Students are encouraged to schedule an appointment to meet individually with a counselor to explore what options are available that coincide with their individual interests. A work history is the sum total of all the work - paid and unpaid, you have done and will do in your lifetime. Any time you have exerted conscious effort to provide goods or services to benefit you or others, you have been engaged in work. An occupation is a group of similar jobs found in different industries or organizations. In otherwords the context changes but the skills utilized are primarialy the same.
People frequently have many jobs . . .
A history of satisfying postions that build on one another is a career. Listed below are three phases to guide you through a planned career discernment process. We have also outlined a schedule broken down by class year to guide you along the way. It is our hope that this will introduce you to the elements of career planning and assist you in understanding the principles of planning, organizing and developing the skils that lead to a satisfying life. Think of each phase as a stepping stone along the path to building your career.