Career Exploration
The Office of Career Services offers abundant resources to help you explore different career paths and discover your own career aspirations.
Self-Assessments:
The Strong Interest Inventory will help you to explore how your interests influence decisions about your major/minor and potential occupations. The Strong can provide some direction for you if you are unclear about your decisions. If you have already chosen your major/minor or have a goal in mind for an occupation, the Strong also can assist you in confirming your decisions.
Call Career Services at 508-565-1325 or the Counseling and Testing Center at 508-565-1331 to register for the assessment and to arrange for an interpretation of your results.
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Who is it for?
The FOCUS helps college students and persons in career transition to develop an accurate picture of their personal strengths, needs and preferences. Whether you are exploring education or career paths, this can help you discover and explore options that match your interests, personality, values and skills.
How Long Does the FOCUS Take?
On average, approximately 40 minutes, you can spend additional time researching different occupational choices, and checking out the 300+ occupational videos. A great deal of career-related information can be found in this assessment, and we encourage you to review it as many times as you wish. You do not have to do the assessment all at once. You can log back on to FOCUS at any time.
Please Note:
To optimize your use of FOCUS, be sure to "Combine Your Assessment Results" to narrow and refine your exploration of education and career fields based on all of your FOCUS assessment results. Remember that the system is case sensitive.
Access the FOCUS:
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Create a new account. |
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Log in to the account you already created. |
Online Career Profiles:
These websites provide career information, such as the job profiles, training requirements, hiring outlook and salary ranges within certain fields. They are a great starting point to researching different career fields.
Becomeopedia.com
Occupational Outlook Handbook
O*NET Online
Wet Feet
Career Exploration by Major:
"What Can I Do With This Major?" A great site to explore how majors can lead to certain career paths.