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Career and Academic
Major Choices
Index
Information
Advice
Internet Links
Books & Media
CSULB Referrals
Other
INFORMATION
Research shows that students who are
committed to clear career goals tend to make much higher grades and have a much
lower college drop-out rate. If you are undecided about your major or
career, spending a few hours researching what you want can be more important
than anything else you do this semester.
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ADVICE
1. Get help: Take EdP 191: Career and
Personal Explorations, go to a career decision-making workshop (check web sites
below), or get career counseling (check web sites below).
2. A Simple Career Decision
Plan:
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2.1- Make a list of your
Career Selection Criteria: list everything that you want (and don't want) in a
career. |
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2.2- Weight the criteria from most important to least important (e. g. use A, B,
C, D or 1-10). |
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2.3- Evaluate every possible career that you might be interested in by each of
those criteria after you get good information about them. |
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2.4- Make a tentative choice, and go with it until you find something better. |
3. For a Simple way to narrow
your major choice, go to the SHAQ CARES assessment page of this
web site and take the major choice test.
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INTERNET
LINKS
Career
Decision-Making and Planning Help
CSULB=>
How to Make a
Major or Career Decision
Thousands of students have found this guide helpful.
Tom G. Stevens PhD
http://www.csulb.edu/~tstevens/c15-carp.htm
CSULB=> Career Development
Center Web Site
Brief self-help materials for career planning.
http://www.careers.csulb.edu/
***Education World's Exploring Careers and Majors.
Comprehensive site with a lot of information and links
http://www.educationworld.com/higher_ed/careers.shtml
****Occupational Outlook Handbook--The "Bible" of career
information. This is a MUST!
http://www.bls.gov/oco/
***Companion to Bolle's book, What Color Is Your Parachute? This is the
best book available for career planning
www.jobhuntersbible.com
Info on a wide range of job-related information and how to cope with difficult
situations at work
www.employer-employee.com
Small
Business Administration provides help for those thinking of starting a
business or with a small business
www.sba.gov
OnLine Career Resource Center
www.careers.org/
Links to academic advising and career counseling websites.
http://www.psu.edu/dus/ncta/linkacad.htm
Career planning advice and links
http://www.excite.com/guide/careers/career_planning
Career planning
http://www.careerbuilder.com
Specific Information on Choosing a Major
Common misperceptions
http://www.psu.edu/dus/md/mdmisper.htm
Career:
Coping with Job-Related Stress, Goals for Success, Balancing Career and Home,
etc:
***American Psychological Association self-help articles including:
Doing More and More with Less and Less
Downsizing Survivors
Managing Your Boss: Marilyn Puder-York, Ph.D., Answers Your Questions
Twelve Elements of a Healthy Company
Which Traits Predict Job Performance?
Working Moms: Happy or Haggard?
How Does Stress Affect Us?
Six Myths About Stress
The Different Kinds of Stress
Stress in the Workplace
The Road to Burnout
http://www.psychwww.com/resource/selfhelp.htm
C=> Problems with low motivation or not achieving your goals?
Tom G. Stevens PhD, CAPS, CSULB
http://www.csulb.edu/~tstevens/h92achie.htm
Finding A Job (or
exploring potential future careers)
JOB DATABASES
www.monster.com Large
free job database and career advice.
www.hotjobs.com
Free service related to technology-related jobs in Fortune 500 and other large
companies
www.careerpath.com
Can search newspaper ads in large U.S. cities.
www.jobtrak.com
Aimed at college students seeking entry level positions.
careers.yahoo.com
Yahoo's job data base and information.
www.careermosaic.com
Another free job-search database.
www.cweb.com
Employment Guide's free job database.
www.careerbuilder.com
Highly rated by US News & World Report
http://info.netscape.com/fwd/ntserch/http://www.vjf.com
VIRTUAL JOB FAIR-- Find jobs online
RESUMES
www.careermag.com
Career Bank's "Resume Bank" allows employers to look.
www.collegegrad.com
Features a resume' preparation service with lots of resume' templates.
GOVERNMENT
www.dol.gov
Department of Labor has ton's of information.
stats.bls.gov
Latest statistical information on jobs.
OTHER SITES
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/
CareerBuilder
job search by industry, company, type, and location. Also includes links to
career fairs, a newsletter, and more.
www.careerbuilder.com/
Career Research & Planning on The Princeton Review
www.princetonreview.com/cte/
College and Career Information for Counselors
contains a web directory of resources for high school guidance counselors.
Category:
K-12 > Guidance Counseling
www3.dist214.k12.il.us/guidance/
College Majors and Careers
Career Services provides college major and career information on
over 60 areas of study. ... College Majors and Career Information.
careerservices.rutgers.edu/CareerHandouts.html
http://www.careers.org/
http://www.advancingwomen.com/awcareer.html
http://www.petersons.com/
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/
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BOOKS
& MEDIA
****Richard Bolles, What Color Is Your
Parachute?
This is a classic best selling book that covers all phases of career
decision-making and planning and job searching. It doesn't cost much and
is worth every cent to keep as a reference.
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CSULB
REFERRALS
CSULB
Student Services
CSULB Career Development Center (CDC)
The CDC offers the following services: career planning, career counseling,
vocational testing, computer assisted career guidance, a career resource
library, career development and placement for students with disabilities (work
ability IV), workshops, graduate school preparation,
the Job Club, internships, career opportunities by CSULB major, student
employment (part-time & summer jobs), and career placement help through
on-campus Interviews, a resume referral database, job faires, resume writing,
mock interviewing, job search Techniques,and job search on WWW. Brotman Hall,
Room 250;
http://www.careers.csulb.edu/
Counseling and
Psychological Services (CAPS)
CSULB students can obtain free counseling from licensed psychologists for almost
any type of personal problem including relationships and family problems;
stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief; academic-related concerns; career
decision-making; crises; and almost any type of self-development issue. We
offer individual and group counseling, workshops, and self-help materials
including this web site. Brotman Hall, Room 226; 562-985-4001; web site: www.csulb.edu/~caps
Other student services and
student organizations may also be helpful
Go to CSULB student information page for a comprehensive list of student services and activities
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Relevant
CSULB Courses
EdP 191: Career and Personal Explorations (3
units)
This course enrolls hundreds of CSULB students every semester who are
undecided about their major or career and who need help with career planning. It
meet the requirements for general education category E: self-integration.
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