PTHS Counseling Newsletter
Special Edition: College & Career Exploration
Topics Include
1. Utilizing Naviance for College and Career Exploration
- Career Cluster Finder
- Career Interest Profiler
- Strengths Explorer
- Game Plan
- Resume Builder
2. Common Application
Signing into Naviance
Naviance can be accessed through the Naviance tab on the Peters Township High School webpage. Passwords can be reset if needed by clicking on "Forgot Your Password."
Career Cluster Finder
The Career Cluster Finder is a tool that suggests a group of common careers based on responses to questions. This is a great tool to explore careers never considered or careers that may deserve further exploration. Personal qualities and suggested school subject areas are provided based on responses. Keep in mind that career exploration is not about choosing what to do for the rest of your life but rather beginning the journey to answer what world's problems do you want to solve?
Naviance>About Me>My Assessments>Career Cluster Finder
Career Interest Profiler
The Career Interest Profiler will suggest careers to explore that correspond to Holland's personality types. The personality types are suggested based on answers to a questionnaire. Directly explore careers from the results and save any of interest to your favorites by clicking the heart.
Naviance>About Me>My Assessments>Career Interest Profiler
Strengths Explorer
What adjectives best describe you? The Strengths Explorer is a strengths based assessment that identifies adjectives that best describe you based on responses to questions. The adjectives are helpful in thinking about how to describe yourself. They also can help others who are writing letters of recommendation on your behalf. The Strengths Explorer also provides action steps and suggestions to utilize your strengths.
Naviance>About Me>My Assessments>Strengths Explorer
Game Plan
The Game Plan is a questionnaire that helps plan post-secondary goals and steps to achieve them based on your responses to questions. Responses to these questions can help drive conversations regarding future planning.
Naviance>About Me>Postsecondary Plans>Game Plan
Resume Builder
Resume builder is a great tool where all activities can be documented. Enter individual volunteering and work experiences and academic and athletic accomplishments.
Naviance>About Me>My Stuff>Resume
The Common App
The Common Application is an undergraduate college admission application that applicants may use to apply to any of more than 800 colleges and universities. The Common App essay prompts for the 2021-2022 school year will be the same as the seven prompts used this year. Juniors wanting to start working on a common app essay now can access the prompts on the Common App website.
