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Self-Assessment

STEP ONE: SELF-ASSESSMENT

One of the first steps to take to uncover possible majors is to explore your interests, skills, abilities, and values. All of these components can help you more confidently choose an area of study which will lead to a future career path.

 

Interests: You want to be able to enjoy your classes and future career. If you are interested in your field of study, you will be more energized and mostly likely, perform better.

 

  • What do you like to learn about? What do you like to study?
  • What activities do you enjoy?

 

Skills and Abilities: Skills are talents you have developed while abilities are talents that come naturally to you.

 

  • What are your strengths? What unique skills do you possess?
  • What are some weaknesses?

 

Values: Identifying those things that motivate you can be very important to feeling satisfied in your course of study as well as your career.

 

  • Do you value working with people or independently?
  • Are you motivated by learning and helping others?

 

Discover Can Hellp You To:

  • Learn about your interests, values and skills, which can help you make informed career choices
  • Obtain valuable career information about hundreds of occupations
  • Learn about how to make informed decisions as they relate to educational, career, and life goals

 

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