Explore Your Interests / Self Assessment

Discover your strengths, interests, values, and career possibilities through self-assessment and career exploration tools. This page helps students better understand themselves and connect their skills, personality, and interests to potential majors, careers, internships, and future goals. Explore career assessments, personality inventories, career exploration platforms, and reflection activities designed to help you make informed decisions about your academic and professional path. Whether you’re choosing a major, considering career options, planning for graduate school, or exploring new opportunities, this resource provides valuable insights to help you identify meaningful career directions and build confidence in your next steps.

PathwayU is an innovative career and major exploration tool available to prospective and current students as well as alumni. Click the button above to take the four PathwayU quizzes located on the My Journey Homepage. Once you have completed them, schedule an appointment with Lauren Boyles through 12twenty for a feedback session.

What Can I Do With This Major is an interactive tool that features 100 major profiles with information on common career paths, types of employers that hire in the field, and strategies to maximize opportunities. Scroll to the bottom of each profile for links to professional associations, occupational outlook information, and job search resources.

Why so many young professionals feel like impostors and how to build real confidence anyway

By Jasmine Escalera, PhD, Career Expert at MyPerfect Resume 

You got the job and should be celebrating. But there’s still that voice in your head saying things like:

What if I don’t actually belong here?
What if they realize …

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Job Hopper Resume: 10 Tips to Make All Your Career Moves Stand Out

Imagine sitting across from a hiring manager, feeling confident—until they scan your resume and pause at the number of jobs you’ve had in just a few years. Sure, job-hopping has become more common in today’s job market, with people chasing …

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Entry-Level Jobs That Don’t Require Experience: 20 Roles to Apply for Right Now

You’ve done everything right. Graduated, updated your resume, and started applying. Then you hit a wall almost every new grad knows: “Entry-Level Position, 2 to 3 Years of Experience Required.”

The Catch-22 Nobody Warned You About

It makes no sense. …

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22 examples of the worst career advice from influencers on TikTok, Reels, and other video platforms

Scrolling through TikTok or Reels, it’s hard to miss the “career gurus” promising that you can double your salary or quit your job in six months if you just follow their three-step hack. While that high-energy, “hustle-harder” content is great …

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The “weak job market” myth: Why you still have leverage at the start of your career

Most people will tell you that if the economy is shaky, you should just take whatever offer is thrown your way and be grateful for it. That’s a great way to start your career underpaid and feeling resentful. Even when …

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Career Resources

Have you ever thought about a career in government? Explore federal career opportunities related to your college major with this …

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