About FOCUS FOCUS is a web-based system designed to assist students with career and educational planning. The FOCUS system enables users to discover and learn about career options related to their personal attributes. Users of FOCUS learn to make realistic decisions about their goals and plans, how to self-manage their careers and the importance of adaptability in these times of change.

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Services provided by FOCUS. You can use all phases and services in any sequence that meet your personal needs. Remember you can always repeat or complete a skipped phase at some later time.

Phase 1:
Analyze Your Career Planning Status

Evaluate your career planning status and help you decide how to best use FOCUS.

Phase 2:
Assess Your Interests and Values

Summarize the work activities you most enjoy, your work values, and the areas where you think you have your strongest skills.

Phase 3:
Search for & Analyze Occupations Based on Your Interests and Work Values

Explore and analyze occupations that match your interesets and work-values.

Phase 4:
Search for & Analyze Occupations Based on Your Educational Areas of Study

Explore and Analyze Occupations you could enter with your current or planned major area of study, training program and your strongest skills.

Phase 5:
Search for & Analyze Occupations Based on Your Personality Type and Life Values

Explore and analyze occupations that are compatible with your personality and your values.

Phase 6:
Search for & Analyze Occupations Based on Your Leisure Activities

Explore and analyze occupations in areas that match the kinds of recreational activities you enjoy.

Phase 7:
Search for and Analyze Occupations Based on Your Skills

Identify and analyze occupations that match your skills.

Phase 8A:
Find Information for a Specific Occupation

Find facts about any occupation you have in mind.

Phase 8B:
Compare two occupations side by side

See the details of any two occupations at the same time.

Phase 9:
Your Personal Development Needs

Consider the types of experiences and training you need in order to achieve your occupational and educational objectives.

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Introduces you to life-career planning strategies and explains the career planning services provided by FOCUS.

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Enables you to hyperlink to Internet information services to search for jobs, graduate and professional schools, colleges and training institutes, scholarships, financial aid, internships and summer programs, identify fastest growing occupations, create and submit your resume to employers and recruiters, etc.