MORGANTOWN -- Many students are finding it tougher to land a job these days, but some West Virginia Junior College students had the chance Thursday to show off their training in real world situations.

The West Virginia Junior College prepares its students with a year and a half of classes and gives them the chance to use what they've learned outside of the classroom.

People brought in their broken computers and electronics for the Information Technology students, for example. The repairs were all free of charge.

Court was in session for legal students and hospitality management students created a café.

Opportunities like this give the students a chance to show off what they've learned to the community and it prepares them for their job search after graduation.

"The experience that our students receive here through the training that we give them is invaluable, especially in today's job market," says WVJC Executive Director Leanne Cardoso.

It's the training coupled with the experience which students know can help them succeed.

"I've been working in food service for quite some years and felt that with the way things are going I'd need a little extra edge to kind of help with my career," says hospitality management student Patrick McGraw.

The next skills day is scheduled for this fall. It will feature the school's medical professions.

Some of those services will also be available to the public.