Explore Major & Career Options
Explore careers/Choose a major
- Learn more about majors offered at UB
- Get information about specific careers and relate majors to occupations
- Connect with a career counselor
- Consider taking UBE 202: Career Planning
- Learn how gaining experience can help me explore options
- Talk with someone in a career field of interest
- Use the Brent D. Arcangel Career Resource Library
- Alumni Career Reality Videos
Start From The Beginning
Making career decisions is one of the most challenging tasks you will face in college and throughout your life. Most students spend more time planning their spring break vacation than they do planning their career choice! Like most things, the more time and effort you put into your career development the more likely you are to reach a satisfying decision. You are worth the time and effort that good decision-making requires!
Career development is a process that typically involves the following stages:
| Learn About Yourself | ||
| Check it Out |  |
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| Narrow Your Choices |
Making choices about your future is a continual process that you will revisit many times during your life. Regardless of where you are in your college career or in life, you may enter the process at whatever point is most relevant to you. You may find yourself exploring two stages at once, or revisiting a stage that you thought you had thoroughly investigated. And while career decisions can only be made by you, be assured that there are many tools you can use to assist you in the process! Click on each of the four stages to find out more!