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CAA’s Kaplan Alumni Career Services Resource Center is located at Alumni House on the Berkeley campus. The center offers an extensive library of career-related publications, and career exploration and job search tools. CAA members may read up on career issues, and make use of a computer workstation to write and print-out resumes, and perform Internet job searches. For more information, or to schedule an appointment, please contact Melanie Summers, Director, Career Services at career_services@alumni.berkeley.edu. The California Alumni Association also teams with top career organizations to provide CAA members with comprehensive career development services. Career resources include free and discounted memberships and events, access to career testing and online self-assessment, career counseling and resume assistance, job coaching, job listings, and more.  AdvisorTeam Bay Area Career Center Career Counseling Library Career Development Center, JFK University Drake Beam Morin Dream Job Coaching EmplawyerNet Engineering Alumni Society, UC Berkeley Extension, UC Berkeley Haas Alumni Network Horizon Studies Lifelong Learning Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions North 40 Network Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE) UC Berkeley Career Center  North 40 Network -Offering career management and transition consultations to experienced alumni. CAA members receive a $100-200 discount off the 5-hour or 10-hour programs, respectively.  AdvisorTeam - CAA members receive a 35% discount off this career instrument package:
 Bay Area Career Center - The Bay Area Career Center (BACC) offers credentialed career counselors and coaches, relevant workshops, job support groups and networking opportunities to help you find your direction and make successful changes in your work life. CAA members receive a 10% discount! Conveniently located at 57 Post Street, Suite 804, San Francisco, California 94104 (next to the Montgomery BART station). Call (415) 398-4881. http://www.bayareacareercenter.com  Career Counseling Library Located at 2220 Bancroft Way, in the courtyard of the Tang Center, the Career Counseling Library offers career and education resources that can help you assess your interests and skills, choose a major, explore career options, and/or learn about graduate and professional schools. CAA members pay $10 for a day pass to use the Library or pay an annual fee of $35; services are free to currently enrolled UC Berkeley students; all others pay an annual fee of $45. Library hours are Monday - Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. For more information, call (510) 642-2367, or go to http://uhs.berkeley.edu/Students/CareerLibrary/index.shtml  Career Development Center, JFK University Pleasant Hill - Access to the Center’s resource library at no charge. Workshops and events. Career counseling is $50/hour. Call 925-969-3542 or visit http://www.jfku.edu  Drake Beam Morin A password protected, online service that provides alumni with comprehensive career resources including free networking opportunities and job leads. Visit http://www.dbmcareerservices.com when signing up with DBM: CAABerk00139  Dream Job Coaching - As a career coach, Joel Garfinkle specializes in career transitions. He has guided high-tech, corporate professionals, lawyers, accountants and entrepreneurs into successful careers. He has been featured on ABC News, NPR, the SF, and East Bay Business Times as well as Monster.com. Joel is a successful coach, speaker, and author, whose works are published in more than 25 countries. His coaching sessions are conducted via phone. CAA members receive a 25% discount! You can contact Joel directly by calling 510-339-3201, or email him at joel@dreamjobcoaching.com. Check out over 200 of his articles at www.dreamjobcoachiing.com.  EmplawyerNet - EmplawyerNet is a career information and job portal for the legal profession. It maintains the legal industry's largest job database of direct employers and has been providing career services on-line since 1991. EmplawyerNet provides invaluable recruitment tools to lawyers, law students, paralegals, employers and law schools. CAA members receive a 25% discount toward a monthly membership: $11.25 per month vs the non-member fee of $14.95. CAA members also have the option of purchasing an annual membership at $115, discounted from $125. Cal students receive a 33% discount toward a monthly membership and pay $3.95 per month vs the normal student fee of $5.95 per month. See: http://www.emplawyernet.com/  Engineering Alumni Society, UC Berkeley - The College of Engineering offers a variety of special events, services, and volunteer opportunities for alumni, friends, and parents. http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/Alumni/  Extension, UC Berkeley - Expand your career options through U.C. Berkeley Extension courses. CAA members receive a 10% discount on most Extension catalog and online courses. UC Extension offers a variety of professional enhancement courses and certificate programs. Courses are offered online and at Extension Centers in Berkeley, San Francisco, Oakland, San Ramon, Fremont, San Mateo, Menlo Park, Atherton, Marin County, Redwood City and Sonoma. Call U.C. Berkeley Extension at (510) 642-4111 or visit http://www.unex.berkeley.edu/  Haas Alumni Network - Comprehensive networking opportunities and job postings for alumni of the Haas School of Business. http://haas.berkeley.edu/alumni  Horizon Studies Lifelong Learning The primary mission of Horizon Studies is to provide stimulating courses for women and men interested in lifelong learning opportunities. Horizon courses pique the curiosity, exercise the mind, and perhaps even help to awaken the spirit. http://horizonstudies.org  Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions CAA members and their immediate family receive a 10% discount off Kaplan courses geared toward graduate and professional school! Courses include LSAT (Law), GRE (Graduate), MCAT (Medical), GMAT (Business), and DAT (Dental). Kaplan and CAA also co-sponsor annual practice tests, as well as panels on graduate school admissions and applications, personal statement workshops, and law and business school symposiums. Call CAA at 1-888-225-2586 to receive your CAA member discount code to use when signing up for Kaplan courses. Then go to http://www.kaptest.com/, or call 1-800-KAP-TEST.  Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE) is the largest nonprofit association in Northern California dedicated exclusively to helping technology entrepreneurs - from the garage through IPO - build successful businesses in software, hardware, life sciences, communications, and other technology driven industries. SVASE accomplishes this mission through its EVENTS and ON-LINE RESOURCES available to members and affiliates. CAA members may join SVASE at the discounted rate of $99 for an annual membership. "To take advantage of this special rate, go to http://www.svase.org and click Events, click SVASE@ School, and click on "SPECIAL CAL RATE".  UC Berkeley Career Center - No charge to Cal students. Graduating seniors can continue to use the services for 3 months immediately after graduation at no cost. 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