Career Counseling

Career Counseling is a process of examining your skills, interests, aptitudes, and/or values and applying them to the present world of work. Essentially, you find out as much as you can about yourself and then you find out as much as you can about the careers that you are considering and look for the best fit.

There are several ways to approach this process. You may work with a counselor individually and/or you may take one of the career planning workshops or classes which are offered every quarter. Classes will be found under the General Studies discipline in the Schedule of Classes (the View ), and workshops are listed in the View, as well as posted to the website under "Workshops and Classes". In each case, you will be guided to think about your interests, abilities, and values and about careers that might fit you best. You will be encouraged to do some research on careers that interest you and pointed to sources of help to do that research.

Career Resources

• WOIS  (Washington Occupational Information System) is a private, nonprofit organization that researches and distributes information about Washington careers, schools and training programs to schools, career counselors, libraries and other agencies. Information is updated annually. In addition to career information, students can take a number of different interest and values surveys which can help bring light to a career planning effort. See link at right.

Below are some additional sites with information that will help you think about careers and about your values and interests:

• The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. See link at right.  
• Career InfoNet has many useful ways to do career exploration. See link at right