Career Development Process

The IVC Career and Job Placement Center is the gateway to your career planning process. Our goal is to understand where you are in the career development process so that we can coach you in services and resources that will assist you.

The following stages represent a model of the career development process with which our counselors work. Understand that the career development process is an ongoing and lifelong process. You may weave in and out of these stages at various points in your life.

1. SELF ASSESSMENT
   • Personality
   • Interest
   • Skills/Abilities
   • Values
   • Lifestyle Preferences
      
2. IDENTIFY POTENTIAL CAREER OPTIONS
    
3. CAREER RESEARCH
   • Career Center
   • Real World Research
      
4. CAREER DECISION MAKING
    
5. CAREER GOAL SETTING
    
6. SELF MARKETING/JOB SEARCH
   • Planning a Job Search
   • Networking
   • Informational Interviewing
   • Resume Writing
   • Interviewing

Knowing where you are in the career development process will help you to determine what you need to do next.