Career Fair

Today’s college students have the opportunity and freedom to choose their major and their career path. Many factors influence the decision of a college student’s career paths including background, general interests, personal strengths, time commitment, and job outlook. Although many important decisions are made in college, one of the most important is the choice of major and career track. Out of hundreds of majors the science and engineering fields are under-represented by women. Although the numbers of women in science technology, engineering, and mathematics, STEM, majors has been increasing in the past years, women still are in the minority in the STEM fields. In her study, Lona Whitmarsh

The participants in this study were all first semester college student that are attending a large public university located in the Midwest. In total there were 458, 252 of them were female, and 206 were male. 417 of them were Caucasians (91.1%), 14 were Asian American (3.1 %), 10 African Americans (2.2%) , 8 Hispanics Americans (1.7), and the remaining 2% were other racial groups. The participants were all undecided student, were all enrolled in career exploration course, and had four semesters before they had to declare a major. This

In accordance to the the allure of money, societal pressure also plays a huge role in the decision process of a career. For teens, it is a lot harder to decipher

Transitioning from going college to having career is something that many young adults struggle with in their lives. However, Lindsey Pollak offers a range of useful advice designed to help young adults from all walks of life become successful individuals in her book Getting from College to Career. In ninety easy to read and applicable tips, Pollak helps her readers get their best foot forward so that they can find success and happiness in their lives despite any extenuating circumstances. Each chapter includes manageable goals from asking the reader to seek advice from older mentors to ways to proof read a resume. While Getting from College to Career can be read chapter-by-chapter, the book can also be read out of order since not all of the instructions are needed to

The relationship of the NCDA to the American Counseling Association is that the “NCDA is a founding division of the American Counseling Association and collaborates with the ACA to jointly represent the interest of counselors in congress and in the national legislative process” (NCDA, 2015).

More often than not, young students are taught to believe that they must go to a prestigious university to obtain a Bachelor’s degree or higher in order to have a fulfilling and satisfying career. This may hold true for some people, but others do not need to follow this same path. For students who choose a career that isn’t considered conventional or isn’t high in pay, they tend to be looked down upon which pressures them into choosing career paths that they do not have a passion for, or the skill set to actually accomplish which makes college a waste of time and money. While everyone should be encouraged to get an education beyond high school, people should be encouraged to get the education that is relevant and proper for them to make sure they are getting their money’s worth.

My prior experience with working with youths contribute to my academic and career counseling theoretical orientation. As a school counselor intern, the population of students I have worked with are elementary and middle school students. Although academic is essential, I focus more on how a student’s behavior, attitude and decision-making impacts that student’s academic growth. Many middle school students are consumed with different social drama or blame the teachers for their declining grades. I facilitate in guiding the student’s thought process to allow them to see the roles they play in different scenarios. Eventually the student becomes aware about how their role affects their academic potential. In elementary, many students decision-making

According to my site supervisor, there is only one career lesson delivered to each grade level at the middle school. She said that it is not until students get to high school that the counselors really begin to focus on careers and future plans. Upon further research, I discovered that this was consistent across all middle schools in the district. I feel as though it is of utmost importance for students to be prepared and have a plan once they graduate high school. They need to be aware of their options and their career goals. In order to have a career goal and understand their post-secondary options, students must understand and gain exposure the various career paths and opportunities. It is never too early to begin planning for the future, developing career goals, and creating a post-secondary plan. For these reasons, I chose to focus, advocate for, and plan for individual planning activities that career paths to aid students in career planning.

I am extremely interested in the internship at FAIR Girls, due to its mission of aiding young women to live productive and amazing lives. As well as, since International Social Work is what I hope to specialize in. However, I do not have any experience working with survivors of trauma and trafficking. Given my dedication to learning, my work ethic and my educational knowledge of social work, though, I believe I’d make a strong candidate for your consideration in this internship.

Though a generally overlooked and unappreciated field of work, career counseling has made significant impact in the field of psychology. Frank Parsons’ 1906 lecture, “The Ideal City,” emphasizes the need for young people to receive assistance in choosing a vocation (Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, 2013). Further, Parsons was one of the pioneers in linking personality traits to vocational success, thus coining him as the father of vocational guidance (Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, 2013).

I attended the STEM Career Fair at the LBJ Student Center Ballroom on October 6th. In this fair, they had about three isles of booths with representatives from the company/corporation ranging from Dell from Round Rock to Home Depot to Samsung from Austin. I choose this event because I feel like it’s important to get a feel for what a career fair would be like. I wasn’t necessarily looking for a job but I at least wanted to see what it’s like to go and talk the representatives. I was able to ask them what they look for and they gave me some tips for when I go with intentions of finding a job. Although this wasn’t my first career, I enjoyed going because this fair pertained to my major and I was able to see what kind of jobs I could get after I graduate. After talking to the people representing their

Today I had the opportunity to attend the Business and Technology Career Fair. Since I am a junior and previously a business student, I have some experience with this fair. My visit this time was very different from my two prior years since I am now a Kinesiology major and I am somewhat of an outsider to the majority of companies offering internships. Upon reading the requirements of this assignment I was unsure about who I was going to speak with but little did I know I would only have to do half of the work.

Vocational education is generally provided in stand-alone schools or as additional classes in liberal arts schools. The vocations that students are prepared for may include medicine, law, nursing, mechanics, and even engineering or business. One major benefit of this early exposure to a wide range of professions may be that students have a better idea as to what career may be right for them in the future, rather than not have any idea by the time college rolls around. This is becoming increasingly important, as in many public schools around the countries, which typically provide a liberal arts education, vocational classes are being cut back due to budget cuts. By having an idea of what they want to do, students can begin their studies while still in high school, and once in college, know what courses to take that will contribute directly to their major. Vocational programs also help to express and expand ideas in relation to real world topics. (Anyon,

As I become more educated in the field of school counseling, I realize how important previous life experiences are, as well as the skills that I have learn from past jobs, and all through out my academic career. In my life the different roles that I hold, from being a mother, a wife, student, and an employee all contribute to my professional development in some way. Through the experiences in which each role presents it helps me to be able to relate in some way and gives me the ability

Ultimately, I wasn’t too nervous for this career fair because I knew I wouldn’t get anything more than practice, and maybe a job shadow. And by looking at the list of Companies, I wasn’t extremely thrilled to talk too many of them. Yeah the big four cause a whole lot of commotion with their booths taking up a good 20 percent of the gym, but I don’t want to work for them. I’m going into accounting… And I believe if I’m going to make my living from a job like that, the company that I want to work for should compensate wither with an interesting product, or an interesting background. Because accounting just isn’t going to cut it for me.