Career Exploration

Your career journey doesn’t have to be figured out all at once. Whether you know exactly what you want to do after graduation or are still exploring your options, Career Advancement is here to help you explore careers, build your skills, find opportunities and prepare for your next step.

You don’t have to figure it all out on your own. Explore the resources below if you are undecided. They provide resources that can help you discover your career path.

What is a Career Assessment

A structured questionnaire that evaluates your interests, skills, values and strengths to suggest career paths that fit you, covering up to 900 different occupations.

O*Net Online has detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, workforce development and HR professionals, students, developers, researchers and more!

CareerOneStop offers free tools to help you assess your interests, skills, and values, explore career options and plan your education and job search.

Discover careers that fit your interests, skills and values.

FOCUS 2 Career Planning Foundations

Not sure what career or program is right for you? Focus 2 can help you find direction.

Focus 2 is an online career exploration tool that helps you learn more about yourself and explore majors, programs, and careers that may be a good fit. Complete self-assessments based on your interests, skills, values and personality, then use your results to discover career options and plan your next steps.

Use Focus 2 as a starting point for building your career plan and becoming career ready.

Access Focus 2 Career Planning

Log in to MyNTC, click on the Career Planning tile under Student Resources.