Career Services faces two major challenges: students lack motivation for career planning and they must do more with less resources. Currently, career assessments are available online but interpretation/counseling is limited. A career planning module is part of COLL1500 and students on financial aid suspension must create an education plan. Research shows students with career goals are more likely to stay in school. The challenges are how to motivate students to engage in career planning and meet face-to-face with students who complete assessments. Resources include two online inventories and two new positions will be added.

1. CAREER SERVICES
2 major challenges:
1. Many of our students are not
motivated when it comes to career
planning
2. Career Services (everywhere) is being
asked to do more with less

2. CAREER PLANNING:
what we are doing now
• Easily accessible career assessment
inventories (on website)
• Encouraged by Admissions
• Not easily accessible interpretation/counseling
• COLL1500: career planning module
• Financial aid suspensions are forced to do an
Educational Plan

3. Career Goals and Retention
• Students reporting job-related goals are more
likely to make positive persistence decisions
than students reporting unknown goals.
“Career Goals and Retention-Related Factors Among College
Freshmen”, Journal of Career Development September 2005 32: 16-30

4. CHALLENGE
• How to motivate students to do career
planning positively
• How to get face to face with students who do
take the test

5. Resources
• 2 inventories on our website:
FOCUS and Discover
• Encouraged by Admissions staff
• 2 new positions coming soon