SSHA at UC Merced has plenty of resources to help you pinpoint the major that best fits you! Visit the main SSHA pages for more information on individual majors and their careers associated.
Research your Major and Career Resources
Customized UC Merced Career Guides provide insight into possible career paths, industries, and opportunities for gaining experience in the field of your interest.
Business Management/Economics Career Guide
Cognitive Science Career Guide
Communication-Media Career Guide
Critical Race-Ethnic Studies Career Guide
Environmental Humanities Career Guide
Writing/Lit and Languages Career Guide
What Can I Do With This Major?
What Can I Do With This Major? is a website featuring 106 major profiles with information on common career paths, types of employers that hire in the field, and strategies to maximize opportunities. Links to professional associations, occupational outlook information, and job search resources are included.
Informational Interviews
Informational Interviewing is one way to learn about an occupation, industry or company. This is your opportunity to talk with experienced professionals so you can gather relevant information about their educational and career journeys. Learn more by reading the Informational Interviewing Guide . One way to begin is by connecting with UC Merced Alumni on LinkedIn.
Career Assessments
What are Career Assessments?
Career Assessments are a great way to learn about your skills, interests, personality and values. Remember that assessments should be used to help give you ideas of careers. They should not be used as the deciding factor for pursuing one career over another.
Evaluating Your Career Values
Understanding your personal career values will help guide you toward a fulfilling and satisfying career path that encompasses what matters most to you in a work environment. Take a moment to reflect on you own Career Values using the Career Values Assessment Tool as a guide for your reflection.
O-Net Profiler
The O*Net Interest Profiler can help you find out what your interests are and how they relate to the world of work. You can use the resultsto help you decide what kinds of careers you might want to explore. If you would like to take the O*Net Interest Profiler, please follow the 5 steps.
- Go to mynextmove.org/explore/ip
- Complete the Assessment (60 Questions)
- Print or save your O*Net Interest Profiler: Score Report
- Learn more about Job Zonesand Careers that might interest by Navigating to the two buttons in the system. Print off or save your Job Zones and Careers Reports.
Clifton Strengths
The CliftonStrengths is grounded in Positive Psychology and can help you identify and develop your strengths by building on the way in which you most naturally think, behave and feel as a unique individual. If you would like to take the Clifton Strengths, please follow the 3 steps.
- Email the Student Career Center to request an instruction sheet and individual log-in code at careercenter@ucmerced.edu
- Complete the CliftonStrengths Assessment using the guide you received.
- For further assistance, make a 1-hour coaching appointment with your Career Specialist. Appointments can be made on Handshake at ucmerced.joinhandshake.com.
- Need assistance creating your appointment? Email us and we'd be happy to assist you!
SkillScan
The SkillScan Drive assessment is a fast, interactive tool for identifying your transferable skills - critical knowledge for discovering your core strengths and preferences to support your career development. You can access the SkillsScan Assessment via the Handshake Resources Tab.
California Career Zone
California Career Zone is a new way to explore exciting jobs and occupations that California has to offer and to learn about what career path interests you. Students can choose among three self-assessment exercises, view occupations by industry sectors and assessment results, view videos of occupations of interest, and playing a Reality Check game comparing salary information with lifestyle.
