Connecting your interests, abilities, and skills to majors and careers is vital in the professional development process as a student. Leverage your CCHL Career & Internship team for support in this exploration process and make use of the resources available to you.
CCHL Career & Internship Services also partner with the Office for Experiential Education and Career Connections which provides a centralized database of opportunities for students and alumni. For more information, please visit https://www.montclair.edu/career-services/.
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- Self-Exploration: Focus-2 A self-paced, online career and education planning tool, Focus-2 enables you to assess your individual values, skills, and interests and explore career fields and majors of study that are compatible with your assessment results.
- Link Majors to Careers: When deciding on your major, it is important to explore resources that highlight how different majors connect to careers of interest.
- Develop A Career Plan: Adapt a career plan where you can assess yourself, explore options, reflect and set goals, and act to create your future career aspirations.
- Are You Career Ready?: The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has identified the following eight core competencies as a measure of career-readiness. Evaluate whether you possess these competencies and where you can improve. When writing your resume and / or cover letter, be sure to highlight experiences that demonstrate these competencies.
- O*NET OnLine (Occupational Information Network): O*NET OnLine supports your career planning by accessing key data for identifying and developing workplace skills for a breadth of occupations.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: This valuable handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information. The OOH includes information about the nature of work, working conditions, training and education, and job outlooks for hundreds of occupations.