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Career paths are long and winding, with many stops, detours and decisions along the way. However, exploring possible career paths is a great way to start your career to build the right skills, education, and experience and should account for your goals and plans.

Once you鈥檙e confident听knowing your values and skills,听you will now have a clearer picture of the future you want to contribute to.听

5 Steps to weigh听up your career-study decisions

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Discover

• Discover the job opportunities in your area of study听What can I do with a degree from UC?
• Take the听. This short programme听is a听guide to help you discover the career options out there for you

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Explore

• Explore Career NZ听听
• Talk to friends, family and听professionals about what it's really like to work in those occupations
• Informational interviewing is a great way to gain insider information on employment trends, the skills required by employers, and confirm whether it's an area of work you are interested in or not. Check out听Questions for informational interviews (PDF 420KB)

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Research

• Researching the organisation (PDF 131KB)
• Refer occupations in Aotearoa in the听. It's a great听tool for exploring听over听100听occupations in New Zealand, with information on听labour supply and demand.听
• Download the听听for salaries and recruiting trends in New Zealand. Although income is important, so is finding a job you will be good at every day

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Consult

• Book an appointment听with a career consultant to help you make career-based study choices and explore job prospects
• Having doubts about your study? To help you identify the reasons for your concern, read this:听Should I stay in this programme of study (PDF 704KB)

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Action

• Once you're confident with your decision, get in touch with your听College Student Advisor听to help plan the structure of your degree and the courses you should take.

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Explore occupation and听industry insights here

• Careers in the state sector (PDF 699KB)
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