Find your passion

Discovering a career path that aligns with your professional interests, values, and skills is essential for achieving job satisfaction. Career Service offers a range of self-assessment tools to help you navigate this process.

We encourage you to consult with a career coach to explore assessments such as:

• Focus 2 (access code: cowboys) – This 7-part career assessment is a powerful tool for discovering majors and careers that are good fit for you.
• Solace Spectrum – Developed by a former HSU psychology professor, this profile gives insight into career clusters that align with your personality’s main influences.

One of the most valuable resources available to you is Focus 2, a free assessment for all HSU students. This assessment provides in-depth information on your unique work interests, values, personality, and skills, offering a comprehensive understanding of your strengths and potential career paths.

• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator – This classic personality assessment gives great insight into why you do the things you do.
• High5

These tools can provide valuable insights into your strengths, preferences, and aptitudes.

By exploring these resources and assessments, you may uncover a passion that drives you to excel in your chosen field. When you’re doing something you’re passionate about, you’re more likely to feel energized, motivated, and fulfilled. And, when passion is combined with purpose, it can lead to a sense of direction and meaning that goes beyond just a job.

Finding one’s passion can be a powerful catalyst for discovering one’s purpose. When you’re doing something that aligns with your values and skills, you’re more likely to feel a sense of purpose and direction. This can lead to a more fulfilling and meaningful career, one that brings joy and satisfaction.

By taking the time to explore these resources and assessments, you can gain a deeper understanding of yourself and your career aspirations, ultimately leading to a more fulfilling and successful career.

LinkedIn Economic Graph

Navigating the complex world of career choices can be daunting for students, but tools like LinkedIn’s Career Explorer provide valuable guidance. By leveraging the resources available at LinkedIn Career Explorer, students can gain insights into various career paths, understand the skills required for different roles, and explore job opportunities that align with their interests and qualifications. This innovative platform utilizes LinkedIn’s extensive data to help students make informed decisions about their future careers, offering personalized recommendations and highlighting potential career transitions based on current skills. Whether you’re unsure of where to start or looking to pivot to a new field, LinkedIn Career Explorer can serve as a crucial tool in mapping out a successful career journey.

What Can I Do with This Major?

Once you have an idea for possible majors, then you need to understand what all you can do with that major.

“What Can I Do with This Major?” is a helpful guide for college students exploring career options. It explains:

• Skills: What you’ll learn in your major.
• Career Paths: Jobs and industries where you can work.
• Employers: Types of companies that hire graduates in your field.
• Tips: How to improve your chances of getting a job, like internships and networking.
• Professional Associations: Groups that offer networking and development opportunities.

This resource helps you connect your studies with potential careers and plan your future effectively.

Leveraging AI

AI can be leveraged to explore career interests and self-assessment by utilizing its ability to analyze vast amounts of data and personalize recommendations based on individual profiles. Through sophisticated algorithms and machine learning techniques, AI can assess a person’s skills, interests, and personality traits by interpreting responses to quizzes, surveys, and even social media activity. This data-driven approach enables AI to suggest tailored career paths, highlight areas for skill development, and provide insights into strengths and weaknesses, thereby guiding individuals towards fulfilling and well-suited professional opportunities.

• Major and Career Exploration:
  • What <undergraduate/graduate> degree programs align with an interest in <interest>?
  • Generate a list of careers relating to <degree>
  • Generate a list of industries where professionals with a background in are in high demand and provide insights into specific job titles.
    • Warning: Due to the database cutoff for most AI programs, this information may not be relevant/up to date
  • What are the most important skills for a career in?
    • Follow up: How can I highlight <skill> on my resume in a way that is relevant to <field>?
• Job Search Strategies:
  • Generate current position titles for.
    • Follow up: Generate keywords and skills relating to <job title>.
  • What job search strategies help applicants seeking positions in <field> specifically?
  • What technical and soft skills should an applicant develop to excel in <field>?
  • What type of networking options or mentorship programs relate to <field>?
• Job Search Documents
  • Depending on the AI platform you are using, you can either upload or copy and paste your resume or cover letter into it to compare to the job description. Note: ensure all personally identifiable information has been removed from your resume prior to uploading or copying and pasting.
    • Identify the skills mentioned in this job description
      • Follow up: Provide suggestions on how to showcase these skills better
    • Provide a list of industry-specific keywords that can be added to tailor the document for
      • Follow-up: Where can those keywords be integrated into the document?
      • Follow up: What skills could be added to improve the applicant’s chances for this position?
    • Compare this document to the following job description for <position> and highlight the relevant skills: “<job description>”
• Interview Skills:
  • What are some common interview questions for <field/position title>?
  • What is a good <technical/behavioral> interview question for <degree/field>?
    • Follow up: What is a good response to this question?
    • Follow up: What is an interviewer looking for in a response to this question?