Decision Making

Decision-making is an essential skill for students, shaping their academic journey and future careers. Effective decision-making helps students choose the right courses, manage their time, and balance academic and personal life. It also plays a vital role in selecting internships, extracurricular activities, and career paths. By honing this skill, students can navigate college life more confidently and set themselves up for long-term success.

Additional Information: An Introduction to Decision Making & Goals | Goals

Office of Academic Advising
People in the Workplace

People

Find careers that fit your personality and help you work with others that you thrive around. There are several types of personalities that can be found in the workplace, we have listed a few for you to review and find what works best for you.

Knowledge/Interests

  • Find what clusters of careers and jobs you find interesting.
  • Apply what you know outside of workplaces like school, home, and in society while also reflecting on past work experiences. 
Subject Matrix

Work Environment

  • Identify the work environments that you thrive in. 
  • Reflect on past experiences.
  • Focus on the physical environment rather than the people. 
    • Ex: Lots of windows, nice view of greenery, relatively quiet, flexibility about clocking in and out, businesses nearby

Geography

  • Think of the future always.
  • This can help you form a clearer picture of what you want your future to look like and what you hope for. 
  • Keep things as broad as you would like.
    • If you stay general: City, Suburbs, rural, mountains, coast, overseas
    • If you want to be specific: San Francisco, Chicago, Raleigh
Benefits in the Workplace

Salary & Rewards

  • Salary is something you must consider as you are contemplating your ideal career and job but it is not everything.
  • Ask yourself the following questions:
    • What level would you like to work in your ideal job?
      • CEO, Manager, Head fo a Team, Team of Equals
    • What salary would you like to aim for
      • Minimum Salary
      • Maximum Salary
    • What benefits would you like as part of your job?