Career Planning

Services Offered by the Center for Career Development

• Personal consultation with a career counselor 
• Assistance with changing a major and/or choosing a career path 
• Career resource library 
• FOCUS-2, An on-line career & educational planning system

 

Resources in Career Planning

What do I need to know about a career title?

• U.S. Depart of Labor - Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Careers in the Medical & Health Fields
• Healthcare Careers 
• Careers in the Law Enforcement Field
• CareerBliss.com
• Careers in Education
• Careers in Accounting

 

Focus 2 

An interactive career planning system. This self-paced, career guidance tool will assist you in self-assessment and career exploration. Users of FOCUS-2 learn to make more realistic decision about their goals and plans, how to self-manage their careers and the importance of adaptability in these times of change.

Launch Focus 2

Features of the online Focus Enhanced Career & Education Planning System include: 

• Analyzing your career planning status 
• Assessing your interests, values and skills 
• Searching for and analyzing occupations based on your interests and work values 
• Searching for and analyzing occupations based on your education, training, and skills 
• Searching for and analyzing occupations based on your personality type and life values 
• Searching for and analyzing occupations based on type of work and education level 
• Finding information for a specific occupation
• Determining your development needs

If you are a new user, you will first need to contact the Center for Career Development at 518.255.5624 or careerdevelopment@cobleskill.edu for a password to create your own personal account. Once you have an account, you may log-in and use it whenever you wish.