Preview Weekend
"MAJOR DECISIONS" Workshop Resources

Thanks for attending the "Major Decisions" Workshop.

Here are some links to the resources I spoke about, and some other helpful resources as well.

 

Parent Guides

A Career Planning Course for Parents(from UCSD)
(PDF)(HMTL page)

  • A helpful guide that presents tips on how to guide your student
    through each year throughout their 4-year University/College journey.


A Parent's Guide to Career Development (from UCSD)
(PDF)(HTML page)

  • Practical tips on how to effectively assist your student with career planning.


Career Development Resource for Parents: Helping Parents Explore the Role of Coach & Ally (by CCIP)
(PDF) (2.6 MB)

  • A very comprehensive resource package by CCIP that explores your role as "coach" and "ally" through your student's
    career development process.

Planning for Post-Secondary Studies: A Grade 12 Parent Guide (Canadian)
(PDF) (4.7 MB)

  • Another very comprehensive guide, complete with discussions about how to guide your student, links to financial aid, and activities to do with your student during the planning process.

 

For Students

Hi Student, most of your own, specific resources can be found throughout our career centre's website. However, here are some extra resources that we discussed in the workshop, and a few others as well. See you on campus!

A Career Action Plan
(PDF)

  • elaborates on the Discovery, Exploration, Experience phases and even adds a "Choice" phase.

Key Major & Career Exploration websites (brief version)
(DOC)

  • Here's a brief list of some websites that can help during the exploration process. Note the Match Major->Occupation finder and Career Cruising in particular.

Answers to Major Myths
(DOC)

  • The e-copy to the answers to those "major myths" we discussed in the workshop

 

Miscellaneous

Celebrity Major Quiz 2008! (adapted, from MSN Encarta)
(DOC)

  • Yes! The popular Celebrity Major Quiz is adapted and online!