As an Augustana student, you have multiple opportunities to explore who you are and how you want to live that out with and for others in the world. Whether you are exploring majors and careers because you just haven’t found the right fit yet or because you are changing direction, there is room for you and your decision process on this page. Use the resources below to help you determine the next best steps, identify your strengths and interests, and design your life to meet the needs of the world around you.
Exploration involves intentional thinking, acting, and reflecting on these questions as we move through each stage of life.
It was a fantastic Day One session today of the Career & Life Design: Strategies for Career Success course here at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois! I am beyond thrilled to be teaching this new full course during J-term …
Information taken/researched from this article: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2010/jul/24/classics-degree-graduate-careers , universitycompare.com/guides/subject/classics-degree
As experts warn the ongoing cuts in the public sector could result in record levels of graduate unemployment; despondent graduate jobseekers may find comfort in the words of Friedrich Nietzsche: “That which …
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By Keri Bass
Keri BassAssistant Director of Vocational Exploration and Career Coach
Curious about what it would be like to work in a certain industry or field? Be sure to take advantage of our newest resource, Candid Career! Candid Career is a video library that houses more than 8,000 interview-driven videos highlighting …
By Laura Kestner-Ricketts
Laura Kestner-RickettsExecutive Director, Career and Professional Development
This is a common question among first year students. You are just starting your college career, still getting used to your new roommate and new schedule. You aren’t going to be looking for a career job or …
By Beth Ford
Beth FordCareer Coach for the Health Sciences & First Year Student Advisor
Having an understanding of which strengths you bring to a position or academic program will help you throughout your search …
Labor Market InsightsIn partnership with
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.)
Occupation Description
Employment Trends
Top Employers
Education Levels
Annual Earnings
Technical Skills
Core Competencies
Job Titles
Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
