Career Exploration Tamara CherryClarke Career Exploration in Action

Career Exploration Tamara Cherry-Clarke

Career Exploration in Action: Three Steps Toward Your Success 1. Know who you are and how that is important to your career planning. Career Assessments: • Woofound • my. Plan 2. Identify possible careers related to your major as you are deciding. Career Related Resources: • Further research careers as a result of your assessment • Career. vt. edu • bls. gov 3. Ask the professionals that are in the field. • Prepare appropriate questions in advance that would provide you with the best insight into that career field. Mentee Resources

Career Exploration in Action: Three Steps Toward Your Success 1. Know who you are and how that is important to your career planning. Your mentee should have taken the following assessments, follow-up with discussion. • Woofound • my. Plan 2. Identify possible careers related to your major as you are deciding. Your mentee should have used the following resources to further research career options. Ask what they found interesting, what was some of the education requirements. • Further research careers as a result of your assessment • Career. vt. edu • bls. gov 3. Help your student maximize their job shadowing experience. Mentor Resources

Links to resources https: //vt. woofound. me/sessions/new - Woofound my. Plan. com access code: QX 4 WC 9 S 9 - my. Plan http: //www. bls. gov/ooh/ - Bureau of Labor and Statistics http: //career. vt. edu/job-search/search-tools/Career-fields. html Career field job websites specifically for Agriculture, Horticulture, Food Science, and Biotech