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Career Development

Throughout a student's educational career, the investigation of strengths, aptitudes, and potential career choices is a process that is of great importance. Although this process may differ in some ways, there are universal steps that can benefit all students.

Researching Careers

• One of the best ways to begin researching careers is to utilize some of the following wonderful web sites available to all students: GA College 411 and GCIS, Georgia Career Information Systems. The Georgia Career Information Center, part of GCIS, provides current and accurate occupational and educational information to schools and agencies throughout Georgia in order to help young people and adults make informed career choices.
  
  •  Login Information: GCIS User name and Password information may be found in the Counseling  Department or the Media Center
    
    
• When you are using GCIS, there are multiple ways to work through the system; however, one suggestion is to follow the steps below to find out some important career-related information about yourself:
  
  • Click on "SKILLS Assessment" under the Exploration heading on the top left
    
  • Now, Click "Select Skills"
    
  • Under the "Skills to Select" word bank you will choose your 5 "very satisfying skills," your 10 "moderately satisfying skills," and your 20 "somewhat satisfying skills"
    
    • These are the skills that you will enjoy using in the work place each day
    • Be sure to use the "Skills Definitions" button to provide a definition of each skill that you select
      
  • When you have completed the skill rating exercise, click "Rate Skills" on the bottom right of your screen
    
  • When you see the summary of your selected skills, click on "Top 30 Occupations" on the top of your screen
    
  • You now see the "Top 30 Occupations" as they have been selected based on the skills that you selected. These are the top 30 occupations using your personal strengths or preferences as you have selected them
    
  • Click on the individual career you would like to learn more about and you will find more details

After Choosing A Career

• When you determine the career you would like to research further, click on that career
  
• You should now see an overview of the career, giving you an idea of what someone does on a daily basis in this particular job
  
• Different types of information you may want to look for now include (click on these headings on the left side of your screen under "Overview"):
  
  • Preparation-> Gives you an idea of the amount and type of education you will need after high school to pursue this particular career
    
  • Wages-> Tells you the lower range, average, and upper range of the salary scale for a person in this career
    
  • Employment and Outlook-> Lets you know if this occupation is trending towards growth or decline
    
• When you have finished reviewing all of the interesting information about your career, be sure to click on the "Programs of Study Directly Related to this Occupation" section on the bottom left of your screen
  
  • This will tell you what you should major in during college to pursue this particular career
    
  • Now, you have a career and you know what to study to pursue this career
    
• Finally, choose the major that is most interesting to you:
  
  • When you click on the major that is most interesting to you, you will see an overview of the content of the major and what you will learn if you choose this path of study
    
  • Now, click on "Georgia Schools" or "US Schools" on the bottom of your "Related Information" section on the left side of your screen. You will be given a list of colleges that have your major. Research the colleges and decide which ones are best for you! For more information on the College Selection process, visit the College Exploration portion of our site

Now, you have a Career, a Major for College, and a List of Schools where you can go to study your Major!!!

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