DISCOVER YOUR MAJOR
CAREER EXPLORATION RESOURCES
www.princetonreview.com
This “Career Quiz” suggests possibilities based on your personal interests and usual style.
Step 1: Under “Explore Schools and Careers” click on “College”
Step 2: Under “Majors and Careers” click on “Career Quiz”
www.bls.gov/oco
This “Occupational Outlook Handbook” provides information on careers of interest.
Step 1: In the empty box (upper right corner of screen) next to “Search the Handbook,” type in occupation (ex: Social Worker), then click “Search.”
Step 2: Click on the Occupation area you are most interested in.
www.wcupa.edu/_services/stu.car
WCU’s Twardowski Career Development Center (TCDC) Web site
For the TCDC’s “FOCUS” Self-Assessment Tool:
Step 1: Under “Specific Resources,” click on “Assessment Tools.”
Step 2: Follow instructions to register, using key code: “wcucdc”
For a Variety of other Career Self-Assessment Tools:
Step 1: Under “Specific Resources,” click on “Assessment Tools.”
For Occupational Profiles for 50+ Career Paths:
Step 1: Under “Specific Resources,” click on “VAULT Online Career Library”
Step 2: Under “Career Profiles,” click on “Occupational Profiles”
Step 3: Choose area of interest under “Industry Overviews” or “Occupational Profiles”
www.google.com
To “google” Major and Career Info
Step 1: Search a specific major: (Example: Psychology): type in the search box: “Careers in Psychology”
Step 2: General search for possible careers, self-assessment tools, etc.: type in the search box: “What career is right for me?”
“What Can I Do with this Major/Degree?”
www.uncw.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/index.htm
or
www.rowan.edu/studentaffairs/cap/majors_careers/majors/index.htm
or
www.careercenter.uiuc.edu/findingpath/whatmajor.asp
“Career Info, Education, Job Search & Job Descriptions”
www.careeroverview.com/
L. Huff 4/07; S.R. Grice & A.T. Smith 11/06 |
