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Virtual Career Development Center

Career exploration is a multi-step process. The following information is an online resource designed to assist you through this process. Please note that these links are provided as a way to assist you but are not under the management or supervision of any staff at Northampton Community College.

Step 1: CAREER ASSESSMENTS

Usually finding the right career starts with a personal assessment of your interests, skills and values. Try these sites for help with pinpointing what might be the best match for you.
A. For a short but interesting assessment of your interests try:

The Career Interests Game

The Career Quiz

B. For a quick (non-scientific) assessment of your personality type try:

What's Your Personality Type?
C. For a more complete (and somewhat time consuming) workbook approach which will help you assess your interests, skills, values, and personality try:

Career Development eManual

Step 2: OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION

The second step is to research your options. Finding out more about the range of careers you might want to consider is an important step in the career planning process.

A. To find out more information about specific careers try:

Occupational Outlook Handbook

The Princeton Review, Career Information
B. To find out more about careers of interest and what their growth potential may be:

America's Career InfoNet

Step 3: WHAT CAN I DO WITH A MAJOR IN...?

Finding the right major for your career objective can be difficult. The follow are resources designed to help you become more informed about the many different majors that are offered both at NCC and at other places of higher education. These sites will provide you with a good start, but talking to a counselor or advisor about your unique career goals is often the most important step you can take.
A. Major to career converters:
https://www.cco.purdue.edu/Student/Series_Major.shtml
www.udel.edu/csc/mrk.html
www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/majors/
B. To find information about NCC's majors and major related links:

NCC Majors

If you are a currently enrolled credit student at Northampton Community College (whether on campus or at a distance) and would like further career planning services, call the Counseling Office at (610) 861-5342 for our Bethlehem Campus or (570) 620-9317 for our Monroe Campus.