{"id":2565,"date":"2022-10-26T12:11:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T16:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/?p=2565"},"modified":"2022-10-26T12:11:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T16:11:28","slug":"your-major-does-not-define-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/your-major-does-not-define-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Major Does Not Define You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>&#x1f506;Where will your degree take you? There are endless possibilities!&#x1f506;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2022\/10\/Newsletter-Images-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2022\/10\/Newsletter-Images-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2022\/10\/Newsletter-Images-4.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/files\/2022\/10\/Newsletter-Images-4-250x300.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Many\u00a0students believe that their undergraduate studies will directly impact what employment opportunities they\u00a0find. For some students, they may pursue a career related to their major.\u00a0Others will find career opportunities unrelated to their major.\u00a0This is normal!\u00a0\u00a0<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt Wilkerson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Paragon One, a career advisory network. He explains that an undergraduate major provides a structure for how to develop career skills like communication and problem solving, which will serve you well in any career field you pursue. Matt\u2019s advice? \u201cDon\u2019t fall prey to the idea that your major is a life or death decision.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s the takeaway? Take time to discover your interests and build upon the eight career competencies of critical thinking and problem solving, teamwork, professionalism, communication, leadership, technology skills, self-development, and equity and inclusion awareness.&nbsp;Any major you pursue will allow you to build and develop these skills.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking to read more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article from Matt Wilkerson:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mystudentvoices.com\/why-your-college-major-doesnt-determine-your-career-c95893f0f4d\">https:\/\/mystudentvoices.com\/why-your-college-major-doesnt-determine-your-career-c95893f0f4d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your College Major Does Not Define Your Career:<a href=\"https:\/\/money.usnews.com\/careers\/applying-for-a-job\/articles\/2018-09-24\/your-college-major-does-not-define-your-career\">https:\/\/money.usnews.com\/careers\/applying-for-a-job\/articles\/2018-09-24\/your-college-major-does-not-define-your-career<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#x1f506;Where will your degree take you? There are endless possibilities!&#x1f506; Many\u00a0students believe that their undergraduate studies will directly impact what employment opportunities they\u00a0find. For some students, they may pursue a career related to their major.\u00a0Others will find career opportunities unrelated to their major.\u00a0This is normal!\u00a0\u00a0 Matt Wilkerson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Paragon One, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/your-major-does-not-define-you\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Your Major Does Not Define You&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":832,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"career","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/author\/career\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2567,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565\/revisions\/2567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}