Career Center

Located at the crossroads of Interstate 80 and Highway 49 (also known as the Golden Chain Highway), Auburn is the County Seat of Placer County as well as the home of the California Welcome Center. Emerging from the Gold Rush Era as a community with a strong historic character, Auburn now serves as a growing economic center as well as a hub for a vast array of adventure and tourism opportunities. Home to the Auburn State Recreation Area, the site of more sporting endurance events than any place in the world, Auburn has proclaimed itself the “Endurance Capital of the World.” Residents share a love for the outdoors and enjoy an abundance of year-round recreational activities in Auburn and Placer County, ranging from hiking and biking, horseback riding, rafting on rivers, to snowsh