Exploratory

Explore your possibilities

Exploring your career options is a great way to ensure fulfillment with your future career choice and has shown to lead to higher job satisfaction after college. It is completely normal to explore; how are you supposed to know what you want to do without trying it out first?

Explore with your Career Coach

Global Studies Major Options

Interested in learning more about global languages, cultures, and places? Look through our Global Major Options guide to help you determine what major matches your interests.

Business Major Options

Did you know there are ways to study business at IU outside of Kelley? Learn more about majors that focus on business concepts to make your way into the business world!

Healthcare Major Options

Know you want to work in healthcare but aren't sure exactly which sector or major? Look through our guide on determining a major that will help prepare you for your future healthcare career!

Ways to explore careers

MyNextMove

Explore career options, take occupation assessments, and learn about jobs.

Vault

Learn about job details and watch interviews from professionals in their field.

Forage

Try a virtual experience to get an insider look into an industry AND build real world skills that you can put on your resume. No previous experience required. For all majors.

Networking through LinkedIn

Use LinkedIn Learning (FREE to IU students) to start building your professional network. Some ideas of people to add are: your career coach, professors, classmates, friends, or floormates.

Ways to explore through experience

Student Clubs / Organizations

Search through the many student organizations on BeInvolved to meet peers with similar interests and stay up-to-date on a specific field.

Part-Time Jobs

Think about how you develop skills and competencies through your part-time job.

Volunteer

Apply the skills you have learned in one of many non-profit groups or organizations partnered with IU through IU Corps.

Internships

Internships can tell you a lot about a field of work; particularly what you like and dislike about a field/company/industry.

Major Choices Podcast: A Career Mapping Exercise

Episode 26: Second Semester & Still Lost and Confused

Other episodes to consider:

  • Episode 3: Do what you Love (but is that enough?)
  • Episode 13: The Art of Networking
  • Episode 17: Can I Change My Mind?