Newspapers
Read the classified help wanted ads daily. Make a list of all openings that sound interesting to you, including the address and how to apply. Try to avoid ads that offer “get-rich-quick” schemes. Also, newspaper articles, trade magazines and company newsletters can offer information on business expansions.

Networking
Your own friends, relatives and contacts can often offer the best source of information about available positions. Make a list of people who could help you in your search. Begin spreading the word that you are looking for a position and ask your contacts if they know of any openings in your field of interest. Networking can provide not only leads on openings but also specific help with personal introductions to employers as well as references.

Employment Agencies
Some private employment agencies may charge a fee to find you a position, but most charge the fee to the hiring company. Check out the agency thoroughly before signing any contract for services. Agencies can often place you in a temporary position with a good company where you can gain valuable experience and possibly be hired as a regular employee in the future.

Internet Sources
Many resources are available for job seekers on the internet. Visit this link to start investigating some of these sources.

One-Stop Workforce Center
Your local One-Stop Workforce Center has computerized information about current job openings in the Piedmont service area as well as nationwide. A satellite office is located in room 137A on the Lex Walters Campus in Greenwood. This agency helps connect job seekers and employers, and walk-ins are welcome. Follow the link above for more information.

Other services provided through the Student Success Center
The Student Success Center maintains a list of web links to organizations that have hired or recruited Piedmont Technical College students or graduates. An annual Employers Day is also held during the spring term to inform students of the availability of various career opportunities. The Student Success Center maintains a current list of jobs at Jobs at a Glance. Job ads are added to this list when employers contact PTC about hiring current students or recent graduates.

The Student Success Center will notify students nearing graduation and recent graduates who have submitted an application for employment services (and have kept the application in a current status) about job openings not listed on the Jobs at a Glance page.