career exploration
Surveying job possibilities
Career exploration is the process of investigating different occupations, industries, and work paths to discover what suits your interests, skills, and goals.
It typically involves research, informational interviews, job shadowing, or internships: The career center offers workshops on career exploration for undecided students.
The term appears most often in educational and counseling contexts.
- values clarificationProcess of identifying core beliefs
- job shadowingObserving employees during workday
- informational interviewsConversations seeking career guidance
- internshipsSupervised workplace learning periods
- work experienceRecord of past jobs
apprenticeships · personality tests · labor market trends · job market · self-discovery · finding yourself · skill development · soft skills · networking events · mentorship · networking opportunities · volunteering · college major · self-reflection · alumni networks · technical training · certifications · professional associations
- career prepjob readiness, vocational training, skill development, internships, resume building
- Career Toolsresume, CV, cover letter, LinkedIn, job board
- mentoringmentors, mentees, protege, apprentice, advisor
- career testingaptitude test, vocational test, job aptitude, aptitude testing, aptitude tests
- job trainingjob training, apprenticeships, vocational schools, vocational school, mentoring
- adolescencepuberty, teenager, coming-of-age, growing up, teen
career explorationcareer stagnation
Lack of job advancement
job security · employment stability · career plateau · retirement
career explorationgoing through the motions
Performing without genuine effort