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An Overview of Career Development

At Wright State University, career development assistance is offered in Career Services.  Our assistance is free to Wright State students.  To facilitate student career development, Career Services utilizes a variety of assessment tools as well as individual advising and optional coursework.

Illustration of the Career Development Process: a cycle of Explore, Build, Seek.

Students will discover they are in one of the three phases in the career development process:  Exploring Careers; Building Experience; and Seeking Employment.  High school students are generally in the early stages of career exploration. 

High school students often find an extracurricular activity about which they are passionate, or which provides a sense of belonging and fulfillment.  Interest in a career field is a key predictor of success in that field.  Students may gravitate to cliques, or they may prefer solitary activities.  Personality type affects the ease with which someone fits any given role in a chosen career field.

From an assessment perspective, the personality, interests, and values of the high school student are not yet fully formed.  It is important developmentally for the high school student to have exposure to a variety of extracurricular activities and interpersonal experiences, even as they seek depth of experience in areas that most interest them. After age eighteen, assessments yield valid information for career exploration and planning.

Colleges and universities recognize that entering students are likely to change their goals in the first two years of post secondary schooling.  At any institution, the new undergraduate would be wise to seek early assistance from the career development office.

 

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