Career Services

Career counseling is a lifelong process of acquiring knowledge in:
• self-understanding,
• exploration of career interests,
• skills in locating employment opportunities.

These three knowledge areas are essential to answering the important career questions of:
• Who Am I?
• Where Am I Going?
• How Do I Get There?

The Who Am I? question is answered by learning about yourself through the Self Assessment Step, in which you will identify your personal interests, skills and values.

The Where Am I Going? question is answered by learning how to research careers that are interesting to you.

The How Do I Get There? question is answered by doing career exploration activities.

The following information and videos will be helpful in understanding the career counseling process.

The Who Am I Question? or the Self Assessment Step

Whether you are confused in your job search, choosing a career path, or deciding on a college major, self understanding or the self assessment step is an important part of easing the perplexity of your situation.

Learn more about the importance of Self Assessment in the Job in the following video:

Self-Assessment With Your Job Search Video

Learn about the kinds of Self Assessment tools the Career Center offers:

Self-Assessments for Choosing a Career Path Video

For modest fees the OCC Career Center can provide access to the following Self Assessments tools:
• Myers Briggs Type Indicator
• Strong Interest Inventory
• Campbell Interest and Skill Survey
• SkillsScan
• Self Directed Search

The Where Am I Going? Question or the Career Research Step

Researching career options that can be discovered by the Self-Assessment Step is the second stage in the Career
Counseling process.

Learn how to research careers, job roles and titles, companies and job markets in the following video:

Researching the Job Market Video

The How Do I Get There? Question or the Career Exploration Step
Explore and find ways to validate the reading research information that you discovered by doing informational
interviews. Learn about informational interviews, what they are, how to arrange one and conduct one in the
following videos:

"Informational Interviews - A Great Way to Research Careers”
A Great Way to Research Careers Video

"Career Exploration – How to Set Up an Informational Interview”
How to Setup an Informational Interview Video

"Conducting An Informational Interview”
Conducting an Informational Interview Video

Additional Job Search Videos:

•Resume Writing Videos: Resume Videos

•Job Networking Videos: Job Networking Videos

•Job Interviewing Videos: Job Interviewing Videos

The OCC Career Center provides services that can help begin,
continue or expand this process.

For additional information regarding the OCC Career Services call
732.255.0400 ext.2945 or email careerservices@ocean.edu

Workshops and seminars

Online resources

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