Transcript Career Day - Oak Ridge High School

Career Exploration
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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Finance
Food Science
General Business
Geography
Geology
History
Humanities
Information Systems
International Business
Journalism
Kinesiology
Linguistics
Marketing
Microbiology
Music
Nursing
Nutrition
Philosophy
Photography
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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…
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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
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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.
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Spanish Language/2nd Language
Finance
Communications
Entrepreneurship
Great websites for career exploration!
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Oak Ridge Naviance account
◦ https://succeed.naviance.com/signin.php
 https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org
 http://www.onetonline.org
Generation Texas Week
Continues….Tomorrow!
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Wear your college gear!
◦ Wear your favorite college’s shirt or school
colors (if you don’t have a shirt)
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Learn facts about colleges/universities
where ORHS staff members attended