ABOUT GBC
Welcome to Great Basin College!
Great Basin College values you! Valuing what we have in common and our differences means we will foster a college climate of mutual trust, tolerance, informed discourse and always seek to promote GBC as a "safe space" to explore new ideas and perspectives with opportunities for you to grow, learn and be successful in a friendly, supportive campus environment. GBC enriches people's lives by providing student-centered, post-secondary education to rural Nevada. GBC students enjoy outstanding academic programs, smaller class sizes, and excellent faculty who really care about our students. We are GBC!
ADMISSIONS
ACADEMICS
For High School Students
STUDENT SERVICES
GBC ONLINE
Great Basin College is "The Gold Standard in the Silver State" when it comes to long-distance education and online education delivery. GBC offers hundreds of classes and a diverse array of certificate and degree programs fully online and fully affordable!
COMMUNITY
Great Basin College wants to be your choice for higher education. GBC offers associate and baccalaureate level instruction in career and technical education and academic areas. About 4,000 students are enrolled annually online from across the country and on campuses and centers across 86,500 square miles, two time zones, and ten of Nevada's largest counties. We border Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and California. We are GBC!
INFORMATION
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RESOURCES
Welcome to SkillsMatch!
Identify your skills and receive personalized career and educational recommendations. Sometimes the perfect match is something you would have never thought of! Explore new career areas that need your unique skill set or learn how to level-up in your current career.
With SkillsMatch you can see how your previous experience can be put to work for you. It is designed specifically with adult learners in mind. The tool helps you find what skills you already have from previous work experience, education, and more. SkillsMatch makes it easy by helping you find your skills. You may be surprised by the skills you already possess, or by what options are opened by your personal portfolio of skills. Whether you are looking for a job that matches your skill set or looking to fill in the skill-gap for a career area you would like to move to, SkillsMatch lays it all out for you.
SkillsMatch has been implemented as part of a plan to help displaced and disrupted workers in Nevada by the Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation and is powered by Emsi data.
Try SkillsMatch!
Find Your Skills
Paste in your resume and the software will quickly pinpoint your skills for you. Create an account to save your results.
Explore Job Postings and Learning Opportunities
You will find results for both job postings and learning opportunities personally tailored to your skills.
Why Skills?
Skills are becoming the new language of the labor market. SkillsMatch takes data from millions of real job postings and finds the most in-demand skills for every career area. You can then take that powerful compilation of data and use it in the form of a friendly online tool to compare yourself to your desired outcome. Most importantly you will be able to arm yourself with knowledge of what real employers are actively seeking in the form of a common language in skills.
For More Information Contact
Great Basin College
1500 College Parkway
Elko, Nevada 89801
Phone: 775-327-5002
Why Great Basin College
Great Basin College, "The Gold Standard in the Silver State", offers associate and baccalaureate level education in academic, career and technical fields. Welcoming over 4,000 students annually from all corners of the country, both online and at our various campuses and centers, GBC's presence extends across two time zones and spans more than 86,000 square miles throughout Nevada. A leader in rural higher education, GBC takes pride in developing students who are well-prepared to meet the demands of industry and who contribute to the success and prosperity of the local economy.
