Career Counselling
"The best way to predict our future is to create it." ~Peter Drucker
Career planning can be a challenging task as individuals are faced with choices, changes, and obstacles.
- How do I decide what type of career goals are right for me?
- What type of work environment fits me best?
- What field of study should I pursue?
- I'm not happy in this program anymore.
- My career goals are different from what my family thinks they should be.
- What if I make a choice and then change my mind?
What we offer
Fanshawe College offers free assistance in identifying career goals to all students registered in a full-time, post-secondary program and for three months following graduation. For those who are uncertain about their career direction, counselling can help.
Career counselling assists individuals in looking at factors that may be influencing their career development including: lifestyle, personality, interests and values as well as aptitudes, work experience, education, and labour market trends.
If you decide that you would like to meet with a counsellor to discuss career issues, your first appointment may be a one-hour intake session to discuss your concerns and decide with your counsellor what course of action may be best for you. This may include scheduling additional appointments, and/or career assessment, or perhaps a referral to another resource.
The testing instruments used at Counselling and Accessibility Services are written, multiple-choice assessments and include tools that explore personality characteristics, interests, and aptitudes. Registered, full-time, post-secondary Fanshawe students also have access to computer-based assessment tools and occupational databases via the student portal at FanshaweOnline.
Our goal
The goal of Career Counselling and Assessment is to give you the opportunity to begin exploring the elements of a career that make sense or seem to fit for you. The results can offer you insight as to the type of tasks you may enjoy, the kind of things that are important to you, and the types of skills for which you have an aptitude or talent. In addition, results will suggest some career goals and occupations that you may want to research further. There isn't a test or a career counsellor that can tell you what you should do. Together, however, both can offer you information and insight to make you a more informed decision maker.
All of the information that you provide to the counsellor is confidential and kept in a secure location. Other departments do not have access to any information you provide in seeking assistance. Although staff members do, on occasion, consult with one another about student needs, identifying information will not be released to any outside party without your written consent.
For career counselling, contact Counselling and Accessibility Services.
For job postings, upcoming employment events and career fairs, job search resources and materials, visit the Career Services at Fanshawe College website.
