Explore Majors/Careers

Career exploration begins with understanding what matters to you. Reflect on your interests, values, strengths, skills, preferred work environment, and lifestyle priorities to identify majors and career paths that may be a good fit.

• Take the O*Net Interest Profiler to learn more about your strengths and areas of interest
• Meet with a Career Center advisor to discuss your results, explore possible majors and careers, and identify meaningful next steps.
• Talk with people who know you well—such as faculty, mentors, family, or supervisors—to gain perspective on your strengths, skills, and interests.

Your major can help you build knowledge and transferable skills, but it does not determine one specific career path. Use these resources to learn more about academic programs and the possibilities connected to them.

• Explore What Can I Do with This Major to identify career paths, common employers, and strategies that complement different majors
• Review the CSU Chico Catalog to explore majors, minors, certificates, and courses offered at CSU Chico
• Utilize the CSU Chico AI Agent to ask questions about majors, academic programs, course options, and campus resources. Consider prompts such as: “What majors might connect with my interest in environmental sustainability?” or “What courses are required for the Biology major?”
• Talk with faculty, academic advisors, and students in majors you are considering to learn about coursework, experiences, and opportunities within the program.

Learn about career paths, industries, and opportunities that connect with your interests, skills, and goals. Career exploration can help you better understand what different roles involve and identify experiences that will help you prepare.

• Use O*NET Online to explore job responsibilities, required skills and education, salary information, and employment outlook for different careers.
• Review job and internship postings on platforms such as LinkedIn, Indeed, and Glassdoor to see the positions, qualifications, and skills employers are currently seeking.
• Connect with professionals through informational interviews to learn about their career paths, day-to-day work, and advice for entering the field.
• Attend Career Center events and career fairs to meet employers, learn about organizations and industries, and explore available opportunities.
• Gain firsthand experience through internships, part-time jobs, volunteering, research, job shadowing, or student involvement.