During the internship, interns will be able to network with colleagues and demonstrate their skills and abilities.  Click HERE to view our available internships, we're always accepting applications!
Monterey Bay Career Connect offers FREE college and career readiness resources to educators and students across the region (Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito Counties), which is sponsored by Monterey Bay Economic Partnership and partners.   

Features of the site include college planning, financial aid & loan information, local scholarships, career pathways, skill development, job seeker resources, career assessment, explore careers, live job postings within the Monterey Bay region and California, academic programs offered at community colleges in the Monterey Bay region and more! 

​Educator Resources provide supplemental information to use the site with students, educational equity resources, and local and online resources for classroom learning & support.

Monterey Bay Internships is a free resource for local college students to help them connect to local employers across the region.