ARTS/HUMANITIES MAJORS USUALLY

ARE UNEMPLOYABLE AFTER COLLEGE.

SKILLS MATTER IN
EVERY STREAM
SELECTING WHAT'S 'HOT' AT THE
MOMENT IS SAFE.
 WHAT'S HOT
TODAY MAY NOT
NECESSARILY BE
10/20 YEARS
LATER
CAREER ASSESSMENTS / COUNSELORS
WILL NOT BE OF ANY USE FOR ME.
YOU MUST KNOW
WHAT YOUR
APTITUDE IS
BEFORE
CHOOSING A
CAREER
IF X IS HAPPY IN A PARTICULAR FIELD,
I WILL BE HAPPY TOO.
YOU ARE NOT X
 IF I WAIT LONG ENOUGH, LUCK WILL
EVENTUALLY BRING ME TO THE RIGHT
CAREER
PROCRASTINATIO
N IS NO
SUBSTITUTE FOR
LAZINESS
MAKING A LOT OF MONEY WILL MAKE
YOU HAPPY
THE INGREDIENTS
OF FULFILLING
CAREER ALSO
INCLUDES
PASSION AND
COMMITMENT TO
GROWTH
ONCE I CHOOSE A CAREER I'LL BE
STUCK IN IT FOREVER.
 YOU ARE NEVER
TOO OLD TO
SWITCH CAREERS
IF I CHANGE CAREERS MY SKILLS WILL
BE WASTED
 BEING MULTI-
SKILLED ALLOWS
YOU TO LEARN
AND ADAPT
ACCORDINGLY
I WILL DECIDE AFTER THE
RESULTS ARE OUT.
 IMPULSIVE
DECISIONS LACK
PLANNING AND
DIRECTION
I LOVE THIS HOBBY, BUT I DON’T THINK
I CAN MAKE MONEY OUT OF IT
IF YOU LOVE WHAT
YOU DO, YOU WILL
NOT FEEL LIKE YOU
ARE WORKING
 C A R E E R
CON C EP T S
 CAREER
•AS THE COMBINATION AND SEQUENCE OF ROLES
PLAYED BY A PERSON DURING THE COURSE OF A
LIFETIME
- SUPER, 1980
 JOB?
OCCUPATION?
 JOB
•POSITION OF AN INDIVIDUAL
HOLDS DOING SPECIFIC DUTIES.
 OCCUPATION
• DEFINED AS THE SIMILAR WORK FOR WHICH
PEOPLE HAVE SIMILAR RESPONSIBILITIES AND
FOR WHICH THEY DEVELOP COMMON SET OF
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
•A POPULAR CAREER DEVELOPMENT MODEL,
THE TRAIT AND FACTOR MODEL, BELIEVES
THAT SKILLS AND ABILITIES NEED TO FIT
THE DEMANDS OF A PARTICULAR CAREER
FIELD.
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCES CAREER CHOICES:

•PERSONALITY AND INTERESTS

•LIFE ROLES
•RACE AND ETHNICITY
•FAMILY
•GENDER