Getting Started/Explore

Exploring your career options involves gathering and evaluating information about you and the many career options.

In order to find what fits, you first need to know your story-your skills, strengths, values, and experiences. Second, you need to know about the careers you are considering.

There are so many different ways to explore career options - be creative in how you choose to investigate your options.

  • What Can I Do With This Major? - Explore information about how different majors connect to common career paths.
     
  • Career Tracks - Sign up for a track to get personalized events and job/internship postings emailed to your inbox.
     
  • Job Shadowing - Experience a career first-hand by shadowing a professional in the field. 
     
  • Informational Interviewing - Get insight on industries straight from people working in those fields.
     
  • Your Four-Year Career Plan - See what things you should be doing and what info is most pertinent to you based on what year you are.
     
  • U-M GPT - GenAI is a great way to quickly learn about different fields. Consider prompts like "Tell me about x field?", How do you break into that field?", and "What skills are needed?"