The Counseling Center hosted a Choosing a Career and Major workshop in Sundance Court on Sept. 25, ending the first month of the four-part series of workshops.

Licensed Professional Counselor Laurie Arnold, spoke of common misconceptions about majors and careers such as limited career choices in a specific major and not being able to get a job outside of one’s major.

“Choosing a major is a difficult decision because it feels like you are making a permanent life choice,” Arnold said.  “I would encourage an undecided student to learn about themselves and the world of work.”

Students were advised to do a self-analysis to find out their interests, personality, skills and values.

Students were also reminded not to choose majors and a career choice by just how much money they will make, but rather, by balancing their interests and future goals.

“I’m indecisive about my major in pre-medicine because I’m interested in social media and social networking,” Lakaylah Arthur, freshman in pre-medicine, said. “I really needed some kind of push to help me decide if I want to change majors.”

During the seminar, attendees were given a small-scale personality test, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, that results in a four-letter combination of the type of person they are.

Each of the four letters stand for a type of preference a person has in categories of attention, acquiring knowledge and making decisions.

“I like the test because it gave me a better understanding of my natural tendencies,” Christina Sudell, freshman secondary education major, said.

Arnold challenged students to get to know more about their major and possibly explore other majors to see where their skills and personality fit best.

“I’m going to use this knowledge I gained from today to get more information about my major,” Osagie Enodunmudenben, senior in management information systems, said.

The next series of workshops will be held each Tuesday, Oct. 1-22, from 3 p.m.-4 p.m.

“I am excited that so many students chose to take advantage of the tips and information the Counseling Center has to offer,” Arnold said.  “In the next series, I hope to reach students who were unable to attend the previous series and increase attendance.”