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Breaking Through Walls to A New Career!

Break Through Walls to A New Career!

Breaking Through Walls to A New Career! provides an overview of the different resources designed to help you transition from entry level graduate to experienced job seeker people are looking for new employment!

Original Linkedin article with graphics(7/12/25)

Author: Dr. Mary Askew, careerplans4all.com

Gain strategies to get a new career!

The news has highlighted that from entry level graduate to experienced job seeker people are looking for new employment!

You have the keys to a new career!

Your degree and transferable skills are keys to your next job opportunity!

Match Degree Program to Another Career

Our Explore Careers and College Major Programs has two programs that help you to explore careers using two methods –

  • Explore Occupations by Job families

  • What Can I Do If I Majored In

Explore Occupations by Job Family

To research the careers using Explore Occupations by Job Family, go the Explore Occupations by Job Family

  • Look on the Main Menu page under Explore the Possibilities section.

Explore Career Possibilities

  • Click on the Explore Occupations by Job Family link.

Explore Occupations by Job Families

See some of the Job Families –

  • Architecture & Engineering

  • Arts, Entertainment, Sports, & Media

  • Building & Grounds Maintenance

  • Business & Financial

  • Community & Social Service

  • Computer & Mathematical

  • Construction & Extraction

  • Education & Training

  • Farming, Fishing, & Forestry

  • Food Service

  • Healthcare Practitioners & Technical

  • Healthcare Support

  • Installation, Maintenance, & Repair

  • Legal

  • Life, Physical, & Social Science

  • Management

  • Office & Administrative Support

  • Personal Care & Service

  • Production

  • Protective Service

Open the job family that interests you. You will find a few different occupations.

For example, Education & Training occupations are –

  • Agricultural Sciences Professor

  • Anthropology and Archaeology Professor

  • Aquarium Curator

  • Architecture Professor

  • Archivist

  • Area and Cultural Studies Professor

  • Art, Drama, & Music Professors

  • Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Post-Secondary

  • Biology Professor

  • Business Professor

  • Career / Technical Education Teacher

  • Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School

  • Chemistry Professor

  • Communications Professor

  • Computer Science Professor

  • Criminal Justice Professor

  • Curriculum and Assessment Director

Click on an occupation.  An Occupational Details web page appears.

See different sections in the career profile.

The different sections in the career profile are –

  • Occupational Overview

  • Earnings

  • Outlook

  • Training

  • Job Tasks

  • Work Interest Profile

  • Values

  • Skills

  • Education Requirements

  • Professional Associations

What Can I Do If I Majored In …

Explore What Can I Do If I Majored In

The What Can I Do If I Majored In covers information about some of the following college majors –

  • Agriculture and Related Sciences

  • Architecture

  • Area, Ethnic and Gender Studies

  • Basic Skills and Developmental/Remedial Education

  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences

  • Business, Management and Marketing

  • Citizenship Activities

  • Communication and Journalism

  • Communication Technology

  • Computer and Information Sciences

  • Construction Trades

  • Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services

  • Education

  • Engineering

  • Engineering Technologies

  • Foreign Languages, Literature, and Linguistics

Go to the What Can I Do If I Majored In Tool.

On the What Can I Do If I Majored In, click the desired major.

As an example, clicked on Education.

Related Majors appear. You go down the list. Keep looking until you find the right major. For example, Counselor Education – School Counseling and Guidance Services.

The Counselor Education page appears.  On the page, there is a college program/ major description.  You can save or print the description.

Explore Counselor Education – School Counseling and Guidance Services

Under the program title and description, there is a list of potential careers matched to the desired major.  Scroll down, view, click or save the desired occupation, for example: Career, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors.

Scroll down to the Educational Requirements.  You will again see desired college majors –

  • Counselor Psychology

  • Counselor Education – School Counseling and Guidance Services

  • Education

  • Psychology

  • School Psychology

For example: Counselor Education – School Counseling and Guidance Services.

A program prepares individuals to apply the theory and principles of guidance and counseling. This is for providing support for the personal, social, educational, and vocational development of students. It also involves organizing guidance services within elementary, middle, and secondary educational institutions. Includes instruction in legal and professional requirements, therapeutic counselor intervention, vocational counseling, and related sociological and psychological foundations.

References

There are excellent web sites that match careers to your degree.  University web sites list web pages that match majors/ degrees to the following areas –

  • Common Career Paths

  • Employers

  • Strategies

  • Common Employers

  • Getting Started and Advancing Steps

  • Professional Associations

  • Occupational Outlook

  • Employment Opportunities

  • Related Resources

The most common reference resource is https://whatcanidowiththismajor.com/ from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Break the job search using Transferable Skills

Next steps – Using transferable skills in career exploration …

Explore Career Possibilities
See different sections in the career profile.
Explore What Can I Do If I Majored In
Explore Counselor Education - School Counseling and Guidance Services
https://whatcanidowiththismajor.com/