1. Look for work and education environments that challenge you. Opt for situations where your success is measured each day.
2. Select experiences (courses, student organizations, research, etc.) with numerous opportunities to excel as an individual. You enjoy staying busy, so don’t be afraid to try many things.
3. Participate in experiences and courses that align with your skills and allow you to exceed expectations.

1. What types of tasks do you enjoy most and where will you have the opportunity to do them regularly?
2. What are my past proudest accomplishments and how can I relate them to major and career options?

1. Identify informal/formal leadership roles within student organizations, work, and classes  that you can step into. 
2. Look for experiences that allow you to have independence in decision making.
3. Thoroughly research professions, organizations, and companies to identify the ones that are results-oriented.

1. Am I rushing my decision on careers/majors?
2. Why is starting things rewarding to you? How can that be included in education and careers?

1. Research occupations that reward those with an ability to live in the moment and don’t require rigid adherence to rules, operating procedures, and time controls.
2. Interview individuals who work in organizations where the work is experimental or discovery-oriented.
3. Shadow employees who continually respond to the varied requests of their customers, tourists, guests, and patients.

1. Have you had jobs or experiences in the past that were a poor fit? Was your adaptability strength seen as an asset or liability in that setting?
2. What types of change am I comfortable with or find rewarding (ex. answering differing customer questions, making new hypotheses based on results, etc.)

1. Gather data about majors and careers you are interested in from multiple outlets including interviewing, volunteering, and using websites. Identify roles where you can use analysis regularly.
2. Opt for experiences that allow you to make decisions based on your evaluation of facts, data, tangible evidence, circumstantial evidence, and research findings.
3. Be open to creative fields as well. Analytical thinking is not limited to math and science.

1. Have I considered my feelings about majors and careers in addition to the “facts”?
2. What other strengths can I use to make a decision and avoid getting stuck at analysis paralysis.

1. Determine how much change and what kinds of changes you are most comfortable handling.
2. Consider roles that allow you to  be an agent of change and make improvements.
3. Use your strength to make a plan and determine how you can leverage resources and people you know to gain experience and make decisions efficiently.

1. What resources do you enjoy orchestrating/arranging the most (people, money, time, etc.)?
2. How can I prioritize my questions and resources to reach my long term goal of a major or career decision?

1. Take time to identify and familiarize yourself with your personal and work values. See values checklist for support.
2. Seek experiences with companies and organizations that have a strong sense of mission.
3. Research the variety of opportunities in helping professions such as medicine, social work, teaching, etc.
4. Talk with people who provide services to individuals and ask questions about the work.

1. What values or beliefs motivate you most and how can they support your decision making?
2. Have you taken other points of view into account to gain a better understanding of majors/careers you are considering?

1. Investigate careers that offer upward mobility. Understand that you are satisfied with a subordinate position for only a limited time.
2. Look for experiences in organizations or roles that welcome change and challenge the status quo.

1. Where and when is my decisiveness most appreciated?
2. When have I made difficult decisions in the past? Can it be applied to my major and career search?

1. Take time to identify and familiarize yourself with your personal and work values. See values checklist for support.
2. Seek experiences with companies and organizations that have a strong sense of mission.
3. Research the variety of opportunities in helping professions such as medicine, social work, teaching, etc.
4. Talk with people who provide services to individuals and ask questions about the work.

1. What values or beliefs motivate you most and how can they support your decision making?
2. Have you taken other points of view into account to gain a better understanding of majors/careers you are considering?

1. Identify environments that challenge you and measure success with scores, ratings, and rankings. You may dislike environments without specific measurement criteria.
2. Decide whether you prefer to compete as an individual or as a team member and identify opportunities that match your preference.
3. Set small goals for yourself in the major and career exploration process to measure your progress including effort as well as outcome.

1. Do I prefer to compete individually or as part of a team?
2. What are benchmarks I can set for myself in the major exploration process?

1. Identify volunteer opportunities that help you to determine the values most important to you.
2. Reflect on experiences and the meaning you applied to identify skills, personality, etc.

1. What is my personal set of values and mission and how can that be applied to my education and future work?
2. Am I taking action steps to make progress or leaving the decision up to fate?

1. Research work in environments that have standard sets of procedures and routines to follow.
2. Use your appreciation of processes and fairness to compare major and career paths efficiently (ex. Create a ranking system, shadow roles of interest, etc,).

1. What boundaries are most important to me in a work and educational environment and how can that support my decision making?
2. How might I balance my need for fairness if I am interested in roles that inherently value customization/individuality?

1. Consider your past work and educational experiences to inform next exploration steps.
2. Research the history of fields you are considering to determine your level of interest in the future of them. You may be drawn to professions that consider the past including archives, museums, anthropology, national parks, etc, but you can bring the strength to any field.
3. Identify people in career paths you are interested in and talk to them about their history and how they got there.

1. What topics am I excited to learn about and how can I apply that to a career or educational path?
2. How can I still be open to change and newness in my major and career exploration?

1. Organize what you learn about majors and career paths in a way that helps you assess risk. You may enjoy thinking with a pro/con list etc.
2. Consider gaining experience with research or analysis in your fields of interest.

1. What action can I take to feel confident in making a decision instead of afraid I am making a mistake?
2. What are the obstacles preventing me from choosing a major/career path? How can I address them?

1. Identify mentorship opportunities in work, extra-curricular, and academic settings where you can support the training and development of those around you.
2. Consider roles that emphasize teamwork and partnerships. You may be drawn to roles that focus on helping people reach their goals ex. teaching, management, counseling, etc.
3. Your strength will be an asset to any organization because you help facilitate the development of those around you. Be open to opportunities outside of the helping fields if it aligns with your interests and additional skills.

1. Have I identified mentors that can support my growth and development the way I do for others?
2. Have I made progress with my current methods of major and career exploration? Is it time to try something new?

1. Create a routine you can follow for your major and career exploration process.
2. Consider career paths in which you can maintain order for yourself and others.
3. Your strength is appreciated in most work settings because of your follow through. You may not be interested in the obviously aligned office management or administrative roles, and that is okay. 

1. When your schedule is flexible (ex. exploratory major) how do you respond and how can you create structure while you make a decision?
2. When does chaos frustrate you? Can that help you narrow down your search?

1. Look for experiences in which you need to work as part of a team. You will understand team members, support them, and help them work together.
2. Listening is one of your greatest skills. By listening to the feelings of others, you may also learn more about yourself.

1. Have you taken time to consider your own feelings regarding majors/careers in addition to the thoughts and feelings of those around you?
2. What industries and disciplines have the best cultural fit based on your values?

1. You will be most satisfied in careers that emphasize identifiable goals, purposes, and objectives. When completing exploration tasks be sure to look for those qualities in classes, shadowing, volunteering, etc.
2. Set measurable steps for reaching your goals. These will help you track your progress toward your major/career exploration.

1. Where do you get your sense of satisfaction in education, work, and life?
2. How much value do I put on autonomy in the workplace?

Imagine where you are on graduation day. What career are you about to start? What experiences have you had as an undergraduate? What interests did you pursue through clubs, organizations, and internships? What skills have you honed through your courses?

1. Is my vision of the future grounded in reality?
2. When I imagine my future career, what are the aspects that excite me (the mission, the work, the opportunities, etc.)?

Ask those you trust what they think your strongest skills and abilities are. You may value interdependence and rely on those who you see as experts. In your quest to avoid conflict, be careful of pressures from family and friends – don’t let them dictate your choices.

1. Am I making career decisions to please others or are they my own preferences? 
2. Are there ways I can use my natural mediation and negotiation skills in a career?

1. Take time to brainstorm all the possibilities that coincide with your interests.
2. Consider creative and out of the box paths to achieving your goals; getting involved in student organizations and other campus activities can take you many different places.
3. Remember to pay attention to emerging career fields and interests!

1. Where can I gain experience putting my ideas into action? 
2. When I have ideas about career interests, am I fully allowing myself time to explore them?

1. Where can you get involved to meet others and improve your connections?
2. Join team activities that let you explore your interests.

1. Although you include everyone, who are the types of people you enjoy working with the most?  
2. When exploring and self-assessing, are you consulting the experts?

Recognize the uniqueness in yourself. You are great at figuring out what others do best, so mine for skills, interests, and abilities by turning that talent inward.

1. What are your own unique skills and abilities and how can those apply to your career?
2. What situations are you comfortable with the rules being less flexible and where do you require flexibility for all?

1. Gather information and resources that will help you assess your skills, interests, and values.
2. Tap into information you have previously gathered and archived to see if anything might be useful to you now.
3. Share what you learned with a friend who is in the process of self-assessing, too.

1. When do I have enough information about a career path? When can I take action on the information I have gathered?  
2. Are their work environments that include constant information gathering and sharing? 

Dig deep and ask yourself about the kinds of things you are most drawn to, what you are best at, and what you value most in life and career.

1. When you think about career options, which ones are you the most curious about?  
2. After you have ruminated on your career options, have you shared those with trusted friends and family to get their feedback?

Complete career assessments and inventories and apply the results to researching careers that align.

1. Does my career exploration have an end goal? Am I getting sidetracked by learning about careers I know I will not pursue? 
2. What environments put a high value on the process and by-products on constant learning?

You know what you are good at – continue to cultivate those skills and abilities in the activities you choose as a student. Let your successes lead you to a career.

1. Am I setting realistic goals for myself? Am I allowing myself room to explore and redirect when needed?
2. Are there particular industries that constantly look for improvement?

Take time to visualize a positive outcome. Where do you see yourself after college? In self-assessment and career decision making, you are able to celebrate incremental progress. Take it one step at a time and see each realization as a victory.

1. Am I avoiding any roadblocks in my career development or am I confronting them?
2. Who can I share my career plans with? Will they continue to encourage me?

Leverage existing relationships and ask them what they see in you. What do your friends think are your greatest strengths? Have they recognized areas of interest that you are always talking about or values that you hold particularly important?

1. Do I have any close relationships with people in a career or industry of interest? Could I do an informational interview with them?
2. Are there particular work environments that require small group collaboration?

Find a career-decision making buddy, set a to-do list, and report back to each other.

1. When thinking about career exploration, can I set goals for myself in order to validate my progress? 
2. Are there work environments or industries that highly value commitment and have clear expectations?

Consider how you typically like to troubleshoot and solve problems and apply that same method to solving the question of Who am I and what kind of career do I want?

1. Can I frame my career decisions as a problem to solve?
2. Are there environments where constant troubleshooting is integral to success?

1. Trust your internal compass. You know yourself and your interests, skills, and values.
2. Remember to gather information and listen to others who are experts to make the best decisions.

1. 1. Is my confidence in my abilities backed up by results?
   2. Are there careers that have immediate, entry-level opportunities for leadership?

Think about what mark you want to leave on the world then work backwards. How can you achieve that legacy? What skills, abilities, and interests do you need to cultivate?

1. When thinking about my future career, what are the things that you would like to be recognized for?
2. When thinking about first jobs out of college, would you consider smaller organizations, where your impact could be more immediately felt?

1. Look for patterns in your interests, skills, and values.
2. Create multiple options and plans for where those could lead.

1. When thinking about career decisions, consider how you could make progress towards plans A, B, and C at once. 
2. Are there work environments that value systems thinking, intuitive thinking, and seeing the big picture?

1. Connect with people who are doing interesting work that you would like to learn more about. These can be people you already know, but as someone with WOO, you may not be afraid to reach out to a stranger.
2. Seek advice from a variety of people and apply that to your career exploration.

1. When building my network, and I offering reciprocal help to others, establishing mutually beneficial partnerships?  
2. Are there work environments that would constantly throw me in the path of new people?