Pick a Career

Where to Start

The Starr Career Development Center provides a supportive environment through career counseling and vocational testing in which you can discover more about yourself and how that translates into a future career. Below are tools and resources to help you gain the clarity you need to pursue a satisfying college-level job.

Self-Assessments
Gain Skills While In School

Self Assessment

Evaluating your interests, hobbies, favorite subjects, strengths, weaknesses, values, and accomplishments can give you clues into which majors and careers might be satisfying for you. Talking with a career advisor can help you narrow down majors and future careers.

Additionally, Starr offers a variety of assessment tools to gather information on values, personality, and interests to assist you in major selection and career choice.

Further, there are a few self-assessments in Starr Search.

Career Anchors Inventory
Career Choice Readiness Screening Form
FOCUS-2 (under “Resources” in Starr Search)

There are also several career assessments that can be administered with a career advisor (e.g., Strong Interest Inventory, MBTI). Once you have narrowed down possible careers that might be interesting, you can do research to determine which jobs pay a living wage in your geographic location.

Research and Exploration

Picking a career that is both satisfying and pays a living wage requires research. Starr offers major documents and career-infused degree maps to help students find options that are good for them. Additionally, there are other resources to help students make informed decisions.

Career-Infused Degree Maps (CIDMs)

Are interactive tools designed to guide your undergraduate academic and career readiness progress while at Baruch. As you complete your coursework, there are equally important career-related activities you should undertake to prepare yourself for career success and lay the foundation for earning a living wage.

CIDMs provide you with:

A list of your proposed courses, semester-by-semester.
A checklist of career-related activities you are encouraged to complete in conjunction with your academics.

We are currently updating the Career-Infused Degree Maps. Stay tuned.

Career and Industry Research

Once you have narrowed down your choices to one or two career options, you can begin researching the industries and job functions aligned with your major and/or interests. Below are some useful tools students can use to learn more about the world of work, work culture, salary, skillsets, and abilities required for those jobs.

Gain Skills While in School

There are a variety of experiences that you can engage in while at Baruch that can help you obtain the skills valued by employers. Students are encouraged to join clubs, take on leadership roles, and be active members in group class projects to build valuable collaborative and teamwork skills. Additionally, students can participate in extracurricular learning to obtain skills desired in their chosen future field.

The resources listed below provide virtual experiences that students can add to their resumes and professional portfolios.

Make an appointment on Starr Search to discuss your major and future career goals.