Brandon Bute, Career Center Ball State University

1. KEY CAREERS Creating Career Clarity Fall 2012 CDPI Conference Brandon Bute, Career Center Ball State University www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers

2. Key Careers Goals for Freshmen BSU Students: • Choose a major earlier in college career • Decrease change in major choice • Begin career exploration process • Connect with BSU resources • Education about the labor market www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers

3. Why is this Project Important? • Decrease expense and time for students • Increase retention • Increase opportunities for experiential learning • BSU students more marketable in tough economy • State funding www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers

4. National Statistics: Did You know? • 50% students change major • 53% of students take 6 years to graduate college • 13% have a major related job at graduation • 75% are malemployed • 83% go back home to live with parents • $26,000 average debt www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers

5. Key Careers Based upon…. • Research using the My Vocational Situation • University of Missouri-Columbia freshmen • Normative data www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers

6. My Vocational Situation • Developed by John Holland • Measures clarity and stability of major/career • Pre and post-test measure • Average score for freshmen 9.5 (U of Missouri) • Significantly predicted change in major less than .05 www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers

7. My Vocational Situation (MVS) • VI score found by adding number false responses • Hi VI = 13 to 18 • Average VI = 6 to 12 • Low VI = 0 to 5 www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers

8. Methodology • Students completed initial survey at orientation • Emails were sent to students in the low and average range encouraging them to complete self- assessments in Sigi3 and Type Focus • All freshmen students received invitation to participate in KEY Careers workshop during the month of November • All freshmen students were invited by email in December to complete the MVS a second time www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers

9. Participation Numbers • 3659 – Students who complete the initial MVS survey • 1604 – Students who participated in a KEY Careers Workshop • 1021 – Student who completed the second MVS survey www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers

10. Program Delivery Priorities • Introduce the Stages of Career Development • Provide resources available to implement career development process • Make intentional decisions towards creating and implementing a career development action plan www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers

11. Stages of Career Development www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers

12. Your action plan www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers

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14. Results of the Project • 625 Low VI score students who completed the initial MVS survey • 712 Average VI score students who completed the initial MVS survey • 2322 High VI score students who completed the initial MVS survey www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers

15. Results: BSU Freshmen Scores: • VI average score 9.5 pre-test • Reflects average score in research • VI scores changed significantly in the low and average VI groups www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers

16. Results: Vocational Identity (VI): www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers

17. Significant Change in Clarity and Stability of Major and Career choice • Low VI had less than .0001 significance • Average VI had less than .001 significance • Regression analysis showed that Key Career Seminars significantly accounted for the change in VI scores www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers

18. Discussion: What Did We Learn? • We can make a significant impact on students’ career exploration process • As early as the first semester freshmen year • Intentional interventions can increase students’ clarity and stability of career goals • More than one-third of BSU freshmen students needed career exploration www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers

19. Questions www.bsu.edu/KEYCareers