A person’s professional life has many different parts to it

A person’s professional life has many different parts to it and often changes many times over the course of a career. Learning how to navigate your professional career requires skills but more importantly is knowing where to go when you need support or ideas when the “career path” feels unclear . Often brainstorming possible steps and formulating a basic plan with a counselor can unlock new ideas and inspiration

Talking with a counselor at college about a career development plan

Organizing your educational plans in some form of a file, book or other means.

Talking with professionals working in the career you are exploring in order to learn about the requirements, training and tasks associated with that career. This is often referred to as informational interviewing. There are great resources on the internet about informational interviewing.

Volunteering to gain some experience being in the career environment which you might want to work