But that can take a number of years, and there is an easier way, a shortcut. Southern Connecticut State University offers you several ways to discover what jobs you would find interesting, fulfilling, and available after graduation, how to locate these jobs, and how to be hired. This office offers you both individual counseling and computer access to a wealth of career information. Our Counseling Services Office has counselors who are trained to discuss not only personal concerns, but also career options and such life transitions as school to work, work to school, and homemaking to school. You may answer the questions by using a paper copy of the inventory, provided to you for free by the Counseling Services Office, or via a computer in the counseling office.
Students usually find it more convenient to use the paper copy and answer the questions at home.
The test gives a good indication of your interests , abilities , and values at this point in your life. It can be helpful to you to have information about all three, because often a desirable career will combine all three. You bring the completed inventory back to the Counseling Services Office, and the results are quickly entered into a computer there by you and a counselor. The theory behind the test is that people in the same field to a great extent share the same interests. You answer the questions at home, and bring your answers Counseling Services Office, in Engleman 238.