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I am the only one who is undecided on a career.
It is normal for undergraduates to be undecided, and many students are.
- Choosing a major means choosing a career.
While it is okay to base your career on your major, it is perfectly ok not
to. Most employers look for qualities that may not be directly related to your
major, skills such as good communication, quantitative, analytical thinking,
teamwork, initiative. Employers are very interested in what you have done outside
the classroom, such as internships, student activities, and leadership positions.
Even students in technical fields such as engineering and computer science
pursue non-related careers. UCS strongly encourages employers to look at all
majors.
- Career assessments will tell me: the best careers for me/careers in which I
will succeed/what my skills are.
No career assessment can tell you what you the careers for which you are best
suited. What they can do is give you more knowledge about how the interests
and values that you already have are related to different types of careers,
and where people with similar likes and dislikes tend to be working. It is
up you to explore careers further and decide if they are a good match for you.
- There is one perfect occupation for me.
There are many careers that can make you happy. Most people have multi-potentiality,
and will be happy and capable of many careers.
- I need to choose one career for the rest of my life.
According to statistics, most people will change jobs an average of 5-7 times
throughout their lives, and change careers 3-5 times. Career development is
a lifelong process, of learning more about yourself and the world of work.
- It does not stop with the first job you get out of college.
O*net Work Importance Profiler.
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