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Top Ten Ways to Help Choose a Major
Top 10 Ways to Help Choose a Maj
- Enroll in a Career Life Planning Class
- Talk to a counselor or advisor on a walk-in basis
- Take the Strong Interest Inventory to see how your interests match up with career options
- Take the Myers-Briggs (personality) Type Indicator to discover what careers suit your unique personality
- Explore your interests through elective courses
- Get involved in extracurricular activities
- Conduct informational interviews with people in a career in which you are interested
- Explore career options through job shadowing opportunities—enroll in a Career Exploration/Cooperative Work Experience program
- Research careers using the Vocational Biographies and the Occupational Outlook Handbook available on the web
- Utilize the Oregon Computerized Career Information System (CIS) to explore career options
