Program students receive career counseling through formal and informal advising from faculty, as well as through HSCI 301: Foundations of Public Health course for PHE and HSCI 611: Public Health System Organization and Delivery for the MPH. CSUSB’s career center also provides career counseling, including resume workshops, interviewing skills, etc.
Upon doing more research on the career clusters I found a very interesting program that the State of Illinois has underway. The program is entitled the Career Clusters and Pathways guide. What the program is intended to do is to improve on the paths that individuals take to get to higher education and careers. The initiative is a statewide approach to improving college and career-oriented programs that leads students to higher education and employment (2013, p. 3).
Also, I will benefit from the cross-disciplinary training while at UNC-Chapel Hill: drawing on resources from the department of social medicine and the school of public health to strengthen my study that is biological, social, cultural, and political in nature.
Career Cruising is an informational website and available at participating schools, public libraries, and employment agencies across North America. This program is intended to direct individuals towards appropriate career choices based on specific criteria, such as education, training and previous experience. Individuals can find this information database self-directed, user friendly and rewarding while presenting a variety of options to meet their personal needs. Not only does it offer assistance for the perspective individual in career development, but also on SAT/ACT preparation, online study guides, interview strategies and seminars by promoting growth and effective career opportunities.
2. To provide comprehensive career planning services that support all members of the Northeastern University community in identifying, planning, and implementing sound career decisions
“Career One Stop Pathways to Career Success.” NC Employment Security Commission. 2 Sep. 2009. Web. 18 Feb. 2010.
You go three years of high school preparing for college and at the same time having fun. Until you are in your senior year of high school that’s when you realize and start asking your self what college do I want to go to? Or what college career I want to pursue? That’s when you notice you have but so little time to answer these questions. Me I’m in my last year of high school and I though I already knew what career I wanted to pursue, but its now that I notice that not even I know what I’m going to do with my life? All I’m sure of its that I’m going to graduate out of high school with a diploma and that I’m going to college. But what happens after that? What major did I study? Or where did I go to accomplish my goal?
When I began my studies at the University of Northern Iowa, I had an interest in the field of psychology, but I was not yet sure that I wanted to pursue a career in that area. The classes that I consequently took and the professors that taught them solidified my desire to receive a degree in psychology.
According to the NCES, nationwide, thirty to sixty percent of college freshmen require remedial courses in order to meet college admission requirements (2004). In Texas, 38 percent of Texas students enrolled in two-year colleges and technical schools and 24 percent of students at four-year public institutions took remedial courses during the 2006 academic year (Terry 2007). Twenty-eight percent of colleges in the United States report that students spend at least one year in remedial programs making it impossible to earn a degree in 2 or 4 years (NCES, 2003). These students have graduated from high school unprepared for participation in college courses. Unprepared student face both academic and financial barriers. Not preparing students for coursework and careers after high school is expensive. Remedial education courses are estimated to cost student one billion dollars annually. In addition, according to the ACT, despite participating in remedial classes, students who require remedial classes are significantly less likely to graduate from college (2005).
1. NAVIGATING CAREER WAYPOINTS (C-WAY). Navy Career Counselors (NCCs) now have access to an online program known as C-Way. C-Way helps Sailors to reenlist in their rating, convert to another rating if necessary, and to ensure the health of the Navy community stays stabilized including opportunity for advancement. The C-Way Program allows Navy Detailers to watch the health of each rating, the health of the community, and provides Sailors with an opportunity to view positions available if a rate conversion is necessary.
Education is neither linear nor static. It requires evolution and fluctuations. I received my undergraduate degree in Exercise Science at UNC Charlotte, and now it is time for a prime conversion to be made. Attending the Masters of Public Health program at UNC Charlotte would open the door for me to pursue my career aspirations in health care. Specifically, I am interested in epidemiological methods in community health. My ambition, perseverance, and work ethic have brought me to a high point, and enrolling in the Masters in Public Health program would raise that threshold even higher.
Suffolk University’s Healthcare Administration program will offer me a variety of opportunities to succeed in out of the classroom and transform me into a
Pope, M. (2000, Mar). A brief history of career counseling in the United States. The Career
Counseling psychology is the school of thought that I identify with the most. As I transition to graduate school and begin a social work program, my ultimate goal is to become an independent counselor. There are five primary reasons I chose counseling which I will explain in the pages to follow. First, the closest alternative I considered to counseling psychology was clinical psychology, but I am less interested in working consistently with clients who suffer from severe mental illness. Currently, I have extensive experience working with folks who face these obstacles on a daily bases and am looking forward to advocating for increasing the quality of their care and depth of the services they receive, especially here in Idaho, but professionally
When I first started taking this course, I thought it was a brief introduction of what career counselling program is about. After few weeks, I have learned that this course also helps you to do self-assessment, self-reflecting and self-improving. Career counsellors need to keep on self-reflecting, motivating themselves and clients and constantly looking for ways to improve their skills.
Review the program descriptions below and describe how a degree from the School of Psychology & Counseling would facilitate your personal and professional goals.