Career Day - Oak Ridge High School
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Career Exploration
Use your Naviance Account as a TOOL◦ (remember you set up this account through your W. Geog.
classes when the counselors spoke to you about endorsements)
Under the Careers Tab:
◦ Research career clusters and specific careers
◦ Career Information
Wages
Job Descriptions & Tasks
Skills & Abilities needed for each career
◦ Personality Type Quiz
Find jobs that match your personality
◦ Career Interest Profiler
If you do not know how to login to your Naviance account,
please visit the College & Career Center (senior campus)
or your counselor.
Common Majors
Accounting
Advertising
Agriculture
Animal Sciences
Archaeology
Art
Art History
Biochemistry
Biology
Botany
Chemistry
Computer Science
Criminal Justice
Early Childhood
Economics
Education
English
Engineering
Environmental Studies
Finance
Food Science
General Business
Geography
Geology
History
Humanities
Information Systems
International Business
Journalism
Kinesiology
Linguistics
Marketing
Microbiology
Music
Nursing
Nutrition
Philosophy
Photography
Physics
Political Science
Pre-Professional
Psychology
Social Work
Sociology
Special Education
Speech/Language Sci
Statistics
Theatre
Wildlife Biology
Women’s Studies
Zoology
Did You Know You Could Major In…
Dairy Sciences
◦ Univ. of Wisconsin
Fermentation Sciences
◦ Appalachian State Univ.
Viticulture and Enology (winemaking)
◦ Cornell University
Decision Sciences
◦ Indiana University
Popular Culture
◦ Bowling Green State Univ.
Poultry Sciences
◦ Texas A & M
Entertainment Engineering & Design
◦ Univ .of Nevada, Las Vegas
Turfgrass Science
◦ Penn State University
Canadian Studies
◦ Duke University
Jazz Studies
◦ University of North Texas
Packaging
◦ Michigan State University
Nannying
◦ Sullivan University
Folklore & Mythology
◦ Harvard University
Homeland Security
◦ Virginia Commonwealth University
Crop Protection
◦ Texas Tech Univ.
Minors
Be careful with designating some minors.
Not all minors are worth getting.
Good Minors:
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Spanish Language/2nd Language
Finance
Communications
Entrepreneurship
Great websites for career exploration!
Oak Ridge Naviance account
◦ https://succeed.naviance.com/signin.php
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org
http://www.onetonline.org
Generation Texas Week
Continues….Tomorrow!
Wear your college gear!
◦ Wear your favorite college’s shirt or school
colors (if you don’t have a shirt)
Learn facts about colleges/universities
where ORHS staff members attended