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Career Services

Our goal is to provide you with the experience and education you need to start your career. WATC provides you with career-specific training, and we work with you to reach your career goals.

WATC’s Student Success Services provides presentations and works with you one-on-one to assist you in gaining relevant employment. We help students with:

  •  Résumé development.
  •  Writing cover letters.
  •  Interviewing techniques.
  •  Job-search strategies


In addition to career assistance during your training, we provide lifelong career assistance to our graduates. Down the line, when you are looking for your next job or planning to relocate, give us a call. We’ll help update your résumé and provide you with appropriate job listings in your area.

We’ve maintained high job placement rates for years by providing students who are trained for employment. Employers contact us to hire our well-trained graduates. Placement success ultimately depends upon each student’s academic performance and self-motivation.

Career Services Hours

  • Learner Services - Main Campus (301 S. Grove)
    • Mon, Tues, Thurs, & Fri: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (Walk-ins are welcome)
    • Wed: 8:00 am - 12 pm (Appointments are recommended)
  • Admissions Office - Southside Center (4501 E. 47th St. South)
    • Wed: 1:30 - 4:30 pm (Walk-ins are welcome)

Evening hours are available by appointment only.
For additional information or to schedule an appointment, contact Laura Barker at 677-9520 or lbarker@watc.edu.

College Central Network

Wichita Area Technical College (WATC) partners with College Central Network, Inc. (CCN), an online job and résumé board. This service is available to current students, alumni and employers. To use the system, students, alumni and employers must register online at www.collegecentral.com/watc.

  • Students and alumni can post résumés and search jobs online.
  • Employers can post jobs for free and search for qualified WATC graduates for potential employment.

The Future WATC

Plans are being laid now for the programs and infrastructure needed for the new campus. The new campus will feel more like a business center than an educational institution. Workers for the county's five aircraft manufacturers and hundreds of businesses that support them will receive training at this new campus. A few of the programs selected for the new campus are various kinds of aviation training, manufacturing, welding and robotics.

This facility will allow for the hands-on training students and employers expect.

WATC is the managing partner of Sedgwick County’s National Center for Aviation Training at Jabara Airport: a world-class facility dedicated to educating students to work in high-paying aviation and manufacturing jobs. The first phase of construction will be complete this summer and the second phase should be finished and ready for students by fall 2010.

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