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Students: Majors/Careers
Choosing
a major and career path is one of the most rewarding and challenging decisions
you will face through out your college experience. When you think about it, however,
the decision is not etched in stone and can change through out your education
and lifetime. So relax, clear your mind, and consider these three important steps
in finding your fit in the world of work.
Let's
get started, register with the Career
Services Office. This will allow us to know your interest and assist you
in your career development needs. You may upload your resume also. Step
1: Self Assessment: Make Your Career Decision Your Own -
Choose a major that suits you; not your parents, friends, or
society
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Talk to a career counselor in the
Office of Career Services about your major/career choices
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Assess your interests, abilities, likes and dislikes
The DISCOVER program is
web based. These are comprehensive self-guided interest inventories to help students
identify and match their skills, values and interests with various career options.
DISCOVER contains updated information on occupations, college majors, training
institutions, financial aid/scholarship information, and military options. Contact
the Office of Career Services to receive your User ID and for assistance with
interpreting the results.
Make your own Plan!
Career & College Advice Made Simple. High School, College,
Adults & Career Changers!
The
Career Key: This is a helpful inventory of interests linking to different
career and occupational fields
The Keirsey Temperament Sorter II:Assess how your personality preferences/style
may describe the type of person you are. It is important to find out how your
personality fits with different career fields and work environments.
- Decide
how much time you want to devote to family, friends, leisure activities, work
and study
Step 2: Exploring Majors/ Careers: Research & Informational
Interviews
- Researching Majors/Careers:
What Can I Do With a Major in _?????? My Plan offers career
options for many different majors.
MyMajors.com can provide useful
advice on college and university majors that a first year college student
with your interests and achievements might do well in.
Information on 250 Occupational
Fields/Occupation Outlook Handbook
- Informational Interviews:
The Personal Side
of Work: Actual Informational Interviews with People about their
careers from Accounting to Zoology
Research majors offered
at FSU/Interview Advisors about major/career options with advisors
in different departments
- Looking for a Mentor?
Frostburg State University Alumni are available
as mentors to serve as internship sponsors, to network with, shadow
and as a resource to answer any career development concerns or questions.
*Visit www.collegecentral.com/frostburg to see how they might assist
you
*Click the Student icon and register
*Enter using your User ID and Password once registered
*Click Search for Mentors at the bottom of the page
*Password to enter is frostburg
*Search by major, location or scroll to the bottom of the page and click
Begin Search without entering any information to see all mentors
* Click on Alumni names to see what they are offering as mentors and
click on Contact Me to find out the best way to reach them.
FSU Alumni are willing to help you reach your
goals!
Step 3: Career Development & Job Search Tools
Please click on one of the underlined presentations below
to view the PowerPoint slide show:
Additional
search engines can be found at Google and
Ask Jeeves. | |
"Experience
Career Services, It's the Best Time You'll Ever Spend!" |
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