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Major Career ExplorationUniversity
CollegeArizona State University
Presenter Name, Ph.D. Presenter Title, Arizona
State University  Last updated 08-25-08    
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Strategies for Success

• Students who have goals and a sense of direction
  in college are more likely to stay in school and
  graduate.
• Students who are committed to a well-explored
  career plan are more likely to succeed in their
  careers.

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Major Career Exploration

• Wouldn't it be great to love going to work most
  days?
• What if you could turn a passion into a career
  goal and find a major that would lead to it?
• How motivated would you be if your university
  education could take you to places you have
  dreamed about?

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Career Development at ASU

• You have the opportunity to make informed choices
  based on self-understanding, research, and
  reality testing.
• Matching interests to choice of major and career
  promotes satisfaction and success in career.

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Power of Passion

• Between 1960 and 1980, 1,500 business school
  graduates were surveyed.
• Category A graduates made money first, then did
  what they really wanted to do later (1,245
  graduates or 83 of the population).
• Category B graduates pursued their true
  interests, sure that money would eventually
  follow (255 graduates or 17 of the population.
• Twenty years later, there were 101 millionaires
  in that group of 1,500 business students.
• Category A graduates had 1 millionaire.
• Category B graduates had 100 millionaires.
• Albion, M. (2000). Making a life, making a
  living. New York Warner Books.

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Major does not always equal Career

• Major focus on one or more areas of study
• College Education
• develop intellectual capacities, critical
  reading, thinking and writing skills, and learn
  sophisticated information competencies
• Career Development is a Lifelong Process

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Model of Career Development

• Know Yourself
• Investigate Options
• Create a Plan
• Experience and Implement

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Know Yourself

• Interests
• Skills
• Values
• Personality

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Why take the Kuder Career Assessment?

• Interest Inventories are the most frequently used
  career tools today.
• Research supports match of interests and choice
  of major or career to promote career satisfaction
  and success.
• Helps in developing possibilities, does not
  overrule what you have been considering.
• Customized for ASU, interests connect to ASU
  Majors on the results pages (Step III).

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• Reflect on what is the best fit for you
• Discuss with others
• Meet with Advisors and/or Faculty

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Stay Calm, this is a process

• If you still arent sure, consult with a Major
  Career Counselor.
• Sign up for UNI 194 Career Major Exploration,
  a one credit, five-week course.
• http//uc.asu.edu/majorexploration/
• 602 496-0589
• majorexploration_at_asu.edu