- Research majors and occupations of interest. Check out the different resources below.
- Learn what education, skills, and experiences are necessary to pursue specific careers.
- Learn what you can do with your degree.
- Conduct informational interviews with professionals in occupations you are considering, Networking and Informational Interviewing.
- Consider job shadowing and spending a day at work with a professional in an occupation you want to learn more about.
- Talk to faculty in the departments of the majors you are considering to become familiar with the coursework required and to gather additional information on majors.
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- Career Center Library – We have many books in our library (located on 5th Floor Butler Pavilion) that will help you learn about various majors and occupations. A few of them are “Great Jobs For Psychology Majors”, “What Can I Do With A Communications Degree”, “Opportunities In Foreign Language”, “Careers In The Sports Industry” and much, much more!
- AU Online Community - This is a database in which you can search for alumni of AU who are working in career fields of interest to you. You can contact them to talk with them about their career path to gain firsthand knowledge about career fields you are considering. Learn more
Internet Resources
- O*Net OnLine - The Occupational Information Network allows you to search occupations and examine the skills associated with a particular occupation and conduct a skills search to determine what occupations match your skills.
- Princeton Review - Allows you to search for majors giving you a description of the major, a sample undergraduate curriculum, fun facts about the majors, a list of related majors, and career opportunities associated with the major.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook (also available in the Career Library) - allows you to search information about careers, education and training required, advancement opportunities, salary, and work environment.
- Major Resource Kit: provides general information about majors and occupations and professional associations related to that major.
- The Metropolitan State College of Denver - Career opportunities with a major in…….great site!
- WetFeet, Inc. - Explore various career fields and occupations within these fields.
- Career Exploration Links - Find general career fields to explore!
- The Riley Guide - Explore majors and careers!
- Collegegrad.com - Explore occupations in various career fields!
- MonsterTRAK.com - Explore careers and majors, get advice from career experts!
- JobStar - Information about career fields, training and education required, work environment, and personal career stories.