Major & Career Exploration

Learn More About Majors & Degree Requirements

Using MyMajors to Learn About Major & Career Options

Using BigFuture to Search For Colleges & Careers

Making a Resume

Take a short quiz that lets you know what your top agilities (skills) are! Once you know your agilities, you can learn about what careers would suit you and what colleges offer degrees that'll get you to those careers.

Take the Quiz

Explore careers that match up with your agilities

Explore majors offered at colleges in & near Kansas City

See the top agilities for certain careers

The Occupational Information Network (O*NET) is a free online database that contains hundreds of occupational definitions to help students and job seekers to understand today's world of work in the United States.

Use the O*NET Interest Profiler to learn your Holland Code. Holland Codes are a great way to learn what type of majors or careers would work best for your personality! The test takes about 5-10 minutes to complete. At the end, there is a link to view the top careers that match your personality.

Check out careers for each code here.

Search careers based on your top 1, 2, or 3 codes here.

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Major Exploration Worksheet

Download and use this worksheet to help you figure out what your major should be!

Use this website created by the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics to learn about the details of certain careers such as what education is required, the average salary, what a day in the life would look like, and how popular the career is predicted to be in the future.

This is a recording of a workshop hosted by the KC College Advising Team about different career pathways students can take in the medical field. Professors from Johnson County Community College's various medical programs shared information about different pathways, including PN/Health Occupations, EMS/EMT/Paramedics, and Dental Hygiene.