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By Natalie Strain
With the job-hunting season underway, Riverside City College’s Career Closet is providing students and alumni with all they need as they dress to impress.
The Career Closet opened in 2019 and relocated to portable 6 between Landis Theater and Technology A in 2021. Its goal has been to provide students with necessary resources needed to begin their careers.
Having opened in 2019 and relocated to Portable 6 between Landis Theater and Technology A in 2021, its goal has been to provide students with the necessary resources needed to begin their careers. It has now served 600 students over the course of two years and has since been titled Winner of the 2020 Exemplary Program Award by the California Community Colleges Board of Governors.
As H&M, Macys and other department stores raise their prices, the Career Closet remains the most affordable and most accessible, providing free clothes to RCC students. Students have access to clothes of all sizes and styles and can pick up to two full outfits a semester. These clothes were once donated and sorted through to provide students with high-quality items.
The Career Closet is also in the midst of partnering with Bank of America for a professional attire drive that will distribute boxes to all its branches to provide donations to the closet. Advisors hope to spread the message in order to help students save money.
“Take advantage of the resources that the college offers,” Employment Placement Coordinator Meriel Anderson-Mcdade said. “People are passionate about this closet. We want to save you from spending that money,” Anderson-Mcdade said.
Students can make their way down to Terracina Dr. on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2-3 p.m. and Wednesdays from 2-4 p.m. to find pants, a shirt, jacket, shoes and accessories at no cost.
Whether you want to donate an outfit to another student or find a new suit for your next job interview, the RCC Career Closet is the perfect place to visit.
The RCC Career closet is the perfect place to visit if you want to donate an outfit to another student or find a new suit for your next job interview.
“The college understands their needs. The community hears them and wants to help,” Anderson-McDade said.
