City College of San Francisco CalWORKs

The CalWORKs Program has a new addition to its staff! Please assist us in welcoming Patricia Castillo to our counseling team. She comes with great experience in providing counseling and connecting students to important resources. Students may see Patricia for academic counseling and creating educational plans. Next time you're in the office, feel free to say "hello" to Patricia and welcome her to our program!

The CalWORKs Program is very excited to announce that this week, Abby Kohut will be speaking directly to CalWORKs students during her professional development seminar Secrets Recruiters Don't Want You to Know. A brief bio about Abby: Abby is the President of Staffing Symphony, LLC and author of Absolutely Abby’s 101 Job Search Secrets. In the past 18 years, Abby held positions from Recruiter to Consultant to Senior Director of Recruiting for a variety of companies in a vari...ety of industries. She is credited with helping 10,000 employees obtain gainful employment. Her website, AbsolutelyAbby.com, was selected as one of the Top 100 Websites for Your Career by Forbes in 2013 and is one of the Top 100 Influential People Online according to Fast Company Magazine. Abby has provided job search tips to over 300 groups and has been featured on Fox 5, NBC, CBS, ABC, Monster, LinkedIn, Real Simple, Bloomberg Radio, and Forbes. Just last year, CEOWORLD Magazine rated Abby one of the Top 25 Women for your Job Search, and Business News Daily rated Absolutely_Abby as one of the "Top 10 Twitter Accounts Every Jobseeker Should Follow. Since 2012, Abby has been on a mission to help one million job seekers and is currently traveling across the USA on a nationwide tour to accomplish this goal. EVENT DETAILS Date: Friday, May 1st Time: 2-4pm Location: MUB 251 Don't miss out on this great opportunity to enhance your job skills and obtain valuable information from a professional with 20 years experience! If you're interested in attending, please contact the CalWORKs office at (415) 452-5700 to reserve your spot.

Graduating this semester? Be sure to register for commencement! The deadline to register for commencement is TOMORROW, APRIL 10TH. To register, log into your Web4, click on Student Services, select Commencement Ceremony Registration, and follow the prompts. Registering for commencement is the only way to participate in the graduation ceremony. EVENT DETAILS Date: Friday, May 22nd Time: 2:00pm... Location: Ram Stadium, Ocean Campus See more

LinkedIn will be here to present to CalWORKs students this week! LinkedIn is used by almost every professional in the work force, from CEOs of billion dollar corporations to the hiring manager who may contact you for an interview. Now is the perfect time to enhance your professional networking presence and sharpen your job skills so you may stand out from those you are competing with! Date: Friday March 20th Time: 1:00-3:00pm Location: Rosenberg 414... Call the CalWORKs office at (415) 452-5700 to reserve your spot today!

Tentative Dates for Priority Registration for the Summer and Fall 2015 Semesters are as follows: Summer 2015 - Tuesday April 7th, 2015 Fall 2015 - Wednesday April 22nd, 2015... Please call the CalWORKs office at (415) 452-5700 to schedule an appointment with a CalWORKs Academic Counselor to prepare for both the Summer and Fall 2015 semesters!

The last day to petition for your degree or certificate is this Friday, February 27th! Petitions must be completed by an Academic Counselor. Call the CalWORKs office today at (415) 452-5700 to schedule an appointment with a counselor!

Interested in earning money that doesn't affect your cash aid? Attend the Work Study Orientation tomorrow to learn how you can join the CalWORKs Work Study Program! Date: Wed Feb 18th Time: 10-11am Location: Cloud 339, Ocean Campus... Call the CalWORKs office at (415) 452-5700 to reserve your spot today!

The last day to drop a class without a W for the Fall 2014 semester is September 11, 2014. Please be sure to check with a Financial Aid Counselor before dropping the class. Financial Aid Counselors are available in the CalWORKs Office Monday-Wednesday 9:00 AM-5:00 PM.

Hello CalWORKs Students! The CalWORKs office has more backpacks in stock! All backpacks include a water bottle and school supply pouch. If you haven’t received your backpack and supplies for Fall 2014, you may pick it up in the CalWORKs office on Monday, August 25th. Happy Friday!

Effective Fall 2013, paper book vouchers will no longer be distributed to students by the CalWORKs Office. Instead, CalWORKs staff will order all books for eligible and active CalWORKs students online. Beat the rush and contact the CalWORKs Office at 415 452 5700 to order your books today!

Do you know someone suffering with drug abuse? Are you trying to seek help for someone you love? Are you trying to prevent someone from hitting rock bottom?

Here’s a little humor to get you going for FINALS weekGOOD LUCK EVERYONE!! http://mjcomics.com/2011/12/f-is-for-finals/