Digital Career Counselor meets students wherever they are, from first-year exploration to the final-semester job search. In an advising appointment, the fastest way to make it useful is to match the tool to the student's stage. Use this guide to choose what to open with each student.
Read the article and watch the webinar on advising with Digital Career Counselor, or download the eBook: How Advisors Can Use Digital Career Counselor.
First-year students
The first year is the time to connect academic choices to career goals.
Personality Assessment: students take the 20-question assessment, then explore the majors and job titles that fit their type.
Search360: students find the top skills for a major or job title and plan how to build them through coursework, internships or co-ops.
Undecided students and students considering a major change
The sooner a student settles on a major, the sooner they graduate and the less debt they take on.
Personality Assessment: gives a concrete list of majors and careers to evaluate instead of a blank page.
Outcomes (filter by degree): a student considering psychology can see which employers hire psychology graduates, and their job functions and industries.
Search360: compare real professionals' career paths against the student's interests.
Students who have chosen a major or career
The focus shifts to building knowledge and preparing to compete.
Career Feed: students set their career interests and get industry trends and guidance for those fields.
Search360: explore career paths in the target field, find the top skills, and plan to build them before graduation.
Students looking for internships
Career Feed: builds industry knowledge ahead of the search and interviews.
Outcomes (top employers): shows which employers hire the most alumni from your institution, a good list of internship targets.
Search360 (career paths): shows the internships professionals in the target role held along the way.
Students preparing to graduate
Outcomes (top employers and skills): which employers hire your graduates in the student's major, and the skills those graduates have.
Search360: average salaries, top employers and key skills for the roles they are pursuing.
Tuition Analyzer: expected monthly loan payment and how long it will take to break even on their starting salary.
Job Board: browse real postings and apply directly.
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