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Explore Careers & Majors

Selecting a career path and major are two of the most important decisions you will make as a student. Take a closer look at your skills, interests, and values with the help of a who may suggest one of the assessments below, followed by an interpretation of your results.

Chart Progress with our Career Readiness Checklist

Appointment/Drop-In Information

 

FOCUS 2: Explore majors and how they translate to your career.

  • FOCUS 2 will guide you through a reliable, intuitive career and education decision making model to help you select a major, explore occupations, make informed career decisions, and take action in your career development.
  • Create an account in Focus 2 to reveal your best career-fit and explore majors that connect you to your career.  
  • Check out  to see what careers can match your major. 

U.S. Department of Labor Websites

  • - Learn about occupations including responsibilities, salaries, education required, and employment outlook
  • - Explore careers, salary and benefits, training required, and employment seeker services by state
  • - Quick search tool for Ohio employment data and more

Ohio's In-Demand Careers

  • - Learn about growing fields in the state of Ohio

Talk with faculty, family, and Professionals

  • Find out what a career is really like by speaking to someone in the field. Review the informational interviewing questions to ask and the list of possible people in your network to speak with.
  • Talk with your professors who have a wealth of knowledge about their career fields. 
  • Chat with family members about their work experiences and:
    • how they selected their careers
    • what they find rewarding/challenging
    • what skills they utilize
    • what their long-term goals are

self-guided reflection

  • Try the Dare to Envision Your Future Work Day exercise to begin thinking about your future career and work-day preferences.
  • Use the Skills Sort (PDF) to identify the skills you are good at and enjoy to best match your career goals with your strengths and preferred activities.

Decision Making Tools

Career Adapt-abilities Scale

  • The Career Adapt-Abilities Scale is a helpful way for students to gain personal insight into the process of and readiness for making career choices.

Explore MAJORS and Degrees at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State

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"What Can I Do With This Major?"

  • Use this collection of information sheets on hundreds of academic majors to see outlines of common career areas, typical employers, and strategies designed to maximize career opportunities.
  • (You might notice a few documents that are not Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State-specific; this is a best-in-class resource from the University of Tennessee (UT).)
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