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MyPlan

Myplan allows students to...
• complete free career assessments online and receive a career profile.
• search, browse or query through over 900 different careers.
• use the Salary Calculator to find out the average wage for people in those careers by state or city!
• review job titles related to your major.
• browse through information on 77 industries including working conditions, employment, training and advancement, earnings, and employment outlook.

This new assessment tool can help you explore careers, majors and more. Contact Career Services for a license code and follow the directions after clicking on the link above. You will create your own username and password. Enter the license code on the second page of the "create an account" section. All of the assessments are free for UMW students.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is one of the most prominent personality assessments around today. The indicator will result in a four-letter type based on your responses. The sixteen possible types have been heavily researched, and a correlation has been identified between MBTI type and a career/job position’s effect on job satisfaction.

Discover your type in two easy steps:
(1.) Contact Career Services at 654-1022 or stop by the office today, to pick up the MBTI materials.
(2.) Schedule an appointment (one-hour long) with a career counselor to review the results.

Note: An in-person appointment must be scheduled before the MBTI materials will be sent out.

 

So you have taken the assessments…now what?

Each of the assessments above will result in a list of careers that you may have not previously considered. Review and consider each career and start a list of careers that interest you. For the careers that you do not know enough about to make an informed decision, use the resources below to locate and read more about the careers.

The steps below include a way to test out potential careers to ensure that a career decision post-graduation will be successful. We encourage each student to consider following the steps to aid them in their career/major decision making. Schedule an appointment with a career counselor to find out more.

READ ABOUT THE CAREER
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• O*NET
• Vault Online Career Library
• Checkout a career book from the Career Services Resource Room

TALK ABOUT THE CAREER
Conduct an informational interview with any of the people listed below.
• Use your web of networks to contact a professional in your career field of interest.
• Meet with the faculty in your major to discuss options.
• Contact UMW alumni who are in your field of interest through the Eagle Mentoring program housed in eRecruiting.
• Attend the annual UMW Washington, D.C. Area Student/Alumni Networking Reception in January to connect with alumni.

EXPERIENCE THE CAREER
• Apply for an internship, either for academic credit or for the experience, and try the career out for a semester.
• Review the list of Externship Sponsors located in the Career Services Resource Room or within the online Eagle Mentoring database housed in eRecruiting and schedule a non-competitive half a day to a week shadowing experience.
• Locate volunteer opportunities within your field of interest.