Dashboard

The Dashboard is the control center of the Explore Careers and College Major System.

There are five sections in the Dashboard -

1. Self Assessments

2. Explore the Possibilities - Career Exploration & College Major Exploration

3. Take Action

4. Career and Education Planning Results

5. Recommended Tools & Websites

Self Assessment

The Self Assessment section begins with the My Academic Strengths.

The results provide an overview of the following areas -

• Subjects "I do very well"

• Subjects "I do alright"

• Subjects "I don't do well"

• "I never took this subject"

There are four assessments -

• Work Interest Assessment

• Personality Assessment

• Values Assessment

• Skills Assessment

There are detailed instructions for each assessment.

Explore the Possibilities

The Explore the Possibilities is the Career Exploration, the College Major Exploration and the College Search sections of the Explore Careers and College Major System.

Career Exploration

In the Career Exploration section,

• You perform personalized career research.

• You identify potential careers.

• You begin narrowing career options.

After completing the interests, skills, personality types, and/or values tests, you can personalized occupations to your results and click on any occupation that interests you.

Then, you filter and personalize occupations by the following criteria -

• Alphabetically

• Job Family

• Green Job

• Bright Outlook

• Salary

• Saved Occupations

After completing Career Exploration, you will -

• Match RIASEC or Holland Codes to training programs

• Perform personalized research to identify potential training programs

• Use training program search web site to find potential training programs

Explore and Occupation

The Explore and Occupation section is designed to help you can access college majors or degree programs.

One method is to click on the Explore any Occupation link.

Click on any occupation that interests you. Then, click on Education Requirements.

Another college major tool is the Explore Any Major Area of Study That Interests You tool.

Click on the College Search tool to use excellent college search resources!.

College Search options include -

• Type of College

• Enrollment & Costs

• Majors Offered

• Test Scores and Selectivity

• Location

• Athletics & Activities

• Search for colleges by name

Take Action

The purpose of the Take Action section is to create a personalized road map of your academic and career development activities. Take Action serves as an online portfolio.

The areas under the Take Action section are -

• My Education

• My Professional Development

  My Education covers -

• My Area of Study: Past, Current and Future

• My Study Abroad: Past, Current and Future

• My Awards, Research, Publications, Presentations

• My Campus Involvement: Teams/Clubs/Leadership

My Professional Development entails topics such as -

• My Internships: Past, Current and Future

• My Work Experience: Past, Current and Future

• My Volunteer / Community Service Experience: Past, Current and Future

• My Network of Contacts

• My Social Networking, Professional Memberships

• Resume / Cover Letter / Other Documents

Career and Education Planning Results

Career and Education Planning Results are a summary of your personalized assessment results and saved preferences.

Recommended Tools & Websites

Recommended Tools & Websites include -

• Job Boards and Internship Opportunities

• Links to Resources - including extensive online step-by-step tutorial loaded with downloads and websites

EXPLORE CAREERS AND

COLLEGE MAJORS SYSTEM

Cost for 1 users for Explore Careers and College Major System: $50