Make use of tools to help you become career ready
At the of career development, our job is to help you become Career Ready by assisting you in Career Planning. These are broad terms that can mean many things, but specifically include:
- Learning about yourself and the world of work
- Identifying and exploring potentially satisfying occupations
- Developing an effective strategy to realize your goals
Career planning is the process in which an individual chooses an educational path or training which fits their interests, skills and abilities. When making decisions about your education and career, it is important to use self-assessment tools. As a Bronx Community College student, you have access to tools such as Focus 2 and Big interview that can help you to make more informed career decisions as well as become job-ready.
Some tools that we can use to ensure your success…
FOCUS 2
FOCUS 2 is an online, interactive, self-guided career, major and education planning system. Through self-assessments, you can discover careers and majors that are best suitable for you, thereby allowing you to make informed career decisions.
Focus 2 assesses your:
- Interests
- Values
- Personality Type
- Skill Sets
- Leisure Time
Focus 2 can help you:
- Select a major based on your interests, values and preferences.
- Discover occupations matching your personal preferences and attributes.
- Map out your career plans, present and future.
- Make informed career decisions.
Don’t have an account yet? Click the links below for instructions on how to register and the BCC New User Registration page.
Big Interview
Big Interview is an online interview practice program that allows you to choose either “fast track” or “mastery track” levels of difficulty to work on your interviewing skills – to get you ready … fast. Big Interview teaches you how to answer interview questions and work with interviewers to prove that you are the right candidate for any job or internship.
