Explore Careers & Majors
Selecting a career path and major are two of the most important decisions you will make as a student. Take a closer look at your skills, interests, and values with the help of a Career Advisor who may suggest one of the assessments below, followed by an interpretation of your results.
Chart Progress with our Career Readiness Checklist
Schedule an Appointment Appointment/Drop-In Information
FOCUS 2: Explore majors and how they translate to your career.
- FOCUS 2 will guide you through a reliable, intuitive career and education decision making model to help you select a major, explore occupations, make informed career decisions, and take action in your career development.
- Create an account in Focus 2 to reveal your best career-fit and explore majors that connect you to your career.
- Check out whatcanIdowiththismajor.com to see what careers can match your major.
U.S. Department of Labor Websites
- Occupational Outlook Handbook - Learn about occupations including responsibilities, salaries, education required, and employment outlook
- Career One Stop - Explore careers, salary and benefits, training required, and employment seeker services by state
- O*Net - Quick search tool for Ohio employment data and more
Ohio's In-Demand Careers
- In-Demand Careers - Learn about growing fields in the state of Ohio
Talk with faculty, family, and Professionals
- Find out what a career is really like by speaking to someone in the field. Review the informational interviewing questions to ask and the list of possible people in your network to speak with.
- Talk with your professors who have a wealth of knowledge about their career fields.
- Chat with family members about their work experiences and:
- how they selected their careers
- what they find rewarding/challenging
- what skills they utilize
- what their long-term goals are
self-guided reflection
- Try the Dare to Envision Your Future Work Day exercise to begin thinking about your future career and work-day preferences.
- Use the Skills Sort (PDF) to identify the skills you are good at and enjoy to best match your career goals with your strengths and preferred activities.
Decision Making Tools
- Try Discover Your Decision Making Style to use your style to your advantage.
- Use the Quick Career Decision Maker to better understand the factors that are important to you when making decisions.
Career Adapt-abilities Scale
- The Career Adapt-Abilities Scale is a helpful way for students to gain personal insight into the process of and readiness for making career choices.
Explore MAJORS and Degrees at Kent State
- Programs and degrees at Kent State University
"What Can I Do With This Major?"
- Use this collection of information sheets on hundreds of academic majors to see outlines of common career areas, typical employers, and strategies designed to maximize career opportunities.
- (You might notice a few documents that are not Kent State-specific; this is a best-in-class resource from the University of Tennessee (UT).)
- Access "What Can I Do With This Major" here!