Career Development offers resources to help you discover your interests, values and skills as they relate to the world of work. More importantly, career counselors are available to meet with you one-on-one to discuss your interests and career goals. Let's talk: contact us to schedule a time.
Career Exploration Resources
- Strong Interest Inventory - Online assessment to help you discern interests and prospective career options. Please contact our office to arrange an assessment.
- What Can I Do With This Major? - Discover how majors relate to jobs with this in-depth resource.
Activities
- Career Counseling - Meet one-on-one with a counselor to talk through potential career and major options, obtain assessment results and create a plan for exploration
- Job Shadowing - Spend a day following an individual in a profession of interest. Experience the occupation and tasks first-hand
- Informational Interviewing - Interview several people in an industry of interest to gain multiple perspectives on a potential career
- Service Learning - Engage in volunteer work for credit with a population in need, which can offer critical real-world applications to academic training and valuable personal growth
- Volunteering - Gain valuable experience; corporations and non-profits alike may be receptive to offering you training in exchange for your time and manpower
- Internships - Gain real-world experience and a chance to determine if an occupation or an environment is the right fit for you
Career Exploration Information
Salaries & Trends
Our career team has compiled a list of external websites covering topics such as compensation, budgeting, and more that may support you in your job search and career planning.
- AreaVibes - Salary calculator to see how much you would need to earn in a new city
- Bureau of Labor Statistics - Agency within the U.S. Department of Labor; provides stats on employment and wages, labor demand and turnover, and the dynamic state of the labor market
- Glassdoor - Database of 6 million company reviews, CEO approval ratings, salary reports, interview reviews and questions, office photos and more, shard by company employees
- Mapping Your Future - Budgeting tool from a non-profit financial literacy organization
- NACE Salary Resources - Learn about the job market and compensation trends
- Occupational Outlook Handbook - Bureau of Labor's guide to guide to career information about hundreds of occupations
- PayScale Salary Negotiation Guide - Career and finance experts answer your salary negotiation questions
- Salary.com - Multiple salary and employment related resources
Gallup CliftonStrengths Inventory
Discover your strengths and start building your path to success today! Current Roosevelt University students have the opportunity to complete the Gallup CliftonStrengths Inventory to better understand their unique talents and how to apply them in academics, career planning, and beyond.
To participate, you must be a currently enrolled Roosevelt University student. If you would like to request a special access code, please email us at career@roosevelt.edu. Allow up to 24 hours to receive your code.