Choosing a career path works best when you understand your own interests and skills, and what’s most important to you.
What are you curious about and take time to learn about independently?
How do you like to spend your free time?
What sorts of activities, including volunteering and paid employment, have you participated in?
What natural talents and skills do you most enjoy using?
This page contains information and resources that are designed to help you think more about how you are and potential career paths that may be a fit for you. Take time to think about who you are and what type of work would be meaningful and rewarding to you.
While some history majors do go on to become historians, high school teachers, or college professors, many others pursue a career outside academia—in fields that vary from law to research and even medicine—and so can you.
The job search is exciting because there are so many options for what you can do — but for the same reason, it can also be overwhelming. How can you figure out what you want to do if you don’t know what the job will be like? That’s where job shadowing comes in.
If you’re interested in pursuing a career in criminal justice, there are several professions you can consider besides being a police officer. Some of these roles may be less well-known than others, but they can offer valuable and rewarding work.
The Career & Co-op Center has been a long-time subscriber to What Can I Do With This Major? (WCIDWTM) . We’ve in fact used it so long that its use at UML pre-dates any current member of our career and co-op …
Finding the job you want takes many steps and often involves a lot of decision-making. With so many factors to keep track of it can lead to numerous documents and endless running lists which …
