EXPLORE (majors, careers, & opportunities)

Discover resources for self, major, and career opportunities that align with your skills, values, personality and work preferences.

Career Exploration

Exploration is a key part to everyone’s life journey. Whether you are exploring majors to pursue, or want to learn more about what career paths you can go into in  the future – there are people and tools to help you explore further.

Exploration Tools

Major Exploration and Career Planning Tools

Additional Assessments

Meet with a mentor or coach:

Drop-in Model: Stop by Ceres Hall 306 Monday through Friday anytime between 9:00 am – 4:00 pm for assistance.

Make an Appointment: Schedule and appointment for Career Services through Bison Advise.

Email: All services are offered via email. So if students are away from campus, taking classes online, or commuting to NDSU, they may find email interactions to be more useful. Reach out via email at ndsu.cac@ndsu.edu.

Phone:  Calls can be made to the Career and Advising Center main line at 701-231-7111.

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Tools For Exploration – O*Net Interest Profiler

Published on December 8, 2023

Salutations Bison Herd,  

As we steadily head toward the end of the semester, we once again return to discuss yet another tool that can assist you in finding an enjoyable career. Last time we talked about Employment Trends which …

By Sawyer Teicher
Sawyer Teicher Career Mentor
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How to Find On Campus Employer Events

Published on November 13, 2023

Have you seen a employer on campus and wondered how you would know they are tabling? Handshake is the place to go to see all upcoming events that are happening on campus! If you log on to Handshake, instead of …

By Elizabeth Beckstrom
Elizabeth Beckstrom Career Mentor
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Tools for Exploration – Employment Trends

Published on November 10, 2023

Hello Bison Herd,  

I am back again to discuss some more exploration tools that you can use to identify potential majors and careers. Last time we talked about CareerExplorer which is an inventory assessment tool that looks at your …

By Sawyer Teicher
Sawyer Teicher Career Mentor
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Career Resources

What Can I Do With This Major?

What Can I Do With This Major?

Whether you like your major and want to consider possible career paths that might align or you are considering pursuing …

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O*NET

O*NET

Perhaps students are simply unaware of the infinite number of employment opportunities or careers which the world has to offer?  …

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Focus 2 Career Resources for Faculty and Staff

Career and Advising

If you would like a presentation about Focus 2 Career for your department or class please fill …

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Social Science, Human Service and Education Majors

Anthropology
Criminal Justice
Elementary Education
Emergency Management
Human Development and Family Science
Political Science
Psychology
Public History
Secondary Education (Various …

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Liberal Arts, Communication, and Design Majors

Agricultural Communication
Apparel, Retail Merchandising & Design
Architecture
Art
English
Environmental Design
History
Interior Design
Journalism
Music
Philosophy/Humanities
Spanish
Strategic …

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Health and Life Sciences Majors

Biological Sciences
Dietetics
Exercise Science
Human Development and Family Science
Medical Laboratory Science
Microbiology
Nursing
Pharmacy
Psychology
Radiologic Sciences
Respiratory …

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Employment TrendsIn partnership withLightcast logo

Explore occupations by career categories and pathways and use real time labor market data to power your decision making.

First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)