Assesses your personality type to help you find work that satisfies your preferences. 

• Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
• Typecan.com to get an idea of how this instrument may help you.

Strong Interest Inventory

Compares your interests to the interests of people who enjoy their jobs to give you insight into career areas that may be a natural fit.

COPS (Career Occupational Preference System)

A career planning system which measures an individual's abilities, interests and values.

Values Card Sort

Helps you evaluate your personal values as they relate to the world of work. This includes your ideal work environment, income needs, your internal fulfillment etc.

Choosing a Major

Tips on Choosing a Major-try these activities here at Pierce:

1. Talk to people with majors that interest you.
2. Take courses in possible areas of interest. How do you feel in those classes (comfortable or like an alien)? Do you have anything in common with your classmates in the class?
3. Visit departments of interest and make appointments with the chairs. Are the professors student-oriented? Ask fellow students how they feel about the professors.
4. Review the catalog. Do the courses in majors you are considering look like the kind of classes that you would enjoy?
5. Explore/investigate different careers/fields through informational interviewing, online using Eureka, and career library resources.
6. Get to know yourself better through career services activities, like career assessments.

Ask yourself these questions:

• What do you want to read and learn about for the next four years?
• What was your favorite subject in high school?
• What kinds of classes came naturally for you?
• Have teachers, friends or family members encouraged you to look at certain majors because of something they know about you?
• What homework assignments do you complete first?
• What kind of assignments do you prefer to do -- papers, presentations, labs, etc.?
• How do you learn best -- through lectures, small group work, discussions or hands-on application?

                                                               i.      You can always change your mind! In fact, most community college & underclass students change their mind at least once (and sometimes twice).

                                                             ii.      Your major often does not dictate your career choices. You have four years to prepare yourself for a career choice by supplementing your major with career-related internships and supporting coursework.

Academic Counseling