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Exploring Majors

Exploring Majors. How Do you Pick a Major? . Different Story for Everyone Key is research Research self, options and World of Work Four Steps Self-Assessment Research/Exploration Decision Making Planning. Assessments. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Strong Interest Inventory

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Exploring Majors

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  1. Exploring Majors

  2. How Do you Pick a Major? • Different Story for Everyone • Key is research • Research self, options and World of Work • Four Steps • Self-Assessment • Research/Exploration • Decision Making • Planning

  3. Assessments • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator • Strong Interest Inventory • http://www.roguecc.edu/counseling/hollandcodes/test.asp • StrengthsFinder • Values Card Sort

  4. Holland Code Party Imagine that you walk into a party with six groups of people. The descriptions of the type of people in each group are in the boxes on the next slide. Choose the group you are most drawn to - the people you would most like to meet and talk with. After that, find the second group you are most interested in, and then the third group. Think about why you chose these groups. Do the descriptions of these group describe you? How so? For example, if you chose the Social, Enterprising, and Investigative groups, your codes would be SEI. This means that out of the six types, you most resemble the Social type of person, somewhat less the Enterprising type, and resemble the Investigative type even less. The types that are not in your code are those you resemble least of all. List your Holland Codes: Group 1 _____ Group 2 _____ Group 3 _____

  5. Holland Groups

  6. Careers and Holland Codes

  7. Research Starting Points • catalog.utc.edu • www.utc.edu/career-student-employment/career-exploration/what-can-i-do.php • www.onetonline.org/ • www.bls.gov/ooh/

  8. Decision Making • Questions to consider: How have you made decisions in the past? • Flexible -open to more alternatives, has various ways to gather info for informed choices • Proactive - knows decision may not be perfect but can still be effective, will make a new decision if necessary • Deliberate- has a structured decision making process in place and making best use of it • Spontaneous - little deliberation, only makes choices as they come up • Impulsive - very fast process, little consideration, very prone to making poor decisions • Procrastinating - endlessly putting off decisions, leads to many lost opportunities • Compliance - gives own power over to authority • Play it Safe - stays in own comfort zone, life is safe but can be very boring! • Fatalistic - 'whatever will be, will be'. Has no sense of freedom of choice • Agony- agonizing over the best choice, often leads to procrastination • Escape - may make different decisions, so as not to have to deal with the real issues • Avoidant - avoiding decisions often leads to more stress than making one • Dependent- allows other people to make decisions. Ends up living other people's lives...

  9. Strategy: Weighted Decision Making • http://www.weighteddecision.com/

  10. Curricular and Co-curricular planning • Choose courses within general education, major, minor, electives will help you learn what you want to learn • Gain practical experiences that will help you learn and develop skills • Clubs, organization, other campus involvement • Part time jobs • Internships, practicum • Research assistance • Volunteering • Map out a 4-5 year plan, details for each semester

  11. Other tips • Set achievable goals • Research what skills are valued in your potential career field- make a plan to gain them • Get to know your professors and classmates • Networking starts in college, sometimes it’s who you know that gets you a job • Find a major that’s right for you, be open minded about career options

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