Career planning is a process that encourages individuals to explore and gather information which enables them to synthesize, gain competencies, make decisions, set goals and take action. Check out the variety of career planning sites to both Bowling Green and other institutions and organizations.

Planning a Career - Mapping Your Future

Self Assessment

Self assessment is important in choosing your major as well as in your job search. One of the first things you should be doing is evaluating your interests, abilities, values, and personality. The following self-assessment sites will provide you access to a variety of helpful materials.

Interests

• The Career Interests Game
• CareerZone
• Career Search - Collegeboard.com
• Work Interest Quiz
• Career Perfect Work Preference Inventory
• Princeton Review Career Quiz

Skills

• Quintessential Careers: Transferable Skills

Personality

• Working out your own Myers Briggs type
• TypeLogic Home Page
• Keirsey Temperament Sorter and Temperament website
• Type Focus Homepage

Careers and Majors

Students usually begin their exploration of majors with some ideas about the field of study and what they can do with it. The links on this page provide you access to information on majors and possible career paths. Make sure you look at Bowling Green majors and how they are organized by college.

• Undergraduate Majors at BGSU
• Some Common Misperceptions about Choosing a Major (Penn State)
• Careers Out There
• CareerOneStop

Other University websites for major information:

• College of Mount St. Joseph
• Connect to Careers (Cabrillo)  
• Northern Illinois University Major WebLinks
• Match Majors to Occupations-Florida State University
• Majors (UNC-Wilmington)
• Career Choices (Manitoba)
• JobStar Central-Guides for Specific Careers
• Salisbury University Career Services
• University of Tennessee