Have you ever wondered if you are in the right career? Are you puzzled by what to major in?
Lake Land College has a new way for you to connect your interests to careers and majors. Career Coach is an online tool that is free and open to all students and community members. The program is available from the college’s home page and features several easy-to-use tools to help you get started.
With the options of a brief six-question assessment or an extended 60-question assessment, you can match your skills and interests to academic majors and career paths. The program shows career options with salary and employment rate information from the Lake Land College district in real time, so you can see exactly how each career stands in terms of employment and wages.
If you want to save your results, you can download them or easily type in your email and create a password. You will then have an account which unlocks the workplace resources such as the résumé builder.
If you have taken the assessment and are logged in, these categories will be arranged according to compatibility with the assessment outcomes. This allows you to browse paths that align with your interests and abilities without excluding any options. There is also an option for veterans who wish to apply their knowledge and skill sets to a career.
“Career Coach is a great way for those who are undecided to narrow down their options,” Tina Moore, director of career services, said. “It’s a great tool for career exploration.”
This tool allows you to construct a résumé using preset structure and phrasing suggestions. Because the site allows you to create a login, you have the option to create and save a résumé within the site that can be used or modified at any time.Not only will the tool serve as a great help to the Lake Land College community, it will be useful in classes as well.
“Career Coach is taking the place of more than 10 tools that students used in my classes previously,” Andrea Bright, academic counselor and instructor, said.
“This will be so much easier and more valuable to have all the information in one place.”