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Career Center





Purpose:

  • Fully envisioning a future in order to make today's coursework more meaningful
  • This assessments is meant to begin a discussion concerning your career, not to emphatically state what career you should pursue.

Objectives:

  • (Must be done before next level) Complete the 60 question Career Coach survey
  • (Due before April 14) Completed a virtual appointment with a career counselor


Process: TWO parts

    Part 1
  1. Part One needs to be done before you can turn in the next assignment level, Level 2
  2. Go to Career Coach
  3. Click "Sign Up" button in the upper right of the page, then Create a Profile.
  4. Fill in About Me section.
  5. Go to the Career Coach Survey
  6. Click "Match My Interests"
  7. Take the 60 question survey
  8. When the results appear, scroll down and take a screenshot of the Discover Your Matches section
  9. Paste that screenshot into a Word document
  10. Change the drop down box so it says Top Careers, then take a screen shot of that.
  11. Paste that screenshot into the same Word document
  12. Save that Word document as LastnameCareerProofs.docx
  13. Submit that Word document to me by email

    Part Two
  1. Part two needs to be done before April 14th
  2. Schedule an appointment to discuss the results with a Career Center Coordinator.
    • Select Career Exploration
    • Find and click on a suitable date and time
    • Fill in your Details
    • Click on the "Book" button
  3. They will send you an email confirming you had an appt with them
  4. Forward that email to me but change the subject line of that email to ENC 1101



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