Career development benefits you as early as your freshman year at IU Indianapolis. When you can articulate your values, interests, personality, and skills in a detailed way and relate those to the world of work, you become a more engaged and successful student. The Office of Academic and Career Development within University College helps guide you to your best-fit major and subsequent career path.
The eight major-career resource guides below help you better understand yourself, align your major and career choices with your personality, and gain valuable experiences for marketability upon graduation.
- Interest code booklet—Discover your Holland Interest Code, explore related majors and careers, and create a career development plan.
- FOCUS® 2 Career—Take an online assessment of your values, interests, personality, and skills to provide insight into possible majors and career matches.
- Major-career connection sheet—Explore the majors offered at IU Indianapolis based on your Holland Interest Code and take a deep dive into program coursework and requirements, related career paths, and next steps in your academic journey.
- O*NET Online—Research occupational information, such as salary and projected growth, and compare knowledge, skills, abilities, and education required for different jobs.
- Informational interviewing—Learn how to interview professionals to gain information about their field.
- Parallel planning—Explore majors and career paths similar toyour current intended major.
- Major and career exploration event—Reflect on any career development-related event you attend at IU Indianapolis and keep track of the helpful contacts you meet at each.