Explore Your Options - Careers

Professional staff from Academic Advising are glad to visit with you to discuss your interests and skills and see how they relate to majors and/or careers. To make an appointment, visit our office in 111(i) Maucker Union (upper level in the Student Involvement & Activities Center) or call 319-273-3406. Peer Academic Advisors in Residence are also available to assit you with your seach in these areas.

Online Resources at the University of Northern Iowa

Career Cruising - Complete the Career Matchmaker section of this web-based career exploration program to match your interests to possible careers. You can also find detailed information on specific careers and interview with individuals working in the field. Log in using your UNI ID number.

Major and Career Handouts - These handouts (in pdf format) from UNI Career Services for selected majors and career areas provide information on topics such as:

Selected resources available from the Career Services Library
Selected web resources
Possible work settings, occupational titles and employers

Events, Workshops, and Classes at the University of Northern Iowa

Career Decision Making (170:050)

Additional Online Resources

Occupational Outlook Handbook - Search by keyword or index for information on training and education, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, working conditions, and related occupations.

Career Guide to Industries - Search by keyword or index for information on occupations in the industry, training and advancement, earnings, expected job prospects, and working conditions.

O*Net Online - Find occupational information relating to tasks, knowledge, skills, abilities, work activities and context, interests, work values, wages and employment and related occupations.

America's Career Infonet- Review occupational profiles including wages; employment trends; knowledge, skills and abilities; education and training; and link to other web resources. Career videos showing the types of work individuals do in near 550 careers are also available.

JobWeb - Offers career development and job-search advice for new college graduates.

Career & Internship Search - From The Princeton Review. Find career profiles including information on day in the life, quality of life, past & future, facts and figures, and related majors and graduate programs.

Selected Book Titles and Series available from UNI Career Services and Rod Library

Selected Titles
College Majors Handbook with Real Career Paths and Payoffs: The Actual Jobs, Earnings, and Trends for Graduates of 60 College Majors
College Majors and Careers: A Resource Guide for Effective Life Planning
Quick Guide to College Majors and Careers
Guide to College Majors: Everything You Need to Know to Choose the Right Major

Series Books
Great Jobs for Music Majors [Electronic Resource]
Great Jobs for...Majors
What Can You Do with a Major in...

For additional resources you can search the UNI Career Services Library or the UNI Rod Library collection using a keyword search with the term major or career.