C. Now explore possible careers by considering your strengths, your personal values, your salary goals, and hiring trends 
expected at the time of your graduation. A small sample is listed below, along with online tools to help you learn more.
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Activity   Career Self-Assessment (continued)
If your strength is:	
You could major in:	
And have a career as a/an:
Building things  	
Environmental Planning 	
Landscape Architect 
Reading and writing	
Comparative Literature 	
Journalist 
Math	
Economics 	
Data Analyst 
  
To explore more careers based on strengths, use the O*NET Interest Profiler tool at www.mynextmove.org/explore/ip 
or the skills assessment tool at https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Skills/skills-matcher.aspx. These tools 
help you identify your strengths and how they relate to the world of work.
If this value is important to you:	
You could major in:	
And have a career as a/an:
Social impact  	
Education 	
Non-profit Executive Director 
Independence	
Business 	
Financial Advisor 
Creativity	
Media Studies 	
Television Director 
  
To explore more careers based on values, use the Work Values Matcher tool at www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/
Careers/work-values-matcher.aspx. This tool helps you discover what work values are most important to you, 
which can lead to higher job satisfaction.
If you want a high salary:	
You could major in:	
And have a career as a/an:
Between $160,000 and $239,000  	
Biology 	
Dermatologist 
Between $101,000 to $187,000	
Air Traffic Management	
Air Traffic Controller 
Between $86,000 and $179,000	
Communications	
Advertising Executive 
  
To explore more careers based on salary, search by highest paying careers at www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/
Wages/highest-paying-careers.aspx or search by income at bigfuture.collegeboard.org/career-search. When 
searching, you can filter results by required education level, such as bachelor’s, master’s, or professional degrees.
If you want a career that is:	
You could major in:	
And have a career as a/an:
Growing rapidly  	
Accounting 	
Auditor 
Going to have many openings	
Environmental Science	
Sustainability Specialist 
New and emerging	
Computer Science	
Blockchain Engineer 
To explore more careers based on hiring trends, use the Bright Outlook search feature at www.mynextmove.org/
find/bright to learn which careers will grow rapidly in the next few years, will have large numbers of openings,  
or are new and emerging careers.

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