{"id":18060,"date":"2017-08-08T11:01:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T16:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/?page_id=18060"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:39:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:39:05","slug":"i-know-my-career-direction-but-not-how-to-get-there","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/i-know-my-career-direction-but-not-how-to-get-there\/","title":{"rendered":"I know my career direction, but not how to get there\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Visit the\u00a0<a title=\"Vault Campus\" href=\"http:\/\/access.vault.com\/career-insider-login.aspx?aid=148437\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VAULT<\/a>\u00a0online career library<\/strong><strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/online.onetcenter.org\/find\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">O*NET<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/oco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Occupational Outlook Handbook<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iseek.org\/sv\/10000.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iseek<\/a><\/strong>. Choose the career that interests you and read about the education and experience necessary to enter that field.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Come in to the Piper Center and check out the books in our resource library<\/strong>\u00a0that describe different jobs or career fields and what qualifications are necessary to pursue that field.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/apps\/alumni-directory\/\">Online Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0 You must either log in with your my.stolaf account or create an account to begin searching. \u00a0The directory can be used to find alumni who are doing what you want to do so that you can contact them for the best advice on how to prepare for a certain occupational area. Try doing a simple search by occupation, choosing anything in the \u201coccupation\u201d field. From the list of alums that results, click on each one and obtain their contact information. You can then email them, call them, even meet with them to ask, \u201cWhat are the best steps I can take that will lead me to this type of job?\u201d This type of discussion is called an\u00a0<a title=\"Informational Interviewing\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/informational-interviewing\/\">informational interview<\/a>. Follow the link to find out more specifics on how to make your approach and what to ask.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fill out a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/files\/2013\/05\/Career_Exploration_Worksheet.pdf\">Career Exploration Worksheet<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Using resources found on the Piper Center \u2019s website, find the following information for\u00a0each occupation that is of interest to you. Use more than one source to obtain your data, and incorporate any work experience you have had.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Assessing &amp; Exploring Careers\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/assessing-exploring-careers\/\"><em>Return to Assessing &amp; Exploring Careers\u00bb<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit the\u00a0VAULT\u00a0online career library,\u00a0O*NET, the\u00a0Occupational Outlook Handbook\u00a0or\u00a0Iseek. Choose the career that interests you and read about the education and experience necessary to enter that field. Come in to the Piper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2555,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18060","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2555"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18060"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18502,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18060\/revisions\/18502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}