{"id":2871,"date":"2014-01-03T16:43:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T23:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/?p=2871"},"modified":"2014-01-03T16:44:33","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T23:44:33","slug":"career-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/2014\/01\/03\/career-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Find Your Way with the Career Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/files\/2014\/01\/career-trail-one.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2875 aligncenter\" alt=\"career trail one\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/files\/2014\/01\/career-trail-one-300x202.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/277\/files\/2014\/01\/career-trail-one-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/277\/files\/2014\/01\/career-trail-one.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>College is the time to develop the \u00a0skills you need and <b>Career Trail <\/b>\u00a0is here to help!\u00a0 Take advantage of the <b>Career Trail Prep <\/b><b>by Step <\/b>program<b>.\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0I am excited to be part of Career Services&#8217; Initiative to reach out to OSU students both on and off campus by offering\u00a0 a new way to engage students in career preparation and develop their skills! <b>Student success is the focus!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Career Trail<\/b> is our new\u00a0online career development self-directed and interactive program to reach students and alumni 24 hours per day, making accessibility for all at their fingertips.\u00a0 Career Trail engages faculty and staff by providing a resource including curriculum\/assignments that can be used individually or in a classroom setting. \u00a0Career Trail engages users with diverse levels of experience.<\/p>\n<p>One of the\u00a0 aspects of the <b>\u201cCareer Trail Prep by Step\u201d<\/b> program that I am excited about is how a student or alumni can quickly review the steps and determine where they are at in the career preparation process and find the step they are ready to engage in.<b>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/files\/2014\/01\/career-trail-two.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2877 aligncenter\" alt=\"career trail two\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/files\/2014\/01\/career-trail-two-300x104.jpg\" width=\"329\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/277\/files\/2014\/01\/career-trail-two-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/277\/files\/2014\/01\/career-trail-two.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Career Preparation process begins with getting to <b>Know Yourself<\/b>, your strengths, values, interests, and personality.\u00a0 What a great way to start!<\/li>\n<li><b>Know the World of Work<\/b> is the next step where you can learn about majors, what you can do with your major, and learn about jobs that excite you!<\/li>\n<li>Next it is off to <b>Develop Tools and Skills<\/b> that will prepare you for a job.\u00a0 Here you learn about building a stand-out resume and developing stellar interviewing skills.<\/li>\n<li>Next you <b>Learn How to Connect<\/b>.\u00a0 Connecting with others through your network, expanding your network through informational interviewing and using professional social media like LinkedIn can help you learn about opportunities and be ready to act on opportunities when they present.<\/li>\n<li>You can even learn how to develop a professional website or blog under <b>Now Keep Going!<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/files\/2014\/01\/career-trail-three.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2876 aligncenter\" alt=\"career trail three\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/files\/2014\/01\/career-trail-three-300x104.jpg\" width=\"337\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/277\/files\/2014\/01\/career-trail-three-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/277\/files\/2014\/01\/career-trail-three.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Link to Career Trail:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/career\/trail\">http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/career\/trail<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more help or information visit us at Career Services|B008 Kerr Administration Building | 541-737-4085 | <a href=\"mailto:career.services@oregonstate.edu\">career.services@oregonstate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Carolyn Killefer serves as an OSU Career Counselor with over 20 years of professional counseling experience in academic, community, private practice, and industry settings with a commitment to helping others reach their personal goals.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>College is the time to develop the \u00a0skills you need and Career Trail \u00a0is here to help!\u00a0 Take advantage of the Career Trail Prep by Step program.\u00a0 \u00a0I am excited to be part of Career Services&#8217; Initiative to reach out to OSU students both on and off campus by offering\u00a0 a new way to engage&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/2014\/01\/03\/career-trail\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1240,1293],"tags":[127229,127243,1635,127230,1636,2621,125279],"class_list":["post-2871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-exploration","category-life","tag-career","tag-career-planning","tag-experience","tag-explore","tag-opportunity","tag-passion","tag-resume"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2871"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2886,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871\/revisions\/2886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}