Focus 2 Assessment

As a freshman, throughout this semester I have been advised to explore Baruch and the resources and activities it has to offer. I have heard of various resources such as the Writing Center, the SACC Tutoring Center and the Starr Career Development Center. I have found many clubs and activities to explore and I have even attended a few events and enjoyed them. However, I am a person that likes to plan ahead and I know that college is about enjoying yourself but I thought that staying focused on a career goal is more important. It is too often that I hear from people who have graduated college that can go on and on about the fun they had in college but yet they struggle to find a career that they actually enjoy. I recently took the Focus 2 Assessment, an assessment that suggests career options based on your skills, interest, personality and values. After taking this assessment, I discovered that I have so much more to explore and learn about myself while here at Baruch. The assessment gave me so many options of careers that I thought I wouldn’t be interested in. I know that I want to own my own business, but I do not know what kind of business I want to own or what kind of service it would provide. However, after taking the assessment, options such as a clinical psychologist was a suggested career and I was very surprised. I began to compare the results of my interests assessment with my values assessment and noticed that maybe a business in the medical field would be enjoyable as well as lucrative. I want to be able to help others and becoming a clinical psychologist can help people in so many ways. On my skills assessment I was suggested careers not only in business but in the entertainment sector such as a casting director. In high school  if someone would have suggested that I become a casting director I would laugh in their face. However, after taking the assessment I notice that income is not the only thing to consider when picking a career. It is important to be open-minded, because you never know where life might lead you. I was excited to see that although I am interested in business which is a pretty conventional career that consists of organization and numerical data, but I can be creative and branch out to different areas. Creating my own casting company would not only help aspiring entertainers, but the gross income is over $90,000. I would get paid to notice the talent in others. After taking the assessment, I am really excited about planning my career goals and options. I am glad I that took it because now I have a new outlook on pursuing a career after college, I have an endless amount of options.