Career Exploration

Career planning is a planning process that assesses a student’s goals, skills, knowledge, values, constraints and interests to better focus the student to help them make better academic and personal decisions by connecting those decisions with personal career goals and interests.

Here are some tools to assist you through this career exploration process.

SURF TECH (TO FIND YOUR CAREER PATH!)

9th & 10th Graders

This free program is open to all 9th and 10th graders to introduce career paths in technical and vocational fields. Tech’s expert instructors will help you evaluate a career at no charge. Learn the skills and education necessary to succeed in these fields. Classes are held after school once a week from 2:50-4:15 PM (usually at Tech’s Dix Hills campus). Round trip transportation is available from your home school to Tech.

For course descriptions, dates, times and registration: Contact your high school school counselor or call the SURF TECH counselor at 631-425-9050.

Naviance Student

Naviance Student's high-quality career exploration tools and assessments help students learn about themselves, linking personality type and interest with different careers. In the process, they gain a clear understanding of the academic preparation required to pursue careers that are likely to be fulfilling for them.

CareerZone

CareerZone is an innovative online career exploration and planning system designed especially for today's high-tech youth in New York State. CareerZone presents current and relevant occupational and labor market Information in a clear and interesting way, making career exploration and planning fun and easy.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics provides profiles for hundreds of occupations and describe What They Do, Work Environment, How to Become One, Pay, and more.

RIT's Career and Employment Trends - Job Outlook

This on-line resource represents RIT’s continued commitment to providing concise and relevant career guidance and outcome information to those who wish to explore the relationship between career opportunities and college-level academic preparation. Assembled and organized by RIT’s Office of Career Services and Cooperative Education, the site includes both Job Outlook and a summary of career outcomes.

What Can I Do With This Major?

Whether you’re exploring majors or searching for information about your chosen field, this website will help you connect majors to careers. Learn about typical career areas and types of employers that hire people with each major, as well as strategies to make you a more marketable candidate.