Career Exploration & Planning

Do you wonder what the right career path is for you?

When you have a career vision, you’re more likely to complete your program of study on time and succeed in your career. You may explore your career interests using Career Coach.

Career Coach helps you refine your vision. This online service uses comprehensive labor market data to help you find career pathways matching your strengths - and discover programs at Mesa Community College preparing you for success.

If you are not sure what to major in, you can also use O*NET to take an interest profile quiz that will provide you with a list of occupations you may be interested in based on your likes and dislikes.

Undecided about your career?

Want to get more information about your return on investment for your college degree?

Career Coach

When you have a career vision, you’re more likely to complete your program of study on time and succeed in your career.

Career Coach helps you refine your vision. This online service uses comprehensive labor market data to help you find career pathways matching your strengths and discover programs at Mesa Community College preparing you for success.

How Do I Use Career Coach?

  1. Take one of the online Career Coach Career Assessments to learn about yourself and your preferences. Career Coach will give you career suggestions based on your interests.
  2. Browse or search for careers and the site will provide relevant data on wages, employment, and any training needed.
  3. Browse or search for the available programs at MCC leading to the career you want.

O*NET

O*Net serves as the nation's primary source of occupational information, providing comprehensive information on key attributes and characteristics of workers and occupations. The O*Net interest profiler can help you find out what your interests are and how they relate to the world of work. The profiler helps you decide what kinds of careers you might want to explore.

Faculty Spotlights

Watch interviews with MCC faculty members conducted by your MCC Career Services advisors. Get to know our MCC faculty on a personal level while learning about classes taught by the instructor and getting insight into potential careers.

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Additional Resources

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Explore Maricopa Community Colleges' majors.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Information for hundreds of types of jobs: training and education needed, expected job prospects, what workers do, and working conditions.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Economic news and labor market information, career publications include the Occupational Outlook Quarterly and Career Guide to Industries