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A Step-by-Step Career Planning Method
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| Career Services | Columbia State Community College |
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S.T.A.R.T.
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A Step-by-Step Career Planning Method
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| Self Assessment: Take an inventory |
| Take time to examine your interests, abilities, values and personality characteristics. |
| Take the Strong Interest Inventory to explore your interests and see how you compare to people in different professions and college majors. Contact Career Services to get your password. |
| Take the MBTI to explore your personality traits and find out what careers might fit your personality preferences. Contact Career Services to get your password. |
| Take the Discover online career assessment and
exploration tool
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| Track Down Information |
| Gather factual data from web sites and printed material. |
| Get career ideas from your Holland Code from the Strong Interest Inventory |
| Get career ideas from your MBTI personality type |
| Explore web sites on what you can do with different majors |
| Explore web sites that describe career specific information |
| Talk to professionals in the field you are exploring to get opinion and advice |
| Get practical experience through volunteer, part-time or
summer jobs
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| Analyze and Evaluate Information |
| Narrow your options down to your top 3-5 choices |
| Weigh the pros and cons of each choice |
| Think long term and look for multiple paths to the same
career
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| Reach a Decision |
| Make a decision and choose backup options
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| Take Action |
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your action plan and implement short term goals
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| Download the Career Planning Workbook-PDF Format |
| Career Services | Columbia State Community College |
| Career Services Jones Student Center P.O. Box 1315 Columbia, TN 38402-1315 |
Phone: 931.540-2573 Fax: 931.540-2577 E-mail: careerservices@columbiastate.edu |