Choosing a Career

For some students, they have always known where their career path will lead and for others some guidance may be needed. Each student and their education/career paths are unique, here are a few tools to help you define what career choices you may have.

Classes

Personal Growth for Career Competencies (ESCE 2272)

  • Open to all majors, 2 credit hours- graded S/U

Resources

  • Make an appointment with Lima campus career advisor for guidance exploring the resources below, to review career interest assessment results, or for help arranging job shadowing. To schedule an appointment, contact Rachel Richardson at Richardson.607@osu.edu or 567.242.7333.
  • To access our university career interest assessment, visit http://www.onpace.osu.edu Review modules on finding your focus, relate interests to careers and majors, and decision-making factors and techniques to consider when selecting your future career and major.
  • To connect with alumni from our university and obtain career related input and advice, utilize https://osu.alumnifire.com/ or www.linkedin.com
  • Visit Occupational Outlook Handbook and O*Net Online to look up career related information such as education needed, job duties, sample job titles, future job market opportunities.
  • Visit Ohio Means Jobs to find detailed information for in-demand careers and career pathways to showcase the many careers in the state of Ohio.
  • Visit Salary.com and ZipRecruiter to look up current job openings, obtain job market information such as job titles, educational requirements and salary rates. Visit Glassdoor to explore company reviews from the perspective of current and former employees.