Career

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Career Life Planning Center

• Explore CareersChoose a Major Have a Plan!

Presented by Janine Cirrito, MA, MCDP Career
Center Coordinator http//careercenter.fullcoll.
edu
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True or False?

• Most students entering college are certain of
  their academic major. True or False?
• National Statistics vary but up to 50 of
  entering college students are undecided about
  their majors.
• Once a student declares a major, he/she sticks
  with it. True or False?
• 50-70 of students change their majors at least
  once. On the average, students change their
  majors 3 or more times before they graduate.
• Students should choose a major based on the
  current job market. True or False?
• Job markets change quickly and dramatically.
  Careers in demand today may not be viable in 4-5
  years 40-60 of the jobs of the future have yet
  to be created.

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True or False? continued

• Students choose majors directly related to their
  chosen career. True or False?
• More than half of all college grads pursue
  careers not directly related to their majors.
• There is a test you can take that will select the
  best major for you. True or False?
• The only test or expert on what is best for you
  is you. By being here today is bringing you one
  step closer in the decision making process.

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True or False? continued

• Employers are mainly interested in hiring
  students with High GPAs. True or False?
• Employers want to hire people with a combination
  of attributes. According the National
  Association of Colleges and Employers Job
  Outlook, 2008, when an employer has two equally
  qualified candidates for a position, LEADERSHIP
  EXPERIENCE, was ranked the first attribute that
  would influence their hiring decision.
• To have a successful career a student should have
  a 4 year degree. True or False?
• If you have the skills and knowledge you can have
  a good careerregardless of whether you have a
  bachelors degree. Up to 2012, BLS expects 56
  million job openings 42 million openings are to
  be filled by workers who do not have a bachelors
  degree.

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What we do

• Assist students in the career decision-making
  process
• Provide career services that help students select
  major fields of study and relate these to career
  fields
• Provide career and life planning information that
  focuses on factors that influence career choices
  over the life span

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Career Planning is a Process almost like
buying a car!

• Step 1
• Research the car
• Explore Self and Careers
• Step 2
• Talk to someone who knows about the car
• Make professional contacts and do Informational
  Interviews
• Step 3
• Test-drive it before you purchase it
• Get related experience before you graduate!

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Career Services

• Career and Academic Counseling
• Career Center Orientations
• Assessment Administration Interpretations
• Career and Major Search Assistance
• Free Computer Lab Printing

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Free Resources

• Fullerton College Career Planning System
• Lifetime Online Career Portfolio
• Research-based assessments
• Occupational Educational Databases
• Scholarship Search
• Resume Builder
• Interviewing Techniques
• Job Search

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Free Resources

• Eureka Online
• Free Assessments
• California Occupational Educational Databases
• Financial Aid Guide
• Job Search Guide

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Free Resources

• Vocational Biographies Online
• Includes over 1000 career biographies
• Offers several search options
• Provides a virtual job-shadowing experience

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More Free Resources

• Career Library
• Internet Career-Related Resources
• Workshops/Activities
• Annual Career Development Event

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Fee-based Resources

• Campbell Interest Skill Inventory
• Career Occupational Preference System
• Myers-Briggs Type Inventory
• Interpretive Report
• Career Report
• Strong Interest Inventory (College Edition)
• Combined Strong and MBTI Career Report

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Career Classes

• Career Life Planning (Counseling 151)
• Career Exploration (Counseling 141)
• Career Motivation and Self Confidence (Counseling
  144)

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Career Planning Process Steps Before Graduation

• You will be glad and wiser youll see
• If you follow these stepsa happier life you will
  lead
• The Career Planning Process is waiting for you
• Assess your interests, values, skills, and
  personality, too
• Talk to professionals to hear what they say
• Informational interviews will help you find your
  way
• Ask them questions that are important to you
• This is vital and what you must do
• Dont forget to learn how various jobs are done
• See for yourself, get out thereyoull agree that
  its fun
• Job shadowing, interning, and service learning
  are available to you
• These are ways to be exposed to work environments
  that are new
• Get the experience, related to your degree
• Applying your knowledge is what employers want to
  see
• Your resume will be strengthened and will have
  something to say
• All from the process you learned of today
• By following these steps starting now you will
  find
• The wonderful world of work that will open your
  mind
• If anything else, be prepared, have career
  information

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Thank You

• See you all in the
• Career Life Planning Center
• Located on the Second Floor of the
• Student Services Building (BLDG 2000)
• Monday Thursday
• 900am 600pm
• http//careercenter.fullcoll.edu
• 714-992-7121