Career Exploration Personal Reflection

Career Decision-making: Reflect on your past, current and on-going career decision making process. Include
the following information in your reflection:
Who or what has influenced your career/major decision making process so far?
What information or experiences would help you to make this decision going forward?
When you think about choosing a career/major, what emotions do you experience and why do you feel that
way?
Answer all of the questions below in full using the following on-line sources:
O’Net-online https://www.onetonline.org/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/ooh/ (Links to an external site.)
https://www.myplan.com/ (Links to an external site.)
https://www.mynextmove.org/ (Links to an external site.)
Description of the occupation including main duties and responsibilities.
What are educational and training requirements for the occupation?
What college majors lead to employment in this occupation?
What courses would help you to prepare for this occupation?
List other required qualifications such as licensing, certifications, etc.
What is the average salary for this occupation? In California? Other states you might be interested?
What is the employment outlook for this occupation?
What are the opportunities for advancement?
Does this occupation deal mainly with people, data, things, ideas or combination of above?
Do you think your personality, values, interests, strengths are aligned with requirements for this occupation?
Explain.
Explain what attracts you to this occupation.