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Choosing Your Major: A Guide to Finding the Right Career Path

Are you uncertain about your college major or future career? You're not alone! Many students switch majors or haven't declared one due to various pressures and uncertainties. This guide will help you explore what you're passionate about, your skills, and your values, which are crucial factors in choosing the right major. Discover how to investigate your interests through resources like academic advisors, career counselors, and personality tests. Take actionable steps like volunteering or job shadowing to gain real-world insights. Your future starts with informed choices!

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Choosing Your Major: A Guide to Finding the Right Career Path

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  1. How to Choose a Major and Investigate Careers! Career Services

  2. Do these sound familiar to you? • Can I get a job with this major? • How am I supposed to know what I want to do for the REST of my life? • So what are you going to do when you graduate, kid? • I love History, but my parents want me to study Computer Science so I can get a good job.

  3. You Are Not Alone • 55-60% of college students change their major at least once • 2/3 of college freshmen do not have a declared major

  4. What do I want to do? • Choosing a major means thinking about what interests you AND where your skills and abilities lie AND your values!

  5. Three Key Factors • Interests- what are you interested in • Skills- what are you skilled at • Values- whats important to you

  6. What Floats your Boat? • Enthusiasms - what do you like to do? • Interests you have that you would do whether or not you were paid to do them. • You do these in your spare time or whenever you can.

  7. What are your Skills & Abilities? Math Photography • Abilities- What were/are your best subjects in school? • What activities come easy to you? History Computers Sports Singing Writing

  8. What is important to you?Values • Family- spending time w/family • Independence- working on your own • $$ - a high-paying job • Status/Title- climbing the ladder • Philanthropy- doing good things

  9. What can I do next to choose a major? • Look at the list of undergraduate majors • Talk to an Academic Advisor/Faculty Mentors • Check out our CHOICES Program!(at Career Services) • Meet w/ a Career Counselor

  10. What can I do to investigate my major and career? • CHOICES is a good start! (located at Career Services) • Take a Personality test • Check out the Occupational Outlook Handbook

  11. Career Exploration Means Taking Action! • Volunteer or do an Internship • Job Shadow a professional in the career your interested in • Talk to People in the Profession or a Professor

  12. Career ServicesCome see us! University Center Suite 304 825-2628

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