Explore Majors and Careers

Many people these days change careers at least once in their working life, regardless of their college major.

That said, it's worth investing time to explore majors and careers actively while you're in college, because it can:

• guide you to choose courses and educational experiences that will help you hone in on what you're good at and what you like to do
• give you a wider perspective on the world of work
  
• uncover fields or job titles you never knew existed
• let you reach your professional goals faster
• save time in the long run

You can explore majors and careers in lots of ways.

• What Can I Do with this Major?
  
• Explore UC Undergraduate Majors & Programs
• Use O*NET Online and the Occupational Outlook Handbook to research fields and industries that interest you as well as the outlook for job growth.
• Research specific places to work:
  • Search for local city Business Courier or Business Journal “Book of Lists," available free through the university library
    
  • Search for lists of “Best Places to Work”
  • Browse companies and organizations on:
    • Handshake
    • LinkedIn

• Meet with a career coach to discuss majors and careers.
• Meet with a Pathways advisor to see how changing your major could affect your academic path.

• Conduct informational interviews with working professionals in fields that interest you.
• See how UC alumni have translated their majors to various careers using the LinkedIn Alumni Tool
• Attend company information sessions. In an information session, people who work for a particular company or organization come to campus to meet students and talk about the company, its culture, hiring needs and hiring process. Find upcoming information sessions in Handshake.

Get real-world experience while you're still a student through:

• Internships
• Part-time Jobs
• Cooperative Education
• Service Learning
• UC Forward
• Work Abroad
• Study Abroad
• Volunteering