Major/Career Exploration
Don’t be passive - your career of choice won’t just come to you in a dream! Career focus is not automatic. It’s achieved through ongoing experience and reflection. Understanding yourself, your interests, values, skills, and personality style will help you tremendously in your career search. We can help! Here's how:
Career Counseling
Meet with a career counselor to discover your unique values, skills, interests, strengths, and challenges to help you choose your major and plan your career. To schedule an appointment with a career counselor, stop by Drew Science 113 or call 651.523.2302. Our office hours are Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, we’re open until 6:00 PM on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Assessments
We offer the Strong Interest Inventory and Myers Briggs Type Indicator at no charge to students. These instruments will help identify your interests, personality preferences, strengths, and challenges and help you generate major and career options. Make an appointment with a career counselor to learn more.
What Can I Do With This Major? - a convenient website that helps you connect majors with careers.
Bridges Scholars is a one-of-a-kind credit class for first year students that bridges their first year with their second year beginning in the spring of their freshman year through the end of the first semester of their sophomore year. In a group setting, students explore how their strengths, weaknesses, values, skills, and personality influence their major and career choices. They also gain experience writing mission statements, resumes, and interviewing. To sign up, register for GSTD 1400.
Job Shadowing
Job shadowing is a great way to investigate careers, make connections and increase your network of potential employers. If you’re interested in job shadowing, contact the CDC and meet with a career counselor to learn how to find job shadowing experiences by using our Career Advisors Network or by contacting other area professionals.
Occupational and Employer Research
Occupational and employer research is a very important task when exploring potential career paths, looking for employment, and preparing for interviews. The following links will help you research a given occupational field and employers.
Occupational Research Websites
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Onet
Seeking Success
What Can I do With a Major In
America’s Career Info Net
Spotlight on Careers
Career Builder
Iseek
MN Careers
Employer Research Websites
Dun and Bradstreet
Hoover's
James J. Hill Library (need to visit in person)
Hamline University’s Bush Memorial Library
Minneapolis Public Library (need to visit in person)
Minnesota Council of Non-Profits
Star Tribune
Twin Cities Business Journal
Wall Street Journal (need to pay)
Wet Feet
