Academic & Career Advising Center 

Exploring Majors & Careers

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Choosing a Major

• Tips for Choosing a Major

• Majors & Career Options
  A web site developed to give you an idea of the types of careers that people with particular majors go into after graduation.
   

• My Majors
  Student-friendly assessment technology to explore which majors might be right for you.
   

• What To Do With Your Liberal Arts Degree
  Article by By James E. Challenger, President
  Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

Exploring Careers

• Career Development Process
  Review steps to follow steps and resources available to you as you make career decisions.
   

• Exploring Careers by Interest
  Match your interests with careers. It can help you begin thinking about how your personality will fit in with specific work environments and careers.

• Online Career Center Library
  Over 75 Guidebooks in PDF including Guides to Careers in: Biotech, Technology, Marketing, Advertising, Real Estate, Media and Entertainment, etc....
  
  
• Occupational Outlook Handbook 
  Published by the U.S. Department of Labor, it provides job description and qualifications, employment outlook, salary information, and resources for additional information.
  
  
• Virginia View
  The Career Information System for the Commonwealth of Virginia, it assists you with brainstorming occupations and contains information on careers in Virginia.  Includes employment outlook and salary trends for Virginia.
   
• O*NET
  Obtain a list of occupations based on your skills and get occupation information.
   
• Careers & Employers by Field/Industry
   
• CityTownInfo.com
  Statistics, articles and analysis for U.S. cities and towns.
   
• Humanmetrics--Jung Typology Test
  Based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, this will help you determine what your personality type is and with the assistance of the Career Center, you can examine related career choices.
   
• Job Web
  A product of the National Association of Colleges & Employers including information on choosing a major and career information.
  
   
• Association Central.com
  Contacting professional associations can be a great way to research careers. Many have web sites with important career-related information for students.
   
• America's Career InfoNet
  Find wage and employment trends, occupational requirements, state-by-state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and an extensive career resource library.
   
• WetFeet
  Contains career and industry information as well as salary information by position and geographic location.
  
  
• Virginia Wage Data
  Published by the Virginia Employment Commission
   

• The Salary Calculator
  Compare the cost of living in hundreds of U.S. cities.
  
  

• Estimated Salary Projections
  The Economic Research Institute provides an estimate as to the amount of compensation that can be expected in the future for a particular job/position.
   

• Salary Survey
  See the Salary Survey in the  Resource Room for starting salaries of college graduates, published quarterly.
  
  Check for additional information in the Resource Room, Lancaster G08A.