The
Office of Career Planning offers a
free, career interest assessment called
Focus II. This assessment
compiles your answers to provide you
with information about your academic
strengths/weaknesses, personality,
work/leisure interests and more. The
Focus II generates potential careers
that fit your profile! Clicking on
specific job titles provides you with
a wealth of information including
job duties, schooling requirements,
earnings, outlook and more.
Set
up an appointment to meet
with a counselor in the Office of
Career Planning to discuss your interests.
Seek
out a job shadow experience, volunteer
experience or observational internship
with your area of interest.
The Office of Career Planning can
guide you in this process. Observing
a professional in a career field in
which you are interested can help
you decide whether or not the career
still aligns with your interests.
Seek
out a professional internship.
After you have decided upon a major,
you may still be unclear as to which
type of career you might enjoy. Not
only are internships important to
complete due to the competitiveness
of the job market, but 1-2 internship
experiences gives you real career
practice so you can better understand
your likes and dislikes.
