Blog by
Christopher Balestrieri 6, April, 2023
It's Spring Break and maybe you're not traveling or partying away. Well it's actually a good time to think about taking steps towards your future career.
In the current educational
lifestyle journey of students, you’re crucially looking for yourselves. There
are a variety of students who envision themselves in the college setting yet
they may feel that their personal aspirations are stuck trying complete specific
coursework in order to earn a degree. When a student is learning to develop a
clear sense of their personal aspirations and how to achieve them, that’s when
gaining exposure to college and career readiness opportunities and pathways
helps start an initiative in one’s self. Nevertheless, the question individual
students ask themselves is: what options does my school have to help me explore
my career pathway and what steps they need to take to gain exposure among their
career interests. There are many steps to becoming well equipped in the college
experience when you’re uncertain about your path. For instance, wanting to
secure a job/internship, manage academic coursework, hone career readiness
skill sets.
The first thing that comes to
mind is drawing out the expectations to draw students to obtain career
competencies skills in relation to career services. Below you will find current
tips/suggestions to increase student confidence in participating in career
resources.
- Reaching out to the Career & Development office
located in C-102 is the foundation for encouraging students a way to
communicate an understanding of the process of career decision making and career
development.
- Developing skill
competencies
while becoming comfortable with critical thinking and communication to
engage students in exploring career interests to prepare students for the
work field.
- Working with career
advisors
to identify career goals and aspirations that fit their academic program
in relation to self-perception.
- Exploring accessible learning resources provided by the
Career Development office: assessments, workshops, information sessions,
job fairs throughout the year, resume review, mock interviews, internships
in guidance to ensure students are invested and well aligned to learn how
to prioritize college and career strategies.
All these examples demonstrate
that although this framework of career services to navigate college can become
confusing when learning how to implement these strategies, this is to ensure
that students aren’t alone and there is a broad range of tools that are
designed to target those meaningful goals with the support of college and
career readiness. For it is
important to remember that the career service office and advisors are resources
to help students make informed decisions for the mapping out their career
pathway based on their interest, skill development, and academic assessment. As
built by the confidence of students to get involved with leading opportunities
and events provided.
Now you are probably wondering,
“What am I doing this Spring semester to develop my career path? Let’s discuss
in the comments below.
