Step 1 - Evaluating your major
Personality/Occupation Compatibility
Determine whether “English” is really your passion, or whether you are suited to a different major by exploring these great personality sites.
MyMajors.com - Take the short My Majors quiz and receive five college majors matching your interests and academic experience. This site will give you information about these college majors, the types of courses needed to get a degree and what jobs are potentially available.
True Colors - True Colors is a personality-based self-assessment tool that is fun and easy to use, yet extremely insightful. The assessment is based on your selection of keywords that are descriptive of your personality characteristics. The key words are age appropriate. The results give you a four color profile and a list of occupations that are compatible with your color.
NYCareerZone - Click on 'Assess Yourself' from the top. You will pick the three words that describe you most, and then you can look at various occupations that suit your personality. To see the occupations, once you have clicked on your words, select 'View Occupations' in the gold circle.
Occupation Exploration
Once you have picked out your favorites from your list of suggested occupations, you might want to check out the information on the following sites.
