Career Counseling

Career decisions are some of the most important choices anyone has to make. Because you likely will be devoting nearly 1/3 (or more!) of each week to work, you want the work to be rewarding. Many people find it daunting to choose from among the career possibilities that seem appealing. When you are uncertain, professional career assessment and counseling can help you decide which types of work will best match your interests and values.

At the VU Psychological and Counseling Center, you begin by meeting with a qualified counselor for an in-depth interview that covers numerous career-relevant areas. You will complete some tests that highlight your personality traits and your occupational interests. Your counselor will incorporate the comprehensive data from the interview and the assessment instruments and meet with you to review all the results. You will learn which types of work settings best match your style, which personality traits work in your favor in your career quest (and which may hinder you), and how you compare with people in many different fields who are satisfied with their work.

VUPCC Career Assessment and Services are available to Vanderbilt students, faculty, staff (and dependents and partners of students, faculty, staff) and to alumni. Please call the Center at 322-2571 (2-2571 if on campus) for more information or to make an appointment.

Psychological and Counseling Center | Vanderbilt University
Box 7707, Station B | Nashville, TN 37235-7707
615.322.2571 | (fax) 615.322.1326

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