Monday, August 17, 2009

Career Myths

You must choose your major by your freshman year.

Once you get started in a career, you will never have to go through a career decision making process again.

All jobs require specific majors.

There is only one ideal occupation that will make you happy.

All of your needs can be met in one career.

Changing your major and/or career goals means you made a bad choice or wasted your time.

Most students know their major and career goals when they enter college.

Taking a variety of courses during the first year or two or college is a waste of time.

Career assessments will tell me exactly what career is right for me.

Adapted from: Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc., Strong Interest Inventory Resource: Strategies for Group and Individual Interpretations in College Settings, 1995; and Gary Lynn Harr, Career Guide: Road Maps to Meaning in the World of Work, 1995.

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