Career Planning
Career planning is a critical part of your academic and professional success. Whether you're preparing for graduate school, entering the workforce, or mapping out your long-term goals, the Career Development Center offers resources and support to help you create a clear, strategic plan for your future.
Major to Career Maps
Get major specific advice on courses, student organizations, community connections and life after graduation. College to Career Major Maps give you suggestions on how to make the most of your transformation to a professional career.
Career Planning Resources
Your career journey is unique, and you don't have to navigate it alone. At the Career Development Center, we work alongside students and alumni to transform aspirations into actionable plans. Whether you're eyeing graduate school, launching your career, or ready for something new, we're here to help you map out your next move. Let's connect and start building your personalized strategy together.
A career platform made for college students and recent graduates to help them find job and internship opportunities, explore potential employers, and find employer-led events in person and online. Log in using your Star ID and password.
A resource developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Handbook provides information on working conditions, required education, earnings, and job outlooks for occupations in the U.S.
O*Net or, the Occupational Information Network, is a free database with hundreds of occupational definitions to help students, job seekers, businesses and workforce development professionals to understand today’s world of work in the U.S.
Whether you’re exploring majors or searching for information about your chosen field, this website will help. Learn typical career areas and types of employers that hire in these fields, as well as strategies to make you a more marketable candidate.
Learn about careers, find career information, and locate career resources and advice with CareerOneStop, a resource of the U.S. Department of Labor.
FOCUS2 is a web-based major and career exploration tool that is available to all prospective and current MSUM students and alumni. It can help you:
- Understand the career planning process
- Learn about yourself through assessments
- Explore majors at MSUM that match your interests, skills and that support your career goals
- Explore career fields and occupations that appeal to you
- Develop an action plan
- Make informed decisions about your major and career
- Plan for advanced education and training
- Explore future options for transitioning into specialized occupations
This assessment is free to all prospective and current MSUM students, and MSUM alumni - Access Code is DRAGONS
Major & Career Exploration
If you are uncertain about which major to pursue and would like support with major and career exploration, we encourage you to contact the Academic Success Center (ASC). The ASC is located in Flora Frick Hall, Room 154. You can reach them at 218.477.4318 or by email at asc@mnstate.edu