How To Choose The Right Major
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The document provides guidance on how to choose a college major, discussing factors to consider like interests, strengths, goals and career options. It recommends connecting your goals to interests and values, expanding options by using available resources, developing a plan with information from the eCareer Plan and eCareer Central websites. The presentation aims to help students pick a major that fits their goals and interests through self-reflection and research.
How To Choose The Right Major
- 1. LaGuardia Community College Family Day Orientation June 5 th , 2010 Leslie Camacho, M.S.Ed., MCDP, & GCDF Assistant Director of Career Development Career Development Center Division of Adult and Continuing Education How To Choose the Right Major? June 5th, 2010
- 2. Major Occupation Job Career How To Choose the Right Major? June 5th, 2010
- 3. University structure Time Interest(s) Specific goal June 5th, 2010 How To Choose the Right Major?
- 4. Making connections Your goals Interests, strengths, and values Expand your career options Find more possibilities Develop options Using available resources Get information Develop a plan How To Choose the Right Major? June 5th, 2010
- 5. eCareer Plan Create a Plan www.lagcc.cuny.edu/ecareerplan eCareer Central Get Information www.lagcc.cuny.edu/edu How To Choose the Right Major? June 5th, 2010
- 6. I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go. - Langston Hughes How To Choose the Right Major? June 5th, 2010
- 7. How To Choose the Right Major? June 5th, 2010 ?
- 8. Crosby, O. (2005). Career myths and how to debunk them. Occupational Outlook Quarterly. U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Fall 2005 Charting the Projections: 2006-16 . (2007). Occupational Outlook Quarterly. U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Fall 2007 Kellogg, A. P. & Tomsho, R. (2009). Obama Plans Community-College Initiative. Wall Street Journal Online. Site: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124753606193236373.html Shenk, J. W. (2009). What Makes Us Happy? Psychology Atlantic: June 2009 online. Site: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200906/happiness Thank You! How To Choose the Right Major? June 5th, 2010
Editor's Notes
- #2: Welcome to LaGuardia Community College CUNY - The Worlds community college. My name is Leslie Camacho and I will be your first workshop presenter this evening. Our topic will be Career Myths: Information and Resources. What are some of the career myths you may heard of?