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Career Development Services
Campus Career Centers
Career Development Services is a resource for exploring, developing
and implementing career options that result in personal and career
satisfaction.
Career Development Services programs are designed to help students
learn more about their personality, interests, skills and values;
career fields; connecting majors to careers; and making the transition
to a four-year college/university, or to employment.
Career development is an ongoing, overlapping process of seeking
the answers to three critical questions:
*Adapted from Don Schutt's "Three Critical
Questions"
Career development is a lifelong process. Once
you learn the steps of the
process, you will be able to repeat it whenever you need to throughout
your life.
My Career Planner in Atlas (My LifeMap Tab)
My Career Planner guides you through the career planning process
in a web
application. You can take assessments, conduct career and major
exploration, and
select and save your career, major and occupational goals. Use My
Career Planner
to identify career questions you’d like to discuss with a
career advisor or counselor.
Learn About Yourself
Identify career interests through assessments that relate
your personality,
interests, skills, and values to various career fields.
Such assessments include:
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
- CHOICES Career Exploration
- Career Assessment Inventory
- Harrington-O'Shea Career
- Decision-Making System
- Holland Self-Directed Search
- Work Values Inventory
- Career Values Card Sort
- Motivated Skills Sort
Learn About Career Fields
Explore the world of work through a wealth of online and
hard-copy resources:
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Encyclopedia of Careers
- Vocational biographies
- Career books, videos, and CD-ROMs
- Career Web sites
Develop a Plan for Action
Based on your assessments and new knowledge of career options,
you can begin to
develop a career plan. Understanding your decision-making process
will assist you.
You can then select an area of study that will lead to your initial
career decision.
Researching your major includes:
- Understanding career options related to your major
- Identifying colleges that offer your major and the courses required
for transfer
into that major
- Talking with faculty with experience in your career or major
- Conducting a career interview with people who are working in
your career
field. Find out their career preparation and path
- Exploring options for Internships, part-time or volunteer work
to gain
experience in your career and major. Check out Valencia's site:
valenciacc.edu
(click on "Student," and then "Internship Opportunities" under
the Degree and
Program section)
- Learning about professional associations that can enhance your
career
preparation.
- Develop an educational plan using "My Lifemap" on Atlas, which
is available in
the Atlas Access
Labs (East, Osceola, West and Winter Park campuses).
Commitment and Implementation
As you become more confident in your career and educational
plan, you can
continue to evaluate your options and make adjustments as needed.
As you move toward completing your degree at Valencia, you will
want to explore:
- Transition to a 4-year college or university. Career Development
Services have
transfer manuals, catalogs, and admissions guides for Florida
colleges and
universities, and resources for out-of-state colleges and universities.
- Transition to Employment. Career Development Services staff
can help you
with your job search in the following ways:
- Preparing a resume
- Developing a cover letter
- Practice interviewing techniques
- Videotape a practice interview
- Check out Valencia's site: valenciacc.edu (click on "Student",
and then
"Internship/Placement Office")
- Transition to Graduate School. Career Development Services
have information about graduate, law, medical, dental, pharmacy,
physical therapy and other professional schools.
NOTE:
To do research or to get assistance deciding which resources
would work for you, come to your campus Career Development Services
area and speak to a Career Professional.
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