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Career Exploration and Development
5X社区 Columbiana campuses' Career Services can help by providing valuable information, advice, and resources about choosing a major and finding a job.
Exploratory or undecided-major students are encouraged to visit a career advisor for assistance in choosing a career before they are blocked from class registration by the 45-Hour Credit Policy.
Meet with a Career Counselor to Discuss Your Career Path
Appointments can be made with Ashley Dunlope, adilling@kent.edu, 330-382-7567 or 330-337-4280
Good Resources for Getting Started:
- Accessible information on occupational descriptions, education, job outlook, and salary.
5X社区 Career Resources:
- The FOCUS 2 Assessment: This assessment helps you take a closer look at your skills, interests, and values. Once you complete the assessment, meet with a career advisor to review your results or review the information below on your own.
- Kent State's guide to help match majors to careers.
- 5X社区 Career Services: Students enrolled at any regional campus may utilize the career planning resources available at Kent State. Find out about Kent State career fairs, search the , get help with your resume, practice Interviewing and get prepared for the Job Search. This information is also available on the Career Services page within the Student category on FlashLine.
- : Major and Career Guidance. Take Interest Inventories.
- Resumes and Letters
Job Search Engines
- : Search engine for jobs in the State of Ohio
- : Job Search Engine
Other Useful Information:
- : Learn about occupations including responsibilities, salaries, education required, and employment outlook
- : Explore careers, salary and benefits, training required, and employment seeker services by state
- : Quick search tool for Ohio employment data and more
- 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:
- How they selected their careers
- What they find rewarding/challenging
- What skills they utilize
- What their long-term goals are