College Advice for Freshman: Four Things You Should Consider This Fall
For the sake of redundancy, I’ll skip the common college freshman advice to leave your door open in the residence hall and actually go to class. Both great tips (and you should definitely do those things!), but I know you’ve heard it all before. As a recent college graduate and former freshman orientation leader, I […]
How to Find Your Calling: What Parents Can Do to Help Their Children
“How to find your calling” is not something we normally think about as young children. But if you’re a parent of young children, you may find yourself looking at your kids and wondering: What are they going to end up doing when they grow up? Will they feel about their jobs the way you feel […]
What Career is Best for Me?
What Career is Best for Me? With summer past the halfway point, about 18 million students are thinking about heading off to, or back to college. For first-year students (and students still undecided), an important question is – what career is best for me? The answer drives the choice of major, future job opportunities, and […]
Choosing a Career Path: Six Things You Should Try
Choosing a career path becomes a priority at different stages of your life. Starting college? Or returning to college after a summer (or longer) break? College is typically the last stop before the “real world,” where you join the workforce and enjoy a lifelong, rewarding career. How do we get there? Most of us aren’t […]
Holland’s Interest Inventory: Finding the Right One
Defining Interests Holland’s Interest Inventory starts with your interests. Interests represent preferences for certain types of tasks of work activities. They are what keep us motivated and energized. With a firm understanding of our interests, we can pursue enjoyment and satisfaction within our lives as well as our careers. The primary model for categorizing and […]
Self Assessments for Students
Hear me out, the best way to prepare yourself to head back to school this fall is to take tests. Don’t worry, you don’t have to study for these types of tests – because they are all about you! Self-assessments are a great tool for students to uncover valuable insights about themselves. They also help […]
What Are Your Interests? Start With Interests or Your Skills Won’t Matter
“What are your interests?” After an abysmal performance during a brief, straight-set defeat at Wimbledon last year, the talented Australian pro Bernard Tomic rattled the tennis world by declaring that he felt bored during the match and just couldn’t find the motivation to compete. “The last sort of year or two, nothing motivates,” he said […]
A Major Regret: I don’t know what to major in
“I don’t know what to major in” How did you choose your major in college? Did you… Ask a friend for advice? Follow your sister’s footsteps? Go with a gut feeling? Maybe you shook your Magic 8 Ball until signs pointed to yes… Maybe you’re still deciding on your ideal educational path. Or maybe you […]
Student Success in College: An Expanding Perspective
In the 2017-2018 school year, the average cost of attending a four-year public university for out-of-state students was $40,940[1]. With skepticism about the value of a college degree, increasing costs of attendance, and rapidly growing student debt, higher education institutions are experiencing increasing pressure to position the value of their programs and likelihood of student […]
What Career Path Finder Actually Works?
What kind of tools are available that might serve as an effective career path finder? If you’ve worked with students who are struggling with figuring out their career path, you’ve felt their pain. Or maybe you are an individiual struggling to decide what career path to take. Either way, it is very hard to have […]
