Career Testing & Counseling For Students

You are in the right place if….

You are in high school or college and you are looking for a college major and you are planning your first career.

You are in high school or college and you are trying to figure out what you want to do for the rest of your life.

You are the parent of a student and you want to help him/her get started on the best possible career path.

What is your life going to look like if you don’t plan your career?

Here is one scenario:

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Without a career plan you wander through college but when things get tough you drop out to take a menial $9 per hour job that you can never be proud of.

You spend your life flipping burgers.

Your friends graduate from a name brand university in a field they seem to love. Their first job pays $70,000 per year and they are driving a brand new BMW while you are punching the clock in a dead end job.

Let’s say you do well in college but part way through you change majors because you were never sure what you wanted to study. You spend an additional two years in school and another $30 to $40K of your parents money to make up for the lost credits.

You make it through college and land a job. After a few years in that career you find you hate it but it’s too late to go back and get into another field. You’re trapped.

Perhaps, you get your education. You find work that you enjoy. But then your entire industry is obsoleted by a new technology. Lay off time. Could you have seen this coming if you had been doing career planning?

It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way

What might your future look like if you do a bit of career planning now?

Lets say that after taking our Career Interest Test and our Personality Test you’ve selected a first and second career choice.

Knowing what you want to study you are now able to identify a university which has a top reputation in that field. Because you are so focused and committed to the field, you have no problem getting into that school.

Further more, because you are focused and you know what you want to do, you find yourself meeting people in your chosen career and they help you land the best possible job. Perhaps you land a summer internship working in the field of your choice.

When studies get tough, and your classmates are thinking of quitting and moving into an easier major, you stay on track. You know what you want to do. You have a road map to the future. You have confidence and direction, something most other students will not have. You have a competitive advantage.

When you graduate, even if times are tough and there aren’t many job openings, you’ve made connections. You’ve made an impression on people in your chosen field. Your biggest problem will be deciding which job offer to take.

You’ve scored your first job. Since you targeted this career through the career planning process, you are in a job you can do well. Opportunities and promotions come your way. You enjoy what you do. The rewards start flowing in. You are able to buy that dream car, and the dream house. Your dreams have become reality.

Sound too good to be true? Not really. If you consider that most of your peer group won’t have access to any career planning, you can have a competitive advantage.

Years ago, many middle schools and high schools used to provide considerable career planning in the 8th and 9th grades. Today, budget cuts have made it difficult for schools to provide this valuable service.

Most students in high school aren’t sure what they want to do for a living. Fortunately, there is something you can do about it, but you should start early. We recommend starting career planning in the 8th or 9th grade. However, it’s never too late since you will be using the career planning methods through out the rest of your working life.

Most students don’t get the opportunity to figure out what they want to do. In most cases it’s because no one shows them how. That’s where CareerPlanner.com can help.