Finding Your Career Path Presented for PSYC 210: Applications in Human Development Mike Major, SPHR Director Career

1. Finding Your Career Path Presented for PSYC 210: Applications in Human Development Mike Major, SPHRDirectorCareer Services

2. About Me • Parents • Essexville, MI www.svsu.edu/careers

3. Resources available • Resume and cover letter building and critiques • Online Tutorials • Resume, Cover Letter, Interviewing, Job Search Strategies • Mock interviews and interview coaching • Network development • Career fairs on campus exclusively for SVSU students to network with potential employers • Internship/Co-op advising • Job search strategies • Developing personal brand • On-campus student employment www.svsu.edu/careers

4. Investigate Discover Experience Activate Link IDEAL Pathway www.svsu.edu/careers

5. Investigate how your personality, goals, talents, interests and passions can guide your career decisions Discover career fields that allow you to apply the things you learned about yourself in the “investigate” stage Taking the IDEAL Pathway www.svsu.edu/careers

6. Experience the career field that most interests you through research, classes, and internships Activate your plan for employment or graduate school after graduation Link with potential employers through job fairs, on campus interviews, and your school’s on-line database IDEAL Pathway (con’t.) www.svsu.edu/careers

7. Arts and Communications Business, Management, Marketing, and Technology Engineering/Manufacturing and Industrial Technology Health Sciences Human Services Natural Resources and Agriscience Career Pathways www.svsu.edu/careers

8. My Career Pathway • No clue on exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up! President? NBA Superstar? Model? www.svsu.edu/careers

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10. While in college, I changed majors three times… la langue française Music (Tuba) International Studies www.svsu.edu/careers

11. My College Years • SVSU • 2 PT Jobs • Coaching • 1 FT Job www.svsu.edu/careers

12. Concentric Network Corporation www.svsu.edu/careers

13. Concentric Network Corporation www.svsu.edu/careers

14. My College Years • SVSU • 2 PT Jobs • Coaching • 1 FT Job • MIARNG www.svsu.edu/careers

15. Post-College Years • More jobs • More education; M.Ed, MA www.svsu.edu/careers

16. Was My Pathway IDEAL? Investigate: Multiple majors, struggling to “fit” into a program Discover: Coaching, fieldwork observations Experience: Student teaching, additional work experiences Activate: Multiple career paths, mentors for each Link: Connections through various experiences www.svsu.edu/careers

17. So, how did I end up here today? Barb RHFPrinc. Dan M Dow AD Jeff B ASC AD Patti SJG Princ. Jim Teal, SVSU Tennis Coach www.svsu.edu/careers

18. Research by Penn State and other institutions has shown that up to 80 percent of students entering college admit that they're not certain what they really want to majorin, even if they've initially declared a major. In addition, up to 50 percent of college students change their majors at least once before graduation, and some change several times. Source: http://dus.psu.edu/md/mdintro.htm www.svsu.edu/careers

19. What are the “hot” career fields? • Governor’s Economic Summit (3/19/13) • Top 4 talent needs in Michigan: • IT Professionals • Skilled Workers • Project Managers • Engineers • Manufacturing is still the base of Michigan’s economy • Experiential learning must happen in any career pathway www.svsu.edu/careers

20. Fortune’s “10 hot careers for 2012 – and beyond” • Information Technology (IT) • Health care professionals • Health care management and support staff • Engineers • Industrial skills • Life sciences and biotech • Sales • Accounting/Finance • Discount retailers • Private equity firms Source: http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2011/12/27/10-hot-careers-for-2012-and-beyond/ www.svsu.edu/careers

21. What is the danger of giving “Hot” career fields out to students? www.svsu.edu/careers

22. Ultimately, you can be successful in any of the career pathways if you follow your passion and create a plan for success. www.svsu.edu/careers

23. The Value of Internships Overall first-job offer to new college graduates with NO internship experience: $37,621 Overall first-job offer to new college graduates with an internship experience: $41,580 Difference of $3,959 Source: 2013 NACE Salary Survey www.svsu.edu/careers

24. Psychological Foundations: Career Advising Personality based Carl Jung Introversion/Extraversion Sensing/Intuitive Thinking/Feeling Myers-Briggs Added Judging/Perceiving Keirsey KTS-II for individual analysis www.svsu.edu/careers

25. Psychological Foundations: Career Advising Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory John Holland, PhD. Holland Job Codes Realistic Investigative Artistic Social Enterprising Conventional www.svsu.edu/careers

26. My Advice Take MATH! Keep an open mind Follow your passions Connect with Career Services wherever you go Get involved Student life, co-op/internship, faculty advising It’s OK to be worried and even a little scared Manage your online presence (Facebook/LinkedIn) Have FUN! www.svsu.edu/careers

27. Boston Marathon bombing victim Halloween costume makes Michigan woman target on social media A photograph posted to Alicia Lynch's Twitter account, @SomeSkankinMI, shows the Michigan woman wearing an SVSU race shirt with fake scars on her legs. The photograph has gained national attention and led to death threats following the costume tweet. http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2013/11/boston_marathon_bombing_victim.html Manage your online presence

28. T H A N K Y O U mmajor@svsu.edu989.964.7130 www.svsu.edu/careers