Career Options: Exploring a New Career

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Approx. 25 hours to complete

Course Summary

This course provides an introduction to career exploration, helping students identify their skills, values and interests to find a fulfilling career path.

Key Learning Points

  • Learn self-assessment techniques to identify your skills, values, and interests
  • Discover various career options and industries
  • Develop a plan to achieve your career goals

Job Positions & Salaries of people who have taken this course might have

    • USA: $47,000 - $67,000
    • India: ₹220,000 - ₹700,000
    • Spain: €20,000 - €34,000
    • USA: $47,000 - $67,000
    • India: ₹220,000 - ₹700,000
    • Spain: €20,000 - €34,000

    • USA: $40,000 - $72,000
    • India: ₹200,000 - ₹900,000
    • Spain: €16,000 - €35,000
    • USA: $47,000 - $67,000
    • India: ₹220,000 - ₹700,000
    • Spain: €20,000 - €34,000

    • USA: $40,000 - $72,000
    • India: ₹200,000 - ₹900,000
    • Spain: €16,000 - €35,000

    • USA: $38,000 - $72,000
    • India: ₹200,000 - ₹1,000,000
    • Spain: €16,000 - €35,000

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Learning Outcomes

  • Develop a better understanding of your skills, values, and interests
  • Identify potential career paths and industries that align with your goals
  • Create a plan to achieve your career aspirations

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

  • No prior knowledge or experience required
  • A willingness to explore different career options and industries

Course Difficulty Level

Beginner

Course Format

  • Self-paced
  • Online

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  • Job Search Strategies
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Notable People in This Field

  • Richard Nelson Bolles
  • Susan Cain

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Description

This course is for you if you are interested in researching a new career and acquiring the skills necessary to succeed in it. You will be asked to reflect on your experiences and critically evaluate what you currently know, what you need to acquire, and how to go about getting it. You will then identify groups and individuals that can serve and support you in exploring a new career. During this course, you will identify the elements of a well-structured career plan and evaluate career options by individual fit to determine how to effectively engage your network in your career journey.

Outline

  • What is Career Planning?: Career Exploration Infographic
  • Meet the Team
  • Course Introduction Video
  • Beginning Your Career Plan
  • Learning Objectives
  • The 80,000 Hour Career Quiz and Guide
  • Optional - StrengthFinders and More
  • Optional Career Exploration Self-Assessments
  • Examining a Social Impact Career - Test Your Existing Knowledge!
  • Assess what you've learned so far!
  • Hot Careers and Job Trends: Where the Future Lies
  • What Do I Need To Know?
  • Learning Objectives
  • What Teachers Make
  • Stand the Test of Time
  • Importance of Networking
  • Fastest Growing Occupations
  • What Makes For A Dream Job?
  • WANTED: Top 10 Future Jobs
  • Practice What You've Learned!
  • Hot Careers and Job Trends Quiz
  • Marketplace Realities: Who Am I Relative to the Job I am Seeking?
  • What Are Marketplace Realities? (Self Evaluation)
  • Learning Objectives
  • Frayed Prospects, Despite a Degree
  • Self Evaluation Tool
  • Got Hope?
  • Student Success Measures
  • What Does The Marketplace Tell Us About Opportunity?
  • Self-Evaluation and Market Realities Practice Quiz
  • Marketplace Realities
  • RightPathing Your Future: The Importance of Whole-Life Career Planning
  • Introduction to RightPathing Your Future
  • What Is RightPathing Your Future?
  • Understanding Our Behaviors: The X-Ray
  • Understanding Our Behaviors: The MRI
  • Understanding Our Skills, Work Values and Passions
  • Understanding and Articulating Our Life Purpose
  • An Expert's Advice on Achieving Career Success
  • The Learning Objectives
  • "How I Landed the Job that I Wanted? Career Planning!"
  • "Examples of Life Purpose Statements"
  • The Power of Vulnerability, TEDx Talk by Brene Brown
  • RightPathing Your Future, Practice Quiz
  • RightPathing Your Future, Graded Quiz
  • My First Steps: Defining Your Career Objective and Action Plan
  • Writing Your Career Objective
  • Matching What I Think I Know With What the Position Describes
  • Learning Objectives
  • Bridge That Gap: Evaluate Your Skill Index
  • Employers Rate Candidates Soft Skills/Qualities
  • Skills Inventory - The Emotional Intelligence Skills Employers Want Now
  • Research the Best Jobs - U.S. News & World Report
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook
  • My Skills My Future - Career Research
  • Defining Your Career Objective and Action Plan Quiz
  • Defining Your Career Objective and Action Plan Quiz
  • Research and Values: Identifying Your Best Options
  • Research Is Key!
  • What Research Should I Do?
  • Learning Objectives
  • My Career Matches
  • My Next Move
  • The Key to Success? Grit
  • O*Net Work Values
  • Identifying Workplace Values…. What’s Most Important to You
  • Reading: Aligning your Work with your Values
  • Research is Key Practice Quiz
  • Research and Values
  • Career Rockclimbing: A Tactical Approach to Reach the Top
  • Career Creativity
  • Learning Objectives
  • The Career Ladder vs. The Rock Wall
  • Revamped Corporate Ladder
  • Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go
  • Career Development and Mobility
  • Office Politics on the Corporate Ladder
  • Moving Up The Hierarchy
  • Career Rock Climbing and Corporate Ladder - What You Have Learned!
  • Career Rock Climbing

Summary of User Reviews

Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course

Comprehensive approach and practical tips

Pros from User Reviews

  • Great resource for exploring career options
  • Practical advice and tools for identifying strengths and weaknesses
  • Engaging and interactive course content
  • Flexible schedule and self-paced learning
  • Expert instructors with real-world experience

Cons from User Reviews

  • Some users found the course content too basic
  • Limited interaction with instructors and peers
  • Not suitable for those looking for in-depth career counseling
  • Some technical issues reported with the platform
  • Certificate of completion not recognized by all employers
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Approx. 25 hours to complete
Ana T. Baida, Ed.D., Wes Rhea, J.D., Dan Stotz
University System of Georgia
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