Career Exploring
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Introduction / How Career Exploring Works
Two Students' Stories
/ Resources 

Other BSU TRIO career opportunities
Julie
Bú's Career Exploring assignment for high schoolers in her Upward Bound class is one of several Boise State University TRIO programs options to help students discover the right career for them. 
     Project Director Sue Huizinga says her staff also does the following.

  • They take 200 students to the Boise School District Career Fair each year.  

  • During their own career day, each of six staff members takes students to meet with at least two professionals including lawyers, doctors, dentists, school administrators and business people. 

  • Service Learning events provide opportunities for students to learn about jobs of staff members for whom they are volunteering. 

  • Upward Bound and ETS summer internships give students paid experience in various jobs in their areas of interest. 

An electronic career exploring tool
     BSU's TRIO programs have combined resources with the BSU Career Center to buy licenses for a tool that provides a questionnaire similar to the one listed under Other Resources below. Tests were underway at the time of our interviews. The program is called "eCIS" or electronic Career Information System. Note that the heart of the program is password protected. The BSU TRIO staff will provide TRIO students with a logon and password. Once inside, students find a wealth of information about occupations and educational opportunities including: 

  • Occupation Sort: to develop a list of career sources that are matched to your interests and abilities

  • National School Sort: to help you discover the technical schools or two- or four-year colleges that meet your specific needs, and links to each of their websites. 

  • Financial Aid Sort: to find scholarship money based on your criteria. 

Other resources
The Career Decision-Making System questionnaire by Thomas F. Harrington, Ph.D. and Arthur J. O'Shea, Ph.D. are available for $2 top $3 each, from American Guidance Service, Inc., 4201 Woodland Road, Circle Pines, MN 55014-1796; 800.328.2560. 

Nampa School District Career Web: called "Launching Pad," offers a variety of resources for parents and students headed towards "Grade 13." 

Julie Bú's instructions to students for career exploration project. 

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Sue Huizinga, Boise State University's Director of TRIO programs provides a variety of career development options


Sue Huizinga
Program Director
TRIO Pre-College Programs (Educational Talent Search and Upward Bound)
1910 University Dr.
Boise, ID 83725
208.426.3572
1.800.632.6586, ext. 3572



Julie Bú will answer questions about her Career Exploring program

Julie can be reached with the same contact information as the program director, above.


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