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Exploring Careers & Choosing A Major

Institutional Access: $495.00

Description

StudentLingo On-Demand Student Success Workshops

Exploring Careers & Choosing A Major

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Overview

While some students know exactly what they want to do when they graduate, a majority of college students (especially first-year) are at a loss when it comes to picking a major, much less a future career. This webinar provides you opportunities to assess your interests, skills, and talents and to then understand how your unique characteristics relate to careers.

Objectives

Students will learn:

more about their unique skills, interests, and talents through self-assessment.
where to find resources to explore careers; including informational interviews, career trends, and online research
how to set short and long term career related goals and will be encouraged to follow up on at least 1 short term goal within 1 week of watching webinar
the importance of internships to gain experience and explore career opportunities; students will be given
how to locate and pursue internships
the connection between choosing a major and a career

Who is the presenter?

Cori Shaff, M.Ed.

Cori holds her master’s degree in career counseling from Colorado State University. She currently works at the University of Colorado-Boulder where she provides one-on-one career counseling for undergraduate students, supervises peer career advisors, and coordinates the office’s outreach efforts to faculty, staff, and students. She regularly presents to undergraduate classes on a variety of career related topics and facilitates strength based workshops to student leaders across campus.