04/04/2023
By Kerry Willard Bray
With advising underway for Fall 2023 courses, faculty and professional advisors may encounter students who are thinking about their future career options. The Career & Co-op Center has resources and services that may be of assistance to students.
Focus 2 is a self-paced career guidance tool designed to help students clarify career goals and provide valuable occupational information. After completing self-assessments about their personality, interests, values, and/or skills, Focus 2 generates a customized list of jobs that students may want to explore.
What Can I Do With This Major? provides a list of potential career paths based on academic programs, has suggestions for gaining experience as a student, and contains links for researching career paths, professional associations, and more.
Candid Career uses interviews that allows students to learn about career options from individuals working in those roles or industries. Videos can be searched by major, industry, and specialty areas such as “green” jobs.
NEW: This week, career services staff members are offering career exploration drop-ins. Students are encouraged to stop by to meet with a career advisor to help answer questions they may have about their career options and to learn about resources for further exploring career paths. Dates, times, and locations are as follows:
- Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 2-4 p.m., Coburn Hall – First Floor Lobby
- Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Coburn Hall – First Floor Lobby
- Thursday, April 6, 2023, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Cumnock Hall – C10 (within the Tutoring Center)
- Thursday, April 6, 2023, 2-4 pm: Cumnock Hall – C10 (within the Tutoring Center)
Students who are unable to connect with us during the times shown above are encouraged to schedule a career advising appointment. Appointments are available year-round in O’Leary Library 105, University Crossing 450, or via Zoom.