AGENDA

1. Helping Students to Better Understand and Become More Engaged in the Career Development ProcessAcademic Advising PDDenise Dwight Smith & Sharon Thorpe (University Career Center), Dr. Kim Buch (Psychology and CTL)

2. AGENDA Stages of Career Development- brief Overview How do students make decisions? UCC Services Individual Advising and Course Integration-what is your main interest? Examples Next Steps

3. Intro to Career Development A CYCLE, not a linear progression Consists of 4 stages:

4. How Do Students Make Career Decisions?

5. Principle Influencers Parents- MOM Peers Faculty Supervisors UCC/ Advisors Media

6. Career Decisions Making Basis Inaccurate Information Incomplete Information

7. Jobs and Careers: what do these have in common? ? Print Director Healthcare Billing Specialist Legislative Intern Quality Administrator Satellite Systems Operator Operations Specialist Road Show Host Student Outreach-Veterans Affairs

8. Career Decision-Making Internal Exploration Values Skills Interests External Exploration Jobs Careers Further Study

9. Career Decision-Making: Internal Asking the question, “How well do I know myself?,”engaging in exploration of: Values – What matters to me? Interests – What do I enjoy? Personality – What are my preferences? Skills – What am I good at? Tools: career self-assessments, career advising, personal reflection paper or presentation

10. Career Decision-Making: External Asking the question, “How well do I know mycareer options?” Tools: Career Prospector job shadowing program, informational interviewing, UCC career resourcelibrary and publications (WCIDWAMIs – What Can IDo with a Major in …? and How to Get a Job in …series), online career tools (CareerSpots), portfolioon information obtained

11. Career Planning and Preparation Exploring career options, gaining career-relatedexperience, building professional/job search skills Tools: Experiential Learning (49erships, co-ops), part-time employment, UCC workshops and online tools (OptimalResume), career fairs (Experiential Learning & Part-Time Job Fair), short-termexperiential work as part of course requirement

12. Career Employment Connecting with job/graduate school opportunities, becoming employed in a satisfying, career-related position or graduate program • Tools: Resume and cover letter critiques, mockinterviewing, job search consultation, career fairs (Career & Public Service Expo), NinerJobNet, on-campus interviewing, employer informationsessions, online tools (Interfolio)

13. Career Reassessment Continuously reassessing values, interests,personality, and skills as career progresses for effective lifelong career management

14. Advising Integration As part of establishing goals, commitment to success and 4 year planning Major and career discussions Parental pressure-referral and helping to educate Experiential learning readiness, plan for Job and grad school search resources Events and location awareness What we do-dispel myths

15. Where to start Drop-ins or appointment with career Counselors-discipline base Outreach tables Give card of the advisor Newsletter NJN-show website. www.career.uncc.edu Workshop and events schedule EL info

16. Course Integration Go beyond awareness of services

17. UCOL 1000 College Transition First Year UCOL 1011 College Transition Transfers UCOL 1200 First Year Seminars UCOL 1300 Academic Success Seminars HONR 1100 University Honors Freshman Seminar 47 of 52 classes scheduled to visit UCC or have completed group self-assessment interpretation in class. UCOL and HONR Courses

18. Most frequent integration activities beyond UCC visit and self-assessments: Career paper (11) Attendance at Majors Day (10) Resume/Cover Letter instruction (8) Career Portfolio (6) Career Fair Attendance (5) (Respondents=20) UCOL and HONR Faculty Survey

19. This program/workshop has enabled me to increase my knowledge base about careers. Mean = 4.33 As a result of participating in this program, I have a better understanding of the connection between my personal/academic/and career goals. Mean = 4.41 As a result of participating in this program, I feel more motivated to take action steps toward my career planning and/or decision-making. Mean = 4.41 This program has allowed me to obtain educational and occupational information to aid my career and educational planning. Mean = 4.52 413/418 students would recommend the session to other students. UCOL/HONR Student Feedback(Respondents=418)

20. Mock Interviews Public Health, Communications NJN Orientation Business, Kinesiology, Math Experiential Learning Business Networking Public Health Whole Life Concepts Project Engineering University Career Center Career/Academic Action Plan Self-Assessment Business, ITCS, Anthropology Additional Classroom Integration

21. 9 out of 10 mean differences statistically significant on the Strong, indicating individual mean increases from pre-test to post-test were due to the assessment and not increased purely by chance. 7 out of 9 mean differences statistically significant on the MBTI, indicating individual mean increases from pre-test to post-test were not increased purely by chance. Pre- test/Post-test T-Test Analysis 2012-2013

22. purely by chance.

23. Knowledge of the World of Work Self-Knowledge Knowledge of Occupations Career Decision Making Career Planning Career Implementation Career Planning Scale

24. Self Knowledge Describe what would motivate you to keep working even if you won the lottery. Make a list of three or more occupations that could fill these needs and values. Knowledge of Occupations Look for information on the Internet about three occupations that interest you. Identify salary information, working conditions, employment outlook, and education needed to do the job. Shadow an employee in an occupation of interest. Follow that worker for one day and ask about the work he or she does. Career Decision-Making Discuss your occupational choices with your family and friends. How does their feedback weigh into your decision? Career Implementation Make a list of barriers you face in reaching your career goals. Next to each barrier, write what you will do to overcome it. Career Planning Scale

25. Psyc 1000 or any course for first-year students or transfers in any discipline (including Prospect for Success courses) Psyc 3405 or Practicum/Internship courses in any discipline Psyc 4630 or Capstone Courses in any discipline Integrating Career Concepts into Academic Classes

26. QUESTIONS?

27. Career Development Overview of UCC and tour What can I do with a major in…? workshop Career Self-Assessment Workshops on personality and interest inventories (MBTI, Strong, Focus-2) Majors Day Career Panels and Information Sessions Career Paper or Related Assignment Courses for First-Year Students or Transfers in Any Discipline

28. Introduction to Experiential Learning Workshop Job Shadowing Career Panels and Information Sessions Practicum/ Internship Courses in Any Discipline • Introduction to Online Career Tools Workshop • Career & Public Service Expo • Internship Journal or Related Assignment

29. Job Search Tools Resumes & Cover Letters 101 Interviewing 101 Mock Interviewing Introduction to Online Career Tools Workshop Career Panels & Information Sessions Career & Public Service Expo Career Portfolio/ Related Assignments Psyc 4630 or Capstone Courses in Any Discipline