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GB One Stop Career Center, 1025 Main, Great Bend, KS

overview   career exploration   choosing a career   finding training/education   financial aid   free workshops   links

Career Planning

Finding a job that is right for you does not happen by chance, it takes careful planning, desire and determination. Career Planning allows you to select a career rather than settling for one.

How can you benefit from career exploration and planning?

  • Saves you time
  • Saves you money
  • Helps you understand your strengths and weaknesses
  • Helps you gain encouragement
  • Provides you guidance in selecting a career
  • Helps you set goals

Check out the EOC web site. The Educational Opportunity Center has a variety of Career Planning inventories. The inventories evaluate your interests, abilities, and values and provide suggestions for possible careers. The EOC staff can help you plan for yourcareer, make educational decisions, fill out forms, apply for financial aid and find training or education. The EOC provides free financial and academic information about post-secondary education for adult populations in the following counties:

  • Barton
  • Ellsworth
  • Pawnee
  • Rice
  • Rush
  • Russell
  • Stafford
Free EOC Services
  • Assessment - Assess your educational, career and financial needs and help you develop long and short term academic, personal and career goals.
  • Educational Information - Serve as a source for current educational information to help you choose a college and apply for admission. Provide information about universities, colleges and vocational/technical schools. Refer you to a high school diploma or GED program, if necessary. Refer you to support systems upon entering college.
  • Financial Aid Information - Help you complete the federal financial aid application to apply for grants, loans and the work-study program; provide assistance in scholarship searches and application.
  • Career Planning - Offer career and educational counseling. Provide career information utilizing a variety of computer software programs.
  • Workshops - Present free workshops on a variety of topics.
  • Resource Library - Information on career exploration, post-secondary education, financial aid, motivation and self-help available through books, software programs, videos and audio cassettes. Books and audio cassettes are available for check-out by participants.

EOC Locations:

1025 Main Street
Great Bend, KS 67530
620-793-8164
toll-free: 877-684-8164
Open Monday-Friday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
or by appointment		 502 Broadway
Larned, KS 67550
316-285-7792
Open on Wednesdays
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
or by appointment		 117 West Ave. So.
Lyons, KS 67554
316-793-0076
Open on Mondays
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
or by appointment

The EOC Academic/Vocational Advisor travels throughout the seven counties served by EOC on a weekly basis. Watch for flyers posted in your community announcing dates, times and locations.

EOC website

Check out EOC's other web site.

The Educational Opportunity Center is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and supported by Barton County Community College.

Write to: manager@gb1stop.org or webmaster@gb1stop.org.