Discovery! program Workshops offered in ARC/EOP

ARC/EOP Discovery! Program

Career Development Workshops for Undecided
To sign up email us at csun@arceop or call to be placed on the list 818.677.2108.

Discovery! Workshop A

Upcoming Dates:

June 2006
Wed. June 7 @ 11
Mon. June 12 @ 10
Tues. June 20 @ 1
Fri. June 29 @ 2
July 2006
Thurs. July 6 @ 9
Wed. July 12 @ 12
Tues. July 18 @ 4
Fri. July 28 @ 11
August 2006
Wed. Aug. 2 @ 11
Mon. Aug. 7 @ 12
Tues. Aug. 15 @ 2
Thurs.  Aug 24 @ 3

Content:
The Career Counselor or Intern determines the students' needs and explains the major selection process using several handouts.  The first session materials include review and discussion of the PIE chart to demonstrate how general education requirements impact majors; a list of all the majors and minors offered at CSUN, provided both in an alphabetical format and by CSUN College; a handout which outlines the suggested steps on choosing a major including the different formats of a complete career assessment process to explore interests, skills, values, and personality characteristics; a chart which shows how interest areas related to possible majors, GE courses, part-time jobs to explore and test interests, and the major-related campus clubs and organizations; a complete list of campus clubs and organizations presented by academic College; information on the campus Career Center; a list of websites for further research; and the ARC/EOP Career Services Flyer which includes the career staff names, hours of availability, the dates of the Majors Fair and any upcoming workshops, an article describing career development, and strategies for exploring majors.  If the student has already identified majors or proposed occupations for exploration, specific materials may be distributed at this time (the Career Monograph information sheets) or on-line research may be conducted as time permits.  Most students will require only this introductory session to begin their career/major exploration process. 

If further assistance is required in terms of additional guided research or the pursuit of the individual format career assessment process, a second one-hour session is scheduled.

Discovery! Workshop B

Upcoming Dates:

Content:
The second session is determined by the student's needs, and may include either guided occupational or major research or the beginning of the complete individual format career assessment process.  For the assessments, the Career Counselor or Intern will complete the student Intake Form including information on academic and extra-curricular activities and a full work history.  A Model of Career/Life Planning is presented and the student is introduced to the Holland theory of personality and work environments through the Party Exercise.  Holland theory states that people tend to gravitate toward work environments where they can express who they really are, and that all the different work environments and people in them can be organized into a system of six different types.  Next, the Self-Directed Search (SDS) interest inventory is administered and completed by the student as homework in preparation for the following session.  Also based upon Holland theory, the SDS provides the structure for an extensive discussion of the student's interests and skills with the goal of identifying possible majors and careers.

 

 
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