MICHAEL LEBEAU n CAREER COUNSELOR
CAREER EXPLORATION



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CAREER EXPLORATION

Once you have established your career goal, it is imperative that you begin exploring your options by gathering valuable career information and conducting extensive job market research.

It is very important that you thoroughly investigate your career options.  Effectively investigating or researching a particular career involves gathering as much relevant data as possible. The best sources of viable information related to careers are printed material, people in the field, your own firsthand personal experience, and the internet.

 

By using the resources you have available to you to research and explore your career options, you can enter the job market well prepared. Moreover, you will develop a great sense of confidence and focus that will empower you as you venture forward in pursuit of your career.

 

To be successful in your serious career exploration activities, become proficient in the use of all of the most comprehensive research tools available to you...  the library...  the internet...  information interviews...  job shadowing.  Be a tireless investigator. Gather as much information and data as you can. 


"The more research you do, the more you will be convinced that you have many more options than you previously thought. Sitting at home mailing out letters won't get it.  Sitting in your current job wishing someone would rescue you by telling you about a great job just right for you may happen. And it may not.  Thousands of people have successfully discovered career direction and have found jobs through the process of research and information interviewing."

-MARTHA STOODLEY

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What Can I Do With This Degree?
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EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION
Employers continually express a strong preference for candidates with experience that goes beyond mere academic credentials.  With more and more college graduates entering today's competitive job market, it becomes necessary for candidates to demonstrate how their college experience yielded more than just a degree.  Employers seek candidates who gained additional experience during their college tenure through involvement in campus organizations, internships, community service projects and part-time jobs.
 

“Today’s college students tend to prefer more concrete, hands-on learning experiences. Our incoming class of freshman represent a new generation of students that can be described as smart, ambitious, incredibly busy, and ethnically diverse. One other characteristic about this generation is that they like to plan. They are focused on the future and believe that any work they do today should be a planned and preparatory investment for the permanent life they wish to lead tomorrow. They are more likely to find summer jobs that serve the community or teach new professional skills than to bother with jobs that simply generate spending money.  The popularity of the word internship is suggestive. The jobs this new generation of students find most attractive are apprenticeships that promise to pay off over a lifetime.”

-HOWE & STRAUSS

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College Experience
Extracurricular Activities
College Confidential
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Monster Article: Extracurriculars Mean Extra Points
Fast Web Article: Extracurricular Activities as Career Prep
Princeton Review Article: Exemplary Extracurriculars
Yahoo Education Article: Extracurricular Activities, Getting Involved

 



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MICHAEL LEBEAU  n  CAREER COUNSELOR  n  UAB SCHOOL OF BUSINESS