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Information about Majors at Mount Aloysius College
Information about Majors at Mount Aloysius College
Student Testimonials - MAC Majors
Student Testimonials - MAC Majors
Student Testimonials - MAC Majors
Student Testimonials - MAC Majors
Click on the links below to hear interviews from Mount Aloysius alumni about their majors!
Major Interview Series - Accounting & MBA
Major Interview Series - ASL / English Interpreting
Major Interview Series - Biology
Major Interview Series - Business
Major Interview Series - Criminology
Major Interview Series - Education
Major Interview Series - English
Major Interview Series - History/Political Science
Major Interview Series - Information Technology
Major Interview Series - Medical Imaging
Major Interview Series - Nursing
Resources for Major/Career Research
Resources for Major/Career Research
The Focus 2 is an online, interactive career & education planning system that combines self assessment, career exploration and decision making into one comprehensive program.
The careers in Focus 2 are linked to the major options at MAC to help you understand your options. Visit the Focus 2 Student Login to register as a new user and login. The access code for creating a new account is mountie.
After completing the Focus 2, we encourage you to meet with a career coach to review your results, talk about careers you're interested in, and take the next steps to declare a major!
Watch short videos (1-2 minutes) describing various career paths!
The career videos are organized into 16 clusters, or related types of work. Videos include career details such as tasks, work settings, education needed, and more.
The O*Net Interest Profiler is a free online assessment to help you determine which jobs might be a good fit for you.
We suggest meeting with a career advisor to interpret your results!
The O*NET program is the nation's primary source of occupational information. Central to the project is the O*NET database, containing information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors.
Additional Resources for Career Research
Additional Resources for Career Research
Career One Stop - Goal Setting
Learn how to set goals to help you stay on track with your career and education plans. Also, learn about salary expectations and occupational licenses to better prepare for next steps.
My Next Move
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, this interactive website can help students explore careers that match their interests. It also lists careers with a bright future as well as the kinds of education and training needed for each.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
The OOH can help you find career information on duties, education and training, pay, and outlook for hundreds of occupations.
View a corporate scorecard of worker advancement in the United States. Learn about top-performing companies in categories such as best workplaces to start from, best work places for stability, and best workplaces to advance from within.
16 Personalities - a free personality assessment based on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI); We suggest meeting with a career advisor to interpret your results!
Glassdoor Job Search
Search jobs, find company information, and search through salary databases. A great resource for job exploration.
Forage (Virtual Job Simulations)
Forage (Virtual Job Simulations)
Forage offers FREE virtual work experiences from top employers!
Check out over 150+ job simulations to build real-life skills for real-life roles. These programs offer a window into the companies and a preview of their day-to-day. Job simulations are 100% free, open access, and self-paced.
Simulations from companies such as lululemon, Walmart, Lyft, GE, and J.P. Morgan teach a variety of skills such as merchandising, software engineering, commercial banking, and many more! Upon completion, student will receive a certificate and the opportunity to connect with company recruiters.
Forage job simulations are both a great way to try out different types of work and to gain relevant job skills!
Informational Interviews
Informational Interviews
In addition to conducting online research, another great way to explore careers is to talk to people who are working in the fields you're interested in! Consider connecting with people on LinkedIn or in your personal life who could tell you more about the work they do.
Designing Your Career: The Informational Interview
This YouTube video describes the value of an informational interview and provides tips for how to get started.
How to - Informational Interviews
This LinkedIn article describes steps for how to request, conduct, and follow up on an informational interview.
Getting the Most out of an Informational Interview
Additional tips for informational interviews.
Life Design & Career Planning
Life Design & Career Planning
5 Steps to Designing the Life You Want
5 Steps to Designing the Life You Want
In this TEDxTalk, Bill Burnett describes the basic principles of Life Design - thinking about how you can design your life and career to feel meaningful. In this 25 minute video, he covers reframing dysfunctional beliefs and gives ideas for how to improve your life. Click here to watch.
If you like this, check out the book: Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans (ISBN: 9781101923085)
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