Figuring Out what you want to do:
Figuring Out what you want to do:
finding your Career
finding your Career
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It is easy to get a job. It is hard to get a job you want. It can be even harder to find a job you want that also gets you what you want out of the job. These pages will help you find not only what you are interested in, but also help you figure out if that job will get you what you want from that job.
Start by checking out Advance Vermont's Pathways page to see what options are available to you in order to get the job you want. It may surprise you to know that you do not need a four-year degree.
4-H Teen Time and Kathi Terami from Careers CLiC lead three informative sessions about ways to identify your interests and how they can connect to a career path, learn which skills are critical to success after high school, how to highlight the skills you already have and how to build new ones, and connecting your interests and skills with promising careers.
Watch the linked videos as a launching point to start figuring out a career path.
Session 1: Identifying Your Career Interests
Session 2: Showcasing Essential Skills
Session 3: Navigating Your Own Career Path
Interests Surveys: When You Just Aren't Sure
Interests Surveys: When You Just Aren't Sure
What You Want to Do
What You Want to Do
Not sure what your strengths are? What you want to do for a job, let alone a career? Know that there are things that you like to do, but not sure if you can make a career out of it? Take a career interest survey to see what some options are, and possible directions to take. Here are some different options to help you get started:
Road Trip Nation - A website whose mission is to talk with professionals of every kind and ask the questions that no one is asking—honest questions about their struggles, successes, and how they figured out the age-old dilemma, “What should I do with my life?” The tools in this website include a diverse and relevant collection of resources showing young people the vast scope of careers and possibilities.
Gadoe- Georgia Department of Education's Career Interest Inventory Resources: This site has a wide variety and tools to help you learn more about yourself, and narrow the field for careers that fit you and your interests.
CAREERwise Interest Assessment - Learn why assessments are a good tool to find your fit, and then take one!
Skills Assessments - Do yours match up with what employers are looking for?
Research Careers - Once you are done with the assessments, find careers that will better fit you.
VSAC- VT Student Assistance Corporation's Explore Career Options: This site takes you through a three step by step to finding your first—or your next—career, 1) knowing yourself, 2) knowing your career options, and 3) knowing your education and training options.
Vanderbilt University's Picture Your Career - Using visual thinking techniques, this workbook will help you discover your strengths, develop your vision, design a path forward, and deliver your talent.
Education Planner.org - Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency's Find Careers Resources: Find a career that is compatible with your outlook and your vision of the future.
Career Key- Resources to learn more about who you are, and careers that might be the right fit for you.
Learn About Yourself - A reading to help you think about who you are, your values, and how they can align with your future career.
Holland’s Personality Assessment -Based on the theory that choosing work or an education program that is similar to your personality will most likely lead to success and satisfaction.
All About You Assessment - Tests the "big 5" personality domains- helps you learn about your personality type, which could help you narrow the career fields that would best fit your personality. Link also contains other personality tests of possible interest.
Or search this webpage, which has a list of many career interest sites that have other options that might better fit for you (some sites have fees).
Exploring Vermont Career Fields
Exploring Vermont Career Fields
Pathways to Promising Careers is a Vermont career exploration guide that summarizes career fields that are in demand, and have higher income potential. If you aren't finding what you are looking for there, try looking at the Economic & Labor Market Occupation Profile pages where you can find out specifics about the job you are interested in.
Finding Your Post-Secondary Options
Finding Your Post-Secondary Options
You deserve clear information about your options after high school. The reality is that you have an almost infinite number of options. From apprenticeships to degree programs and on-the-job training to certificate programs, there’s bound to be an education or training program that works for you and gets you one step closer to your goals. Advance Vermont can help you start that process.
Career Research Engines
Career Research Engines
This page has numerous websites that will help you determine if the career you are interested in is the "right" fit or you.
Job Search Engines
Job Search Engines
This page has numerous job search sites to help you find the job you are looking to start your career in.
Want to know what businesses are in Vermont in the field that you are interested in? Search the VT Department of Labor Business Finder (previously known as Employer Database).
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