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Steps to take when choosing a major or changing careers:

1. Knowing about myself
2. Knowing about my options
3. Knowing how I make decisions
4. Thinking about my decision making
5. Creating and carrying out my plan

Steps to Choosing a Major/
Changing Careers

Step 3: Knowing How I Make Decisions

Once you have a clear understanding of your self-knowledge and your options, the next step is to make your major/career decision. One thing you may want to consider is how you usually make important decisions. If you have been successfully able to make decisions in the past, then the method you used for making those decisions will apply to your career decision-making and you should stick with it.

Resources that can help:

The resource below will help to outline the process for organizing the information you gather in your research to facilitate your decision making.