Choosing a career is a vital aspect of one’s life based on an individual’s interests, abilities and skills. Matching these attributes to a career choice enhances the over 90,000 hours one will spend working in a lifetime. Could there be a more important skill to develop than to match your abilities to your career choice?

You will be armed with strategies and knowledge to make a career choice through an introduction to the Holland Code, O*Net online, career testing and personality types in addition to increasing work satisfaction. You will be familiarized with career development theories to support this vital decision. You will be given practical skills and techniques to identify your passion, skills and career objectives. You will also identify specific guidelines to make this decision and improve the quality of your life.

Course Objectives

• Know the foundations of career choice and career development.

• Learn the value of resources built on a foundation of data provided by the US Department of Labor.

• Explore and develop skills to make an individualized career choice.

• Investigate viable career options relating to personal strengths.

• Understand the role of professionalism.

• Organize strategies and tips for career development.

• Understand the relationship between career theories and career choice/development.