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Student and Career Services
Student Identification
Each student will be issued a picture identification card on the first day of their Study Success course. This identification may be used for student discounts as appropriate, access to areas within the college, and for identification purposes during clinical practicums taking place outside of Platt College. Each student must present this identification card to purchase textbooks at Platt College. A $5.00 (cash only) fee will be charged for the replacement of lost, stolen, or damaged student ID cards.
ADA (American with Disabilities Act)
The Student and Career Services Coordinator is the point of contact for arranging ADA accommodations. For more information regarding ADA, visit Disability Services.
Housing/Transportation/Daycare/ Counseling Referrals/Voter Registration
The Student and Career Services Coordinator is the point of contact for various information in housing, transportation, daycare, counseling referrals, and voter registration.
Platt College maintains a list of housing facilities within commuting distance of the college. This list is available on the College's website. Platt College does not supervise any student housing unit.
Activities are offered through the Office of Student and Career Services for the enjoyment of student, faculty, staff and, whenever possible, student family members.
Online student tutoring is available for all Platt College subjects via the Tutor Me service. Students may visit the Tutor Me website for sample tutorials that demonstrate how the online tutoring platform works, and how students and tutors interact in the process of addressing writing techniques and questions about content. The Student and Career Services Coordinator orients students about Tutor Me services during study success.
Students must utilize Tutor Me before requesting a face-to-face tutor (if applicable). Students will use Tutor Me during the period where a face-to-face tutor is located. Finding a face-to-face tutor can take upwards of 2 weeks to secure.
Career Services
The Student and Career Services Office is available for all students to assist them in writing or rewriting resumes; preparing for interviews; and/or looking for occupations that matches their interests, skills and experience, this website provides a wealth of information to achieve career and educational goals.
Securing meaningful career opportunities for graduates is one of Platt College’s top priorities.
Platt College makes no promises or guarantees of employment. Due to unique factors and attributes of each student it is possible that even after successfully completing a Platt College program, a student may not find employment. Students should consider their own unique employability prior to enrolling in any Platt College program.
While Platt College makes every effort to assist each student in finding employment in their field of study within 6-12 months of graduation, the College does not guarantee employment.
Factors unique to each student that can limit employment opportunities include, but are not limited to: inability to meet licensure requirements as outlined by the regulatory governing bodies, conviction of a felony or serious misdemeanor, physical condition or health issues that prevent or hinder employment, geographic limitations and inability to relocate, poor work history, poor language skills or communication barriers, unique personality traits such as fear of heights or working in small work places, history of/or contemporary substance abuse, personal bankruptcy, lack of efforts on a graduate’s part to pursue employment opportunities, other issues that raise doubts in the mind of an employer as to the suitability of a student to become an employee.
Academic Support
Platt College provides a variety of services to help you succeed. The Student and Career Services Center is designed for all College students both on campus and online.
Platt College’s Student and Career Services Coordinator offers all Platt students and graduates employment placement assistance.
These graduate employment services include, but are not limited to the following:
- Career coaching at least four to eight weeks prior to graduation. This service will provide the student with essential information related to interviews and appointments for potential job opportunities.
- Assistance in the preparation of employment applications and resumes.
- Assistance in the preparation of employment cover letters as well as requests for letters of recommendation.
- Ongoing communication with employers regarding employment opportunities within their organizations.
- The Student and Career Services Coordinator will work with the student to locate employment positions. The student is ultimately responsible for arranging and attending employment interviews.
Employment While Attending College
Platt College’s Student and Career Services Coordinator also offers Platt students assistance locating employment while attending college. Note: the employment may not be related to the field of nursing or healthcare.