的职业信息 and 探索资源

Make the most of your time at Penn State

  • 浏览就业服务 个人职业咨询 to explore your own process of decision- making, engage in self-assessment 活动, and identify the action steps necessary to define and achieve your goals
  • Meet with your academic adviser to learn about majors, 学术的选项, 课程内容, 和需求
  • Establish a relationship with faculty to learn about opportunities to gain experience in and outside of the classroom
  • Increase your exposure to career fields of interest through job shadowing, 实习, 志愿者, or work experiences during academic and summer breaks

职业规划步骤

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自我意识

Increasing your self-awareness will help you determine a major or career path that is a good fit for you. 参与讨论, 活动, and career assessments to identify your 利益, 值, 能力, 和个性. Through individual career counseling you can work toward understanding who you are and apply this information to career decisions.

探索职业选择

Explore career options so you can connect your knowledge, 利益, 值, 能力, major 和个性 to careers. The four levels of Career Exploration provide examples of how to collect career information.

The 4 levels of career exploration:

  • 读
  • 说话
  • 观察
  • 经验

读 about Careers of Interest

说话 with Others in Career Fields of Interest

说话 with a variety of people in careers you find interesting.  Most people like to talk about their career path and their position, career field, or industry. Even if you decide that the career is not the best option for you - that is valuable information. 视图 招聘信息 for guidelines and start talking with:

观察 Professionals At Their Workplace

观察 and "job shadow" professionals in the workplace to get a better sense of the day-to-day responsibilities, 挑战, and work environment of within various careers. This experience can reinforce to you the types of 技能, 利益, and 值 desired to succeed within career areas.  Seek out opportunities to observe professionals through your network of contacts and 职业服务.

经验 Work First-hand through 实习/Related Opportunities

Test-drive specific career fields by taking on short-term work or 志愿者 活动. Reflect on your experiences to refine and modify your career interest areas. 还记得, even short-term experiences lasting less than a semester or summer can be very valuable in shaping your future career plans.

Develop Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Gain insight into the type of knowledge, 技能, 和能力, necessary to succeed in a career field as you learn more about career options. This may shape what you want to gain from your academic classes, your involvement in student organizations, and the types of work experiences you seek.  While most career options have certain academic 技能 required to perform well in a particular job, many 技能 and qualities are common among employers across career fields.

每年, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) asks employers to rate the Top Qualities and Skills they look for in new college hires.

Top Skills and Qualities Employers Seek in College Grads (source: NACE Job Outlook Survey)

  1. 具有团队合作能力
  2. 领导
  3. Communication 技能 (written)
  4. 解决问题的技能
  5. 强烈的职业道德
  6. 分析/定量技能
  7. 沟通技巧(口头)
  8. 倡议
  9. 技术技能
  10. 注重细节的
  11. 灵活性和适应性
  12. 计算机技能
  13. 人际关系技巧
  14. 组织能力
  15. 战略规划技能
  16. 友好和外向的性格
  17. 创造力
  18. Entrepreneurial 技能/risk-taker
  19. 灵活机智

开发自我营销工具

认识到这些经历, 能力 and education requirements that are commonly expected by employers and graduate schools. This will guide you as you compose and deliver your self-marketing tools (resume, 求职信, 应用程序的文章, 个人陈述, 编写示例).  与人合作 职业顾问 to ensure that your application materials are putting you in the best possible position to be considered for the opportunities.

Job Posting/Company Verification Disclaimer: 阅读完整的免责声明 which describes the shared responsibility among Penn State 职业服务 (including University Park and Commonwealth Campus career offices) and 实习/job seekers in researching and identifying potential concerns about the legitimacy of employers and their respective postings.