Career Exploration and Planning: Assessing your Options

Course Description:

Career change, company mergers resulting in career transformations and employee layoff are all creating a complex and more dynamic work force. The average American worker has ten different employers during his or her lifetime and conducts a job hunt once every 3.6 years.

This program is designed for adults who are currently reviewing their career options. Participants will gain a more complete understanding of themselves as a basis for realistic career decision making and planning. The areas of self-assessment, career exploration, career decision making, the job-search process, and creating a personal career-development plan will be addressed.

Key objectives:

  • Assess personal skills, values, interests, and experiences related to their careers
  • Learn the steps in career decision making
  • Evaluate current and future job opportunities
  • Develop a personal career-development plan
  • Practice utilizing key resource people and relevant materials during the job search process