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Career Development Services

Students often have difficulty making connections with the world of work. In our fast paced world it is not surprising that making decisions about career and majors can be confusing. Young students are establishing their career identities, exploring their interests, discovering their strengths, and identifying values that they hope to realize in their adult lives. Older students may be reexamining their career identities and changing directions.

Career Development counseling and programs are available for students wherever they might find themselves in this process. Small classes and workshops facilitate students’ assessment of their values, personal characteristics, abilities, skills, and interests. Students complete inventories designed to stimulate thinking about themselves. Resources for researching occupations are introduced. Goal-setting and decision-making processes are taught. Career counseling is also available for students who may want to conduct a more in-depth and personal exploration of their career development concerns.

CLASSES: Every semester two sections of the Career and Life Planning class are offered. This two credit hour class is listed as EDCEP 202.

WORKSHOPS: Career Development Workshops focus on self-assessment, decision-making, gathering major and career information, and addressing barriers to effective career decision-making. Please see Group/Workshop schedule for current career related workshops.

WALK-IN CAREER ASSESSMENT SERVICES: KSUCS offers career testing using the Strong Interest Inventory/Skills Confidence Inventory and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, two of the most widely utilized and studied career-related assessments available. Please see Career Assessment Services Career Assessment to learn how you can take these assessments.

INDIVIDUAL CAREER COUNSELING: Students find individual career counseling or consultation to be helpful when issues such as worry, questions about confidence or inexperience, family pressures, value conflicts, or an inability to make decisions complicate the career development process. Counseling helps individuals resolve such issues and apply knowledge about themselves and the world of work to their career decisions. Often just a few sessions with a counselor can put things into perspective and help students get unstuck. To see a counselor, click on Make an Appointment to submit paperwork on-line.

Success through LEAP - Learning Enhancement and Academic Planning: Students who want to improve their academic performance. The LEAP program can help a student explore their learning style and develop skills to address barriers to academic success. Individual assessment sessions may be followed by group activities when possible. To schedule drop by the office at 232 English/Counseling Services Building to complete information forms or click on Make an Appointment to submit paperwork on-line.

 

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