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Activity: Colorado Career Advising a Career Field

Colorado Career Advising a Career Field

A successful career begins with understanding which career field best aligns with your strengths, motivators, and communication style. If you’ve already identified a broad workplace category through the 21st Century Culture Fit activity, this next step helps you refine your options with the support of the Colorado Career Advising (CCA) Tool. 

You’ll research potential jobs and majors, connect them to your DISC styles and motivators, and gain valuable insights into where you will thrive.


Whether preparing for college or entering the workforce, this activity helps students develop a clearer vision of the industries and roles that best fit their future—because in Colorado Career Advising, you explore a world of personalized career opportunities.

 

The Goal:

This activity helps students use their Colorado Career Advising Tool Results to explore a career field that aligns with their DISC, Strengths and Motivators. By researching potential jobs and majors, students gain clarity on career paths that fit their unique profile, setting them up for success.

 

Materials

  • Colorado Career Advising Tool Results

  • Access to internet


Note: We recommend completing a few other post-secondary or workforce preparation exercises before this activity to enhance students’ introspection and decision-making process.

 

Step 1: Have students research a career field that interests them. This can be done in class using computers or smartphones, or assigned as homework. Encourage students to review the Possible Degree Matches section toward the back of their Colorado Career Advising Tool Results.


Once they have explored their degree matches, ask them to underline any recommendations that sound interesting. Do any of the underlined recommendations align with the career field they researched?


Step 2: Once students have selected a career field, they will write a 1-2 page paper answering the following questions:


  • Introduction: What is the career field? (This question can serve as the introduction paragraph.)

  • How does this career field align with your top two DISC styles and top two Motivators?

  • What type of jobs or majors in this career field are a good fit for you?

  • How can you use your top Strengths and Communication Styles to excel in majors or jobs within this career field?

  • Conclusion: Summarize their key takeaways, highlighting why this career field fits their Strengths, Motivators, and Skills.


To assist students in their research, provide students with resources that list various career fields. One useful resource is What Career or Job Are You Interested In?. 


Step 3: Have students reflect on their research and present their findings in a way that solidifies their understanding of their chosen career field.

Students can:


  • Create a short presentation (individually or in small groups) to share their career field choice, potential job roles, and key insights with the class. This is a great opportunity for students to discover even more career options. 

  • Discuss their findings in pairs or small groups, exchanging thoughts on what they learned and how it impacts their career planning.


This final step helps students turn their research into meaningful insights. By reflecting, presenting, and discussing their findings, they deepen their understanding of career possibilities and gain confidence in making informed decisions about their future. This activity ensures they leave with a clearer vision of a career field that aligns with who they are and where they will thrive.



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This blog is a rebranded version of “Indigo College and Career Activity: Indigo a Career Field“, originally published by Indigo Education Company and now adapted for Colorado Career Advising. For questions, contact us at info@coloradocareeradvising.com.

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