FOCUS 2 CAREER is an online interactive, self-guided career and education planning system designed to help you make decisions about your future career goals and education plans. Typically, students can complete the self-assessments in less than 1-hour.
The FOCUS 2 CAREER system will:
- Assess your career planning involvement, career readiness competencies, work interests, values, skills, personality type and leisure time interests.
- Provide a list of occupations, career fields, majors, and training programs that match your personal preferences and attributes.
- Help you plan a career and educational pathway that will support your personal needs and goals.
CODE: HAWKS
FEATURES OF THE FOCUS 2 CAREER ASSESSMENT TOOL
- Career Exploration & Decision-Making: Students gain insights into career options and related majors/programs at UMES, with assessment results linked to over 1,000 occupations featuring up-to-date, detailed information. Ideal for First-Year Experience programs.
- Career Planning Readiness: FOCUS 2 CAREER evaluates students’ engagement in the career planning process and provides tailored activities to support informed career and education decisions.
- Self-Assessments: Research-based and reliable tools match students’ interests and abilities to occupations and compatible majors at UMES.
- Career Exploration Tools: Interactive features include “What Can I Do with a Major In…?” for UMES’ programs, plus searches by job family, industry, and more.
- Take Action Plan: Students design personalized academic and career development roadmaps.
- Career Portfolio: Students’ assessment results, preferred majors, occupations, rankings, goals, and achievements are compiled into a comprehensive portfolio.
- Real-Time Student Results: An intuitive administrative dashboard provides detailed user results, robust aggregate reports, multi-administrator access, and customization options.
