by studentrg | Nov 12, 2018 | Career Pathways, Student Research Foundation Research
Findings from the 2017 Gallup-Purdue Index study Every year Gallup updates its Gallup-Purdue Index, a study of 70,000 college graduates. If you follow how colleges are preparing students to succeed in their professional lives after graduation, it is well worth...
by studentrg | Oct 29, 2018 | Career Pathways, College Degrees, College Major, Jobs of the Future, STEM
Money isn’t everything. But if you or a student you know is interested in starting to work in engineering or a related field after only two years of college, it is worth knowing which jobs promise the highest earnings. Which major fields of study lead to the highest...
by studentrg | Oct 8, 2018 | Career Pathways
If you are a high school or college career or guidance counselor, chances are you are on the lookout for good career and aptitude tests that your counselees can take online. And with good reason. Online tests are instantly available for your students to take,...
by studentrg | Sep 17, 2018 | Career Pathways
Why should high school students take a career-preference test when many aren’t even thinking about their college majors yet? Because the perspective the quizzes give can give valuable direction before high schoolers start their college years. We recently took the...
by studentrg | Sep 13, 2018 | Career Pathways
Many students don’t think about visiting counseling offices until sophomore year. Then, when it is time to pick a major field of study, they suddenly start to think about taking career tests that can help them select their college majors. Visiting the counseling...