Career Action Plan

First Year/30 credits

By the end of your first year, you should make a purposeful selection of a major.

Students should be able to:

1.1 Describe personal preferences, strengths, interests, values
1.2 Describe career opportunities from the major, in the home region
1.3 Declare a major and have a nine-semester MAP

What You Can Do

Self Assessment

**FOCUS 2: Students can register and complete on their own, get results immediately.  A quick and easy assessment of personality, interests, values, and skills, and personalizes the results to career options. Review results with a career manager or academic advisor if desired. Career Services offers a workshop for group interpretations .

Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI): Available through Career Services. A high quality personality assessment which is interpreted in terms of career options. Most effective if taken and reviewed with a trained career manager or academic advisor.  Career Services offers a workshop for group interpretations.

Strong Interest Inventory: Available through Career Services. Based on Dr. John Holland’s vocational psychology, this assessment provides students with a three letter Holland occupation code, which is widely used for job classifications.  Must be reviewed with a trained career manager or academic advisor.  Career Services offers a workshop for group interpretations.

Sign up for a course - ST DEV 102: a 1-credit hour course which can be taken online or face to face, half a semester or semester long.  A step by step career development course.  Students will make confident choices in a major & career as a result of this course.

Exploration

What Can I Do With This Major? Great resource which outlines potential career paths from a diversity of majors. http://whatcanidowiththismajor.com/major/majors/. Provided by the Univ. of Tenn.

Occupational Outlook Handbook: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/. U.S. Bureau of Labor & Statistics provides information which describes in detail the nature of work, educational requirements, pay, job outlook, and related occupations. 

O*NET: http://www.onetonline.org/. Search occupations using the three letter occupational code.

Conduct an Informational Interview: Explore career paths by interviewing two professionals in career paths in which the students are interested.  Find someone in their home network, or visiting employers at on-campus events such as Career Fair.  

Do a Job Shadow: Spend a few hours on the job with a professional in a career a student likes.

BYU-Hawaii majors:             http://catalog.byuh.edu/node/251. Lists all majors, minors, & certificates.

Declare a Major: Students have officially declared their major when they have met with their academic advisor and created a nine-semester MAP. See Resources Academic Advising information. 

Second Year/60 credits

By the end of the second year, you should prepare for an internship opportunity, by:

2.1 Creating a professional resume
2.2 Expressing a personal, professional introduction and/or completing a practice interview
2.3 Identifying an experiential learning (internship) opportunity

What You Can Do

Oral and Written Professional Communication

Resumes: There are many resources for resumes online by simply searching the internet. Career Services also offers a resume workshop for groups. Students may have their resumes reviewed by a career advisor.

Interviewing: There are many resources for interviewing online by simply searching the internet. Career Services also offers an interview workshop for groups. Students may schedule a practice interview with a career advisor.

Interview Stream: Students log in with their CES netID and password.  They can choose from thousands of interview questions, record their answers via webcam, and evaluate their own performance.

LDSjobs.org handouts: Interview Techniques, Me in 30 Seconds, Presenting Your Skills, Writing a Resume, Written Communication, and Working a Job Fair.

Experiential Learning (Internship)

Internships: The website answers most questions about qualifications and requirements to complete an internship for academic credit. Students may meet with a career manager for personalized assistance or to simply get answers to questions.

Career Bulletin: A Career Bulletin is sent out via e-mail every week by Wednesday and it typically includes information about internships, on-campus recruiting events, and information sessions.  This is a great resource for finding an internship. Sign up for the Career Bulletin.

Academic Department Coordinator: Every academic department at BYU-Hawaii has a member who is the designated internship coordinator.  They can provide direction and often have direct ties to internship opportunities.

YCareers: Our preferred employers will list internship and full-time opportunities in our on- campus job board.  Make sure to have a professional resume approved and uploaded in order to take advantage of opportunities which arise.

On-Campus Events: Almost every month an employer/provider is on our campus recruiting students for internships and employment.  Get connected with real opportunities. 

Third Year/90 credits

By the end of the third year, you should have a job offer or admittance to graduate school, by

3.1 Being actively engaged in a personal network
3.2 Creating Job Search Plan or Graduate School Plan

What You Can Do

Graduation: Students need to meet with their academic advisors in order to apply for graduation. Students should apply approximately 9 months prior to graduation.  

Job Search: Create your job search plan.  Get a mentor or work with a Career Services manager.  Your job search should begin at the same time as your gradation application (9 months prior to graduation). Career Services offers a Job Search workshop for groups.

Industry/Company information: Start researching industries and specific companies in the geographic area in which you plan to live. - GOING GLOBAL

Professional Mentoring: Get connected with a professional mentor in their field.  Alumni Services will help connect you with a mentor in your professional industry and possibly from your home area. See Alumni Services for details on the mentoring program.

Graduate School: Career Services provides advising for students planning to attend graduate school.  To be worth your time and money, you should be able to articulate a defined career outcome as a result of the degree you will seek (i.e., earn a CPA, be a licensed social worker).  Having work experience first is highly recommended for most programs. Prayerfully consider your career options. Experience and developed skills are what what employers seek.