Steps

Meet with a Career Counselor

• Schedule an appointment with a Career Counselor to discuss major options.
• Career assessments administered in Career Services can help to match your interests, personality, strengths and values to potential majors and careers.

Websites to research your options

     Majors

• UWRF programs and majors.
• UW-System programs on other campuses.
• MyMajors is targeted to first-year students to assist with identifying a major.
• What Can I Do With My Major matches majors to future careers.

     Careers

• Occupational profiles, earnings, job prospects, required preparation.
  - Occupational Outlook Handbook Search occupations by job title.
  - O*Net Search occupations by job industry.
  - Chronicle of Occupational Briefs Detailed occupation profiles - on-campus access only.
  - MySkills MyFuture Links your skills from past jobs to potential new careers using those skills.
• Minnesota and Wisconsin occupational profiles and information
  - iSeek Minnesota Search occupation information for jobs in Minnesota.
  - WISCareers Search occupation information for jobs in Wisconsin - call us to receive a Registration Code.
• Visit our career resource room to find print materials for work in specific career fields.
• Use career news web sites to gain insight into current trends in career fields.
  

Talk with others

• Ask other students what they like or dislike about their particular major.
• Speak to a departmental advisor or speak to a professional working in a field that interests you.

Give it a try

• Take a class in a field that interests you.
• Join a student organization that is related to a field of interest.
• Try working in a particular field through on-campus work, volunteering, summer work or internships. Find such work posted in the UWRF Hire-a-Falcon System.