• Meet with your academic advisor.

Talk about your career interests and learn about courses that match them.

• Take your core curriculum classes.

Broaden your experience by exploring a variety of subjects through introductory courses.

• Learn how to study effectively.

Strengthen your time-management skills.  Attend a workshop on study skills at the Learning Center.  Future employers will want to see a strong academic record.

• Learn about the skills and traits that employers want.

Use the tutorial Developing Skills and Traits Employers Want to identify resources to help you build your skills.

• Use computer programs like QUEST: Majors, Interests, and Career Exploration to identify career choices.

Visit the Career and Experiential Learning Lab, LU 235, to assess your skills, values, and interests and match them with careers that are right for you. For example, you can complete the online assessment TypeFocus to learn about careers that people who share your personality type find appealing. (Login with your Outlook username and password.)

• Get feedback.

Ask friends, family, advisors, professors, or employers who are familiar with your unique skills and characteristics to help identify your strengths.

• Explore the Career Center Web site.

Go to our Great Links to Explore page.  This web page includes web links for career assessment.

• Visit the Counseling Center.

Complete assessment and career-interest inventories and explore the results with a career counselor. Specific programs in the center include individual and group career counseling, career workshops and outreach programs, personality and career-interest assessment services, and the resource room (a library of self-help books). Call 285-1736 or visit Lucina Hall 320 to schedule an appointment.

• Consider a part-time job.

Work experience will help you identify work-related values and explore your interests. Use Cardinal ViewJobs on the Web to explore opportunities for student employment on and Cardinal Career Link to find jobs off campus. For on-campus positions, visit the Career Center Web site to complete a student employment application and receive additional instructions. (If you have been awarded Federal Work Study, use the Cardinal ViewJobs database to find the community agencies offering part-time jobs.)

• Pick up a copy of Internships and Career Planning.

Visit the Career and Experiential Learning Resource Lab, LU 235, to receive a career planning booklet containing self-assessment and career exploration information.

Helpful Career Resources (available in the Career and Experiential Learning Resource Lab)

• Discover the Best Jobs for You
• Discover What You're Best At
• Do What You Are:  Discover the Perfect Career for You through the Secrets of Personality Type
• The Right Job for You
• What Color Is Your Parachute?
• What's Your Type of Career:  Unlock the Secrets of Your Personality to Find Your Perfect Career Path

Career Assessment Links