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Finding Your Career PathPresented for PSYC 210:
Applications in Human Development
Mike Major, SPHRDirector
Career Services
Finding Your Career PathPresented for PSYC 210:
Applications in Human Development
Mike Major, SPHRDirector
Career Services
Resources available Resume and cover letter building and critiques Online Tutorials
Resume, Cover Letter, Interviewing, Job Search Strategies
Mock interviews and interview coaching Network development Career fairs on campus exclusively for SVSU
students to network with potential employers Internship/Co-op advising Job search strategies Developing personal brand On-campus student employment
www.svsu.edu/careers
IDEAL PathwayInvestigate
Discover
Experience
Activate
Link
www.svsu.edu/careers
Taking the IDEAL Pathway Investigate how your personality,
goals, talents, interests and passions can guide your career decisions
Discover career fields that allow you to apply the things you learned about yourself in the “investigate” stage
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IDEAL Pathway (con’t.) Experience the career field that
most interests you through research, classes, and internships
Activate your plan for employment or graduate school after graduation
Link with potential employers through job fairs, on campus interviews, and your school’s on-line databasewww.svsu.edu/careers
Career Pathways Arts and Communications Business, Management, Marketing,
and Technology Engineering/Manufacturing and
Industrial Technology Health Sciences Human Services Natural Resources and Agriscience
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Research by Penn State and other institutions has shown that up to
80 percent of students entering college admit that
they're not certain what they really want to major in, even if they've initially declared a major. In addition, up to 50 percent of college students change their
majors at least once before graduation, and some change
several times.
Source: http://dus.psu.edu/md/mdintro.htm
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What are the “hot” career fields? Governor’s Economic Summit
(3/19/13) Top 4 talent needs in Michigan:
• IT Professionals• Skilled Workers• Project Managers• Engineers
Manufacturing is still the base of Michigan’s economy
Experiential learning must happen in any career pathwaywww.svsu.edu/careers
Fortune’s “10 hot careers for 2012 – and beyond”
1. Information Technology (IT)
2. Health care professionals
3. Health care management and support staff
4. Engineers5. Industrial skills
6. Life sciences and biotech
7. Sales8. Accounting/Finance9. Discount retailers10. Private equity firms
Source: http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2011/12/27/10-hot-careers-for-2012-and-beyond/
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What is the danger of giving “Hot” career fields out to students?
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Ultimately, you can be successful in any of the career pathways if
you follow your passion and create a plan for success.
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The Value of Internships Overall first-job offer to new college
graduates with NO internship experience: $37,621
Overall first-job offer to new college graduates with an internship experience: $41,580
Difference of $3,959Source: 2013 NACE Salary Survey
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Psychological Foundations: Career Advising
Personality based Carl Jung
Introversion/Extraversion Sensing/Intuitive Thinking/Feeling
Myers-Briggs Added Judging/Perceiving
Keirsey KTS-II for individual analysis
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Psychological Foundations: Career Advising
Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory John Holland, PhD.
Holland Job Codes Realistic Investigative Artistic Social Enterprising Conventional
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My Advice Take MATH! Keep an open mind Follow your passions Connect with Career Services wherever
you go Get involved
Student life, co-op/internship, faculty advising It’s OK to be worried and even a little
scared Manage your online presence
(Facebook/LinkedIn) Have FUN!
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Boston Marathon bombing victim Halloween costume makes Michigan woman target on social media
A photograph posted to Alicia Lynch's Twitter account, @SomeSkankinMI, shows the Michigan woman wearing an SVSU race shirt with fake scars on her legs. The photograph has gained national attention and led to death threats following the costume tweet.
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2013/11/boston_marathon_bombing_victim.html Manage your online presence
