Nov. 8, 2009 - ACT Discover Review
I received ACT’s online career planning program called DISCOVER. This program helps you learn more about yourself and what interests and abilities you have. With this knowledge, you can choose a line of work that best suits you.
The website is pretty self explanatory. It’s also nicely color coded. J Anyway, the idea is for you to answer various questions to get a good idea of what career choice would be best for you. I sat down and went through the questions and ended up looking at a “map” that was broken down into color coded pie sections with a bunch of letters in each of them. This map is a visual way “to help you organize information about occupations and to find out about educational requirements for occupations you are considering.” Would it be best for you to work in the Arts, Science & Technology, or Social Services? How about Administration & Sales, Business Operations or Technical? These “career clusters” are all compared to points of a compass as some are geared towards people, data, things or ideas.
I really liked looking at the colleges and found out how much our local college charges annually and per credit hour and what majors they have. This is awesome and something my older daughters would benefit from if they choose to go to college.
This is a very good resource if you’re not sure what field you would like to have a career in. I believe it is always best to pray about what God would have you to do as a career and then go for it. My husband was in engineering school when God called him into the ministry. This is not an occupation he would have chosen on his own.
The cost is $19.95 for 3 months & $24.95 for 6.
For more info, click here to go to ACT’s website or here to read what my crewmates think of this program.
*I received a free 3 month membership in exchange for my honest review.
