Exploring Careers and Majors
Tools & Resources
Reflect
Examine values, personality, strengths, and lived experiences to envision academic and career possibilities.
Tools & Resources
Ideate
Imagine pathways to explore and areas of interest
Career Communities
Industry-specific resources for groups of related career fields
Additional Ways to Explore Careers and Majors:
- Join clubs and organizations and notice what you like about them. What makes you feel passsionate, excited, and confident?
- Talk with your professors about your interests and possible career paths
- Take time during and after an internship or leadership position to note skills gained and positives and negatives of the experience
- Explore employers, salaries, job titles, and relevant skills by using this Labor Market Tool.
- Learn about internships by attending an All About Internships webinar
- Attend a monthly employer tabling event or info session to learn about employers that are interested in hiring Macalester students
Get an idea of what you can do each year at Macalester (and after) with our Four-Year Roadmap planning guide.
Remember:
- You do NOT have to have your career completely figured out by the time you leave Macalester.
- Many people change jobs and sometimes career paths multiple times throughout their lives.
- Be open to your career path containing some unexpected twists and turns. There are so many factors that can influence your path, including: finances, health/illness, economic shifts, discovering new interests, or familial/community responsibilities.
- Hands-on experiences like volunteering, internships, research, informational interviews can help you learn about various career fields.