Staff Writer
A new career services website will assist students in finding their major and careers and will allow them to connect with a network of students, interns and graduates across the nation.
Two years ago, Janice Partyka, a concerned mother of two, founded “Majors to Careers” to address the uncertainty students face in declaring a major.
“I’m at the age where all of my friends and I have kids in college and it’s watching those kids decide upon a major and being content with it that bothers me,” Partyka said. “Part of the site requires people to pass it forward.”
Even though it is a non-profit site, the service still finds ways to encourage and network students to speak with other students, interns and graduates across the country.
After creating a profile and logging in, current students have the option to seek advice from people in either their major or future profession. Other services include exploring careers based on job growth, number of jobs, salary and employment rate.
“People have told me that they’ve changed majors and have said that the service has helped them,” Partyka said. “You need to be creative about your major, it’s good to have feedback and anyone can participate.”
Majors to Careers is the first social media site organized around the topic of college majors and is just one of the many options students have to establish their future plans at SU. One of these resources is Career Services, Located on the first floor of GUC.