Career Exploration
Exploring Career Options/Learning
More About Specific Careers/Choosing-Changing a Major
With
the assistance of your career counselor, you will be able to both focus and
expand your knowledge of the variety of careers that might suit your
interests, values, skills, choice of major(s), personal qualities, preferred
employer types and life goals. Your counselor may use a career assessment
such as the "Strong Interest Inventory" or "FOCUS 2," to help develop your
career profile. Click
here to
register on FOCUS 2. When registering for the first time as a new user, your
access code will be: lancer.
Choosing a
career can be like a big puzzle that your career counselor can help you
unfold and piece together. Often, people are interested in several
careers. In that case we can help you choose what you would like to try
next, knowing that other potentially satisfying options are available to you
as you move through your career over a lifetime. Contact
our office to set up an appointment for career counseling.
The Career Resource Center has books about careers,
with detailed descriptions. Also, here are some other resources available
online:
• Career
Zone
• Career
Voyages
Interested in detailed information about
occupations/descriptions/educational resources in Massachusetts?
• Massachusetts
Career Information System
The informational
interview is also an excellent way to find out more about
careers. We offer coaching and a useful handout that will help you
strategize how to connect with professionals to find out more specifically
what they do, and what makes a person successful in that career field.
Job shadowing is another way to explore careers. With help from the
WSC Alumni Association, your career counselor can find alumni working in fields
in which you are interested. These alumni are willing to let you spend time
at work with them so you can experience what their jobs are like. Talk to
your career counselor if you would like to shadow a professional.