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Career Services

Explore Majors and Careers

Career Services

230 Nebraska Union
(402) 472-3145

  • 20-min Walk-ins, M-F, 10-4 (Summer 10-12 and 1-3)
  • Appointments, M-F, 8-5
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Career Services East (303 ECU)
Career Services at CBA (138 CBA)

Career Assessments

Explore your interests, skills and values. Meet with a Career Counselor to determine the best assessment for you then have a follow up meeting to review the results and determine possible next steps.

The following assessments are free of charge:

  • O*Net "Skills Search" matches identified skills with occupations to explore.
  • CareerOneStop matches careers to identified interests, skills, and values.
  • Career Cruising offers interactive assessments to help you explore careers related to your interests and skills. Call Career Services at 472-3145 for the required password and username.
    Provided with support from the UNL Parents Association

The following assessments require a small fee.

  • The Campbell Interest and Skill Survey relates your interests and self-reported skills to careers and academic majors.
  • The Strong Interest Inventory relates your interests to careers, work activities, education programs, and leisure activities.

Exploring UNL Majors

Undergraduate Bulletin

Power of Possibilities - An interactive tool to connect your interests to UNL undergraduate majors.

Power of Possibilities interactive tool

Career Guide to UNL Majors - Search Alphabetically or by Interest area to learn:

  • Where recent grads are working
  • What salaries recent grads earn
  • What additional education recent grads pursue
  • What internship opportunities are related to UNL majors
  

Additional Web Resources

What Can I Do With This Major? Information about industries, employers and preparation strategies for many common college majors. Tip: For a printable version, scroll to the bottom of each majors page.

The Occupational Outlook Handbook provides career information including nature of the work, training and qualifications, job outlook, earnings.

CareerOverview.com offers useful and reliable career, job and employment information provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

What Color is Your Parachute is a popular resource for self-assessment and the job search.