consultant to help you pick a major

Anyone know if there are Consultants that you can pay to help you make the right choice?

 

I wouldn't pay anyone for something like this. If you want to just post your goals in life, possible careers that you would like to pursue, and any other relevant information, I'm sure you can get some valuable information right here.

 

I agree with AV8R. Tom Nixon used to do them, but I don't he does anymore. Post here and you will get primo advice.

Welcome!

Abner

 

I am kind of going through the same thing myself over the past few months. Of course, I'm still undecided and continuing my search on the right major, but I can give you a run down on what I did and currently doing.

The current fields I am looking at is Risk Management/Analyst, Auditing, and teaching part-time.

What I did was went over to careerbuilder.com and monster.com and started searching the jobs that I would like to do, and wrote down the minimum and recommended degrees and designations. In my case, it says min requirements was undergraduate degree in business, accounting, finance, math, and preferred MBA in specializations on the same, or MS in Math or Statistics. This was for jobs in Risk Management/Analyst and Auditing.

As for teaching part-time, I used my local colleges for ideas, because they have a good list of online courses. I checked the school's business dept. faculty pages and read the bio's on the professors to see what schools they attended and what degrees they obtained.

After I did the above, I also spoke to a few people in the field to find out what degrees they did and how they got into the field. For example, I spoke with my coworker's wife who also did a career change and is working as an Auditor for PWC. Like other people I spoke with, many had came from different walks of life and had different undergraduate degrees, but at least she gave me an idea on what courses I need to take, and incorporate those into my degree plan if I want to focus on just Auditing. My plan is a little more complicated because I'm trying have the ability to jump into one of three or four different areas.

As for yourself, I would recommend you check out the job sites and see what the requirements are, and try to talk to someone who is already in the field. I'm sure there is someone on this board that could be doing the same thing or is currently in the profession you are wanting to get into.

 

Well, I agree with all replies. Why would you want to pay for something not nescessary. I joined the forum back in January 2004 after 1 1/2 from high school graduation. I found the forum very informative, and got lot of advices from the senior members. I made the right decission to attend Troy University while on active duty. From years to years, I become expert...I gave advices to my Marines, co-workers, and friends.

If you tell us what you're looking, most of the forum members will give you the advices. From there, you just eliminate your choices.

Good Luck!!

 

WARNING! Thread Hi-jack.

TEK: Are you still preparing to go to OCS? I thought you had mentioned you might be headed in that direction. You are off of active duty now correct?

Cory

 

I'll try it again next year.

 

It's not exactly what you're looking for, but the wonderful book "What Color Is Your Parachute" has been a resource for some 20 years for people (from 16 to 76) looking for a new career or trying to choose between careers. The 2010 edition was just published about 3 weeks ago, and I haven't seen it, but it was reported to be updated substantially to address the current economic climate.

I believe also that the author lists references in the back of the book to find career counselors. It isn't clear whether you just want advice on a *major* or more generally on careers; since the two are interrelated, I figured this might be a good place to start.

 

Here is a test that was recommended by a business and career coach that helped me with other types work related issues. It's called the Campbell Skills and Interests Test. You can buy it online for $18. It won't tell you exactly what to do next, but it may provide some information as to where your skills and interests "fit" within the job market. He definitely recommends it as a starting point.

You can find it (with a little navigation) at www.pearsonassessments.com

Hope this helps.