Mail SorterSandra Bullock

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• Mail SorterSandra Bullock
• Hat CheckerJack Nicolson
• Camp CounselorMariah Carey
• DishwasherDennis Rodman Rob Schneider
• Oyster ShuckerUma Thurman
• Congressional PageEllen DeGeneres
• BouncerBill Gates
• Refrigerator DelivererAlec Baldwin, Brad Pitt
• Waiter/WaitressJim Carrey Jennifer Aniston
• Ice Cream ScooperKelsey Grammar
• HairdresserRobin Williams
• Brick Mason/Carpenter HairdresserDanny DeVito
• Hospital OrderlyHarrison Ford

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• StockbrokerDavid Lee Roth
• JournalistKirstie Alley Oprah Winfrey
• School TeacherSting
• Tree TrimmerMatt Lauer
• LandscaperJerry O'Connell
• Dunkin Donuts Waitress-Madonna
• Inspected Eyeglass in Factory LineRene Russo
• Truck DriverElvis Presley
• Cashier at Vons Grocery StoreMichelle Pfeiffer
• Aerobics InstructorsLucy Lui Calista Flockhart
• Pineapple processing plant workerBette Midler
• Polished coffinsSean Connery
• ModelGerald Ford

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Top 10 Tips for Career Development
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1. Develop your career throughout your journey at
USD.

• Form an ongoing relationship with the Career
  Development Center.
• Follow our Career Academic Planning Guide
  during your time at USD.
• Only 47 of Americans report being very
  satisfied with their jobs.

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2. Explore careers.

• Every student can benefit from career
  exploration.
• It is good thing to be undecided.
• Nationally, one out of five students changes
  their major during the time between their
  admissions visit and their first day of class.
• Three out of four entering students express some
  uncertainty about their choice of major.
• Roughly 60 of students change their major at
  least once before they graduate.
• As you explore careers, let go of the belief that
  there is only one right career for me.

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3. Have fun learning all about yourself.

• Get FOCUSed.
• Explore your
• values,
• interests,
• personality
• and skills.

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4. Gather information about the world of work.

• Federal Resources include
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Career Guide to Industries
• ONet (Formerly the Dictionary of Occupational
  Titles)
• State Resources
• SD Career InSite and SD Department of Labor
• MN I-Seek
• Review the University Catalog to identify the
  course requirements of a potential major.
• Compare this with the information you have
  gathered about yourself to assess the fit of the
  career.

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• According to the Occupational Outlook Quarterly
  (2002), salary increases with the number of years
  in education.

Part II Decisions
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5. Complete informational interviews and job
shadows.

• Speak with faculty.
• Interview and shadow the alumni or professionals
  in your field.

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6. Understand the value of a Liberal Education.

• Some majors strongly correlate to career options,
  but most Bachelor's Degrees can prepare you for
  numerous career paths. View What Can I Do with a
  Major In for more information.
• People change jobs and careers during their
  lifetime, especially because of a rapidly
  changing labor market.
• Consequently, the current emphasis at the
  undergraduate level is on the development of
  general, transferable skills that employers want
  and that graduates will need in order to adjust
  to rapidly changing careers.

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SCANS Report(Secretarys Commission on Achieving
Necessary Skills)

• This U.S. Department of Labor report identifies
  the essential skills needed for effective job
  performance.
• The Foundation
• Basic Skills reading, writing, arithmetic,
  mathematics, speaking, and listening
• Thinking Skills make decisions, think
  creatively, problem solve, reasoning,
  meta-learning
• Personal Qualities individual responsibility,
  self-esteem, sociability, self-management, and
  integrity
• The Competencies
• Resources allocate time, money, materials,
  space, and personnel
• Interpersonal skills work on a diverse team,
  teach serve customers,
• Information evaluate data, maintain files,
  process info
• Systems understand social, organizational, and
  technical systems
• Technology select equipment, apply to tasks, and
  troubleshoot

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What Employers Want(NACE)
The National Association of Colleges and
Employers surveyed 500 major corporations to
identify the qualities and attributes that they
seek in new hires. The attributes below are
listed in rank order. You will obtain these
skills in any major here at USD.
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7. Form an ongoing relationship with your
advisor.

• If you want to succeed at career planning you
  must couple it with academic planning.
• General education courses are certainly one way
  to explore possible majors, but they should never
  be your only way because it utilizes a process of
  elimination.
• Seek guidance from your advisor to determine the
  general education courses that are required in
  all the majors you are considering.

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Steps to Career Decision-Making
STEP 4 TAKE ACTION
STEP 3 EVALUATE AND DECIDE
STEP 2 EXPLORE THE WORLD OF
WORK GATHER INFORMATION
STEP 1 DISCOVER ASSESS YOURSELF
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8. Set goals and pursue academic excellence

• Many employers even us GPA cutoffs in considering
  applicants.
• Strategies for academic excellence
• Attend every class
• Manage your time
• Utilize tutoring
• Check your email regularly
• Study hard, but also well.

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9. Gain experience.

• Join a professional association
• Enroll in an introductory course
• Study abroad
• Pursue internships
• Seek out research opportunities.
• Obtain a part-time or summer job.
• Volunteer and participate in service-learning.

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10. Participate in co-curricular activities.

• Not only does this help you meet new people and
  relieve stress, but you also gain valuable job
  skills that you can highlight in your resume.
• View for more information Marketing your
  Co-Curricular Activities for more information.
• For instance,
• As a Community Advisor, you will develop a
  creative marketing campaign for monthly events.
• Student Activities Treasures manage and maintain
  accurate financial records for an annual budget
  of 125,000.
• Orientation Team Leaders facilitate the academic
  success of students by sharing information on
  study strategies.

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Questions?

• Visit the Career Development Center at the Burr
  House on corner of Cherry Ratingen.
• Visit our website www.usd.edu/cdc.
• We help you
• Explore majors careers
• Write resume and cover letters
• Ace your interview
• Locate jobs and internships
• Apply to graduate school