Counseling Center

Career Exploration

Counselors at the Counseling Center understand that career development is far more than deciding on a major. Rather, career development is a lifelong process that is influenced by a person’s interests, abilities, values, personality, background and circumstances. Counselors at the Counseling Center will help you explore to better understand yourself and the world of work to help you make career, educational, and life decisions.

What can I expect?

You may be asked to complete the O-net Interest Profiler. Feel free to explore this resource here:  https://www.mynextmove.org/explore/ip

Your counselor may help you interpret your results of the O-net Interest Profiler.

Exploration may including helping you identify influencing factors to career development, as well as help you assess your interests, abilities and values.  Counselors will also help you locate resources and sources of career information. Your counselor will also assist you in determining your next steps and help you develop a plan to achieve your goals.

Your counselor will never tell you what to do or tell you what major or career you should pursue.

Call the Counseling Center at (920) 424-2061 to schedule an appointment.

Step 1:  Take a Career Assessment

• The O-Net Interest Profiler is a short (20 minutes) assessment that will compile a student’s interests and consider the amount of education and training they are willing to engage in; to provide guidance into potential career paths.
• Click the link to take the Interest Profiler: https://www.mynextmove.org/explore/ip
• Tutorial for My Next Move
• Career Planning Page

Step 2:  Do your research

• Explore the results of your interest profiler using O-net online.  Type in each career to learn employment trends, salary, skills needed, education needed, etc. to help you weigh your options
• Click the link to access O-Net Online:  https://www.onetcenter.org
• Conduct an informational interview with professionals in the career fields you are interested in.
• Example of a sample informational interview

Step 3:  Clarifying Values

• As you explore your interests it is also important to remember what values are important to you in your career choice.
• It is important to remember to consider work culture as you reflect on what would be a good career match.

Step 4:  Consider Personality Characteristics

• Do you prefer to work alone or in groups?
• Do you prefer to lead or follow or work as part of a team?
• Do you prefer to work inside or outside?

Step 5:  Identify Skills

• What types of skills do you currently have and could use in a career?

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UW-Oshkosh Career and Professional Development
1^st floor of Student Success Center, Suite 125
(920) 424-2181
Website: uwosh.edu/career

• Assistance with mock interviews
• Informational Interviews
• Professional Career Locker
• Assist with resources and job search