Choosing a Major or Career

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Choosing a MajorPlanning Your Future

• Bywww.vacancies.ae

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The Future Aint What it Used to Be! Yogi
Berra

• The average American beginning a career will
  work in 10 or more jobs for 5 or more employers
  before retiring!
• Workplace 2000 The Revolution Reshaping
  American Business
• The real value of higher education is to prepare
  students for career possibilities they cannot
  yet imagine.

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The Value of Not Planning

• The nicest thing about not planning is that
  failure comes as a complete surprise and is not
  preceded by a period of worry and depression.
• John PrestonBoston College

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Why Plan your Career?

• Your career affects 1/3 of your life 10,000
  days.

• Your career generates up to 3.3M in lifetime
  earnings with BA/BS degree.

• Your career affects your identity as a person.

• Your career affects your physical mental
  well-being.

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How to Plan? Let Career Services help you!
CAREERSERVICES
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Identify Who are You

• Career inventories like Montana Career
  Information System and your past experiences
  identify
• Interests Abilities
• What am I good at? What do I like to do?
• What skills do I have? What skills do I need?
  How much education am I willing to complete?
• Values Needs
• What would make a job satisfying to me?
• Which work environment fits me best?
• What is most important to me in a career?

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Skills are Key to Careers!Go to advanced
search for skills assessmenthttp//online.onetce
nter.org
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Investigate Occupations

• Conduct Informational Interviews. Talk to people
  who do the jobs youd like to do!
• Get hands-on experience through internships,
  part-time jobs volunteer work.
• Research job trends projections Which jobs
  are growing/declining? What do they pay? Are
  there vacancies where I want to live?

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Americas Career InfoNet www.acinet.org
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Hot Jobs in the US Montana to 2018 Americas
Career InfoNet www.acinet.org/acinet

• In US
• Biomedical engineers
• Network systems data communications analysts
• Financial examiners
• Medical scientists
• Physician assistants
• Skin care specialists
• Biochemists/biophysicists
• Athletic trainers
• Dental hygienists/vet technicians
• Computer software engineers

• In Montana
• Computer software engineers
• Network systems analysts
• Industrial engineers
• Veterinary techs
• Geoscientists
• Chemical engineers
• Environmental scientists techs
• Mining geological engineers
• Computer system analysts
• Physical therapy assistants

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Implement Your Plan

• Compare each career with what you know about
  yourself.
• Which major best prepares you?
• Would you enjoy doing this career every day?
• Does this career match your personality, needs,
  wants, abilities?
• What are the risks? Your chances for success?
• How to start your plan?

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Use Career Services!
University Professionals can help you to

• Make your decision.
• Set goals to get where you want to go.
• Implement your plan.
• Evaluate your plan.
• Re-focus, if needed.
• Do it over again throughout your life!