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Career Centre Finding a Great Fit: Career Exploration for Psychology Majors UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF Why did you choose Psychology as a major? What courses did you most enjoy – why? Thinking about careers you have heard about, which sound most like something you’d love to do – why? Based on this information these things seem to be important to me:
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Career Centre
Finding a Great Fit:Career Exploration for Psychology Majors
Feb. 24th, 2006
Career Centre
Finding a Great Fit: Career Exploration for
Psychology Majors
•Understanding Yourself•Researching Occupations•Getting Experience•ResourcesAG
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Career Centre
Finding a Great Fit: Career Exploration for
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LF •Why did you choose Psychology as a major?•What courses did you most enjoy – why?•Thinking about careers you have heard about, which sound most like something you’d love to do – why?
Based on this information these things seem to be important to me:1.2.3.
Career Centre
Finding a Great Fit: Career Exploration for
Psychology Majors
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LF Resources:
•Career Planning Workshop
•Career Cruising - Career Matchmaker quiz
•Career Advising
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Finding a Great Fit: Career Exploration for
Psychology Majors
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Priority Information:
What does the job entail? What are the job requirements? How stressful is the work? Who will be the clientele? Is my knowledge a good match with the field? Location? Salary? Hours? Flexibility? Work forecast in this are of employment?
Career Centre
Finding a Great Fit: Career Exploration for
Psychology Majors
RESE
ARCH
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OCCU
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Resources:
•Career Cruising
•Career Resources Library, e.g. The Blue Book
•Career Informants
•Professional Associations
Career Centre
Finding a Great Fit: Career Exploration for
Psychology Majors
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Strategies: (following are places where the workshop participants gained experience)•Sunnybrook Hospital Volunteer Resources (Music & Art Therapy)•Trillium Health Center -- volunteer office•Baycrest Center for Geriatric Care -- volunteer centre•Mount Sinai Geriatrics, speech pathology, translations•Alzheimer Society of Peel, “semi-therapy”
Career Centre
Finding a Great Fit: Career Exploration for
Psychology Majors
GETT
ING
EXPE
RIEN
CE
Resources:
•Career Informants
•Career Resources Library, e.g. The Blue Book
•Career Cruising
•Professional Associations
Career Centre
Finding a Great Fit: Career Exploration for
Psychology Majors
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•Next Steps for Graduating Students: getting experience
•Charity Village or Idealist – volunteer or paid work experience
•Summer Job Blitz site – summer jobs programs and information about creating a summer business – e-chat Mar. 2, 1:30-2:30
•Career Advising – M-F, 12-4 p.m.
