Welcome to the community designed specifically for students who are on a journey to discover their academic and career paths. The goal of this community is to provide you with resources to help you have a clearer understanding of yourself, the educational paths available to you, and the career options that best suit your goals. The aim is to empower you with the confidence and knowledge to make well-informed decisions about your major and future career.
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CHOMP is an online, interactive, self-guided career and educational planning system designed to help you make decisions about your future career goals and education plans. CHOMP offers a variety of self-assessments in order to evaluate your level of career readiness and gain self-awareness.
What Can I Do With This Major? is a website featuring 100 major profiles with information on common career paths, types of employers that hire in the field, and strategies to maximize opportunities.
Whether you’re exploring majors or searching for information about your chosen field, this website will help you connect majors to careers.
Are you exploring UF’s selection of academic programs? Student Success Transition Advisors can help you navigate the twists and turns of your academic roadmap. Schedule an appointment with a Student Success Transition Advisor.
Find your advisor’s contact information and learn how Academic Advising is conducted in your area.
Not sure which college you’re in? That’s okay! Use the UF Catalog to match your major to its college. Then, head back here to learn your advisor’s contact information.
Stepping onto the University of Florida campus as a brand-new Gator is equal parts thrilling and overwhelming. Building a resume might feel like something you can push off until senior year, however, creating a polished first-year resume during your very …
Looking for an internship, co-op, full-time job, research experience, or simply a chance to explore career options? UF Career Week connects Gators with employers from across the country through career fairs, networking events, and workshops.
STEM students are encouraged to …
By Crystal Burton
Crystal BurtonAssistant Director for Career Pathways: STEM
Interested in a career with Procter & Gamble (P&G)? Recently, I sat down with UF alumnus Jhohan Lozano, Director of R&D North America for Always Pads at P&G, to learn more about the company’s internship, Emerging Leaders, and early career …
By Crystal Burton
Crystal BurtonAssistant Director for Career Pathways: STEM
Let’s be honest: as a first-year student, scrolling past announcements for upcoming career fairs probably feels easy to ignore. You might think, “I’m just a freshman. I’m not applying for full-time jobs, and I’m definitely not ready for an internship …
Explore occupations by career categories and pathways and use real time labor market data to power your decision making.
Find career data by selecting keywordsKeyword Search
or, by filtering for industry and occupationIndustry Search
First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)
Type in a keyword to select a relevant occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)
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Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
Experiential Learning encompasses diverse personal and professional activities, engaging you beyond the classroom to gain practical insights, develop knowledge and …
Experiential Learning encompasses diverse personal and professional activities, engaging you beyond the classroom to gain practical insights, develop knowledge and …
