Right now, in my career exploration process, I am in the self-assessment phase. I think that this process is so difficult for me right now because I would be happy doing a lot of things. I could see myself as a teacher or as a lobbyist or even as a social worker, so I think that’s hard because they are similar but really different. I learned in this workshop that I am very social and would thrive the most working with people. I believe I had an idea of that, but this solidified it for me. The code I got was SIA, social, investigative and artistic. O*Net recommends a lot of things for my code, but what stuck out the most for me was the amount of teaching jobs, political scientist and sociologist.
I do not necessarily have a current path right now, as I am between two majors: Environmental Policy and Decision Making and Middle School Education. I have struggled a lot this first semester with choosing one of them, and as I schedule classes for the spring semester I realize that I still haven’t chosen. I know everyone says I don’t have to know what I want to do yet, but I just don’t think that applies since the two are so different. If someone chose my major for me, and I found a job within that, I would honestly be happy with that. I think the thing that makes me so unhappy and unsettled with college is the amount of choices I have to make. I always feel like I am choosing one thing or the other, when I would like to have it all.
The RIASEC assessment will once again take me back to the drawing board to figure out what I want to do, because now I realize that I have even more options. Usually I would say that my next step would be to avoid the problem until I am under pressure, but I feel like I have so many resources here that I don’t want to go to waste. I will take as many neutral classes as I can to see if they spark any interest, and apply for internships, and probably annoy Trish to no end in Kottman 210 so I can figure out what I want to do. Honestly, I think both Esther and Amanda’a jobs are so amazing, but I feel like there’s no way to apply for that.