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University of Wisconsin-Superior
YU 230
Belknap and Catlin
P.O. Box 2000
Superior, WI 54880
ph. 715-394-8024
fax. 715-394-8454
hours:
Mon and Fri:
7:45am-4:30pm
Tues,Wed,Thurs:
7:45am-6:00pm
Daily Drop-in hours:
11 am-close
Discover Your Success Story
Utilize this page to find helpful links on exploring major and career opportunities. Furthermore, consider speaking with our Career Counselor one-on-one or coming in for an assessment in order to help you navigate through the countless options. Contact Career Services today!
Exploration
Career Services has compiled a breadth of sources for you to explore and discover. Take assessments, learn about various degree opportunities, and see what you should be considering as you settle into college and transition into a career.
Learn what UWS students have done to be successful in obtaining internships, jobs, and volunteer experiences.
Learn about how UW-Superior Alumni are using their Liberal Arts degree in their careers. The site provides articles and interview text from alumni, to help you with your career discovery.
What Can I Do With This Major?
Research a variety of majors and see what careers and opportunities can be found within each field.
What Can I Do with My Liberal Arts Degree?
Learn the value of your liberal arts education and how you can develop and benefit from the variety of skills you acquire.
A virtual job shadow site that provides access to interviews from people relating to their careers and jobs. They focus on each person's individual thoughts and experiences within their given job or profession.
A free career community that empowers job seekers with jobs, reviews, and salaries, along with hundreds of great career advice articles. CareerBliss was started in 2008 with the goal of providing transparency in the workplace, a transparency that effectively lets our users find happiness in the workplace by getting an inside look at the reviews and salaries for over 100,000 employers.
Assessments
Career Services provides assessment opportunities to help you learn about careers that relate to your skills, interests and personality. Prior to taking th assessment, we recommend speaking with a Career Counselor to assist in choosing the proper tool and follow up with a secondary appointment to analyze your results. The following assessments are available:
Free Self Assessments
Free for all current UWS students, but you must register an account
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To register off campus, use the following registration code: uw-c697
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When on the campus network, a registration code is not necessary.
Detailed Assessments
The following assessments may be arranged by appointment and are available at a cost of $15 per assessment for students and alumni. To set-up a pre-assessment appointment, contact our office.
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Strong Interest Inventory® - compares your interests to the interests of people happily employed in a wide variety of occupations and identifies job titles related to your interests.
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® - identifies your basic "personality type" which can be related to potential career choices and working environments.
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StrengthsQuest® - identifies your strengths and relates them to your educational and career plans.
Career Counseling
You don't have to explore on your own. UWS Career Services offers one-on-one counseling where you can consider your options, dreams, and values as you look to decide on a major, a grad school, or a potential job. Whether you have no idea what you would like to do in the future, are overwhelmed by having to pick just one major, or would like help looking for new possibilities, contact Career Services today.
Career counselors can help you:
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Develop a career plan
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Make more effective decisions
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Assess your best job options, through career assessments and other tools
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Develop job search skills, such as writing effective resumes
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Find work/life balance
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Resolve personal conflicts with bosses and coworkers
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Navigate job stress, career transitions and other difficult employment issues
From new first year students to alumni looking for a new career path are welcome to call, email, or stop by our office to set up an appointment.
"Other people may be there to help us, teach us, guide us along our path, but the lesson to be learned is always ours."
The Career Planner
As you make your transition into college, find a place on campus, and begin to consider what's next, Career Services has a checklist for your to consider. Follow the tabs to determine where you stand in your career preparation and goals, and what you can do to achieve them.
First Year | Sophomore Year | Junior Year | Senior Year
First Year 
Self-Discovery
- Visit Career Services. The staff will help you explore or confirm your major and start planning your future.
- Complete your Jacket Jobs Profile - UWS's web-based job and internship posting system.
- Take Assessments. Spend time getting to know yourself. Identify skills, interests, values, and strengths and how they relate to career choice.
- Explore Majors. Attend the Majors and Opportunities Fair and attend courses and events of interest.
- Join a campus organization or club in an area of professional interest.
- Begin drafting a Resume.
- Consider working or volunteering part-time during the school year and/or full-time during the summer. View postings in Jacket Jobs.
- Consider Study Abroad/Study Away Opportunities.
- Attend Job Fairs.
Sophomore Year
Assessing Options and Making Choices
- Visit Career Services. The staff will help you explore or confirm your major and start planning your future.
- Choose Your Major (if you haven't already done so) by the end of the sophomore year and finalize a major/minor program plan.
- Discover What You Can Do with Your Major.
- Conduct informational interviews and job shadows with practicing professionals.
- Start Considering an Internship. Meet with your advisor or the department's faculty internship coordinator and Career Services to learn about internship opportunities within your chosen field.
- Draft a Resume and practice your Interviewing Skills.
- Attend an Event or Workshop put on by Career Services.
- Explore Leadership Opportunities in student organizations or in your work settings.
- Begin developing professional relationships and networking.
- Enroll in Bus 499 - Career Success Strategies.
- Attend a Job Fair.
- Consider working or volunteering part-time during the school year and/or full-time during the summer. View postings in Jacket Jobs.
Junior Year
Get Experience
- Visit Career Services. The staff will help you finalize your resume and cover letter, develop a job search strategy and ensure you are on track to smoothly transition to the next stages of your career.
- Update your Jacket Jobs Profile.
- Get an Internship. Meet with your advisor or the department's faculty internship coordinator and Career Services to learn about internship opportunities within your career field.
- Conduct informational interviews and job shadows with practicing professionals.
- If you are considering graduate school, attend the Graduate/Professional School Workshops.
- Attend a Job Fair.
- Explore leadership opportunities in student organizations or in your work settings.
- Begin developing professional relationships and networking. Utilize LinkedIn and other professional networking mediums.
- Enroll in BUS 499 - Career Success Strategies.
- Consider working or volunteering part-time during the school year and/or full-time during the summer. View postings in Jacket Jobs.
Senior Year
Implementation
- Visit Career Services. The staff will help you finalize your resume and cover letter, develop a job search strategy and ensure you are on track to smoothly transition to the next stages of your career.
- Utilize Jacket Jobs daily. Set up job agents, review on-campus interview opportunities.
- Enroll in Bus 499 - Career Success Strategies.
- Attend all area Job Fairs.
- Begin developing professional relationships and Networking. Utilize LinkedIn and other professional avenues.
- Your Job Search should become your #1 priority in your final year of college unless you're planning to pursuit further education, such as Graduate School.
- Complete the Graduation Follow-up Survey. Inform Career Services of your employment/graduate school status.
- Join the Alumni Association and stay connected with friends.
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