• Skip to Content
  • Skip to Sidebar
IU

Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington IU Bloomington

Menu

Career Development Center Blog

  • Home
  • #Tags
  • Career Communities
  • Employer Profiles
  • Director’s Cut
  • Search

Director’s Cut: Career Communities

Posted on November 4, 2020 by nbragin

Career Communities

By: Pat Donahue


 

 

Want to know a secret?

Visit the Career Communities on the CDC Website

What you will find is a treasure chest of information that will teach you how to explore different industries called career communities.

The career communities are divided into seven continents in the world of work:

  • Science
  • Business
  • Information Technology and Data
  • Health and Human Services
  • Government and Non-Profit
  • Communication and Culture
  • Arts, Sports and Entertainment

Each career community includes the following:

  • Career Guides
  • Major Guides, which also include information on minors & certificates
  • Explore Jobs & Internships, which showcases part-time jobs and internships related to that career community. For many more job and internship postings, be sure to check out Handshake on the Student Employment website
  • Upcoming events, which lists career panels, networking sessions, and employer visits affiliated with that career community and/or major. These events are sponsored by career services offices on campus.

You will find the Career Guides especially helpful because they help you decipher what career is a good fit for your VIPS (values, interests, personality, and skills) and how to design your major to correlate with your career goals. In addition, majors related to a career or industry are listed.

The Careers in Your Field section includes information on careers in an industry that is compiled from data collected by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics for its Occupational Outlook Handbook.

The handbook lists succinct information about most careers in the U.S., including typical responsibilities of the career, starting salaries, education needed, and predictions on job growth for that profession.

Another section of the career guides lists student organizations affiliated with that career. For example, under the heading for Entertainment and Sports careers, you will find IU student organizations such as the Music Industry Networking Club, IU Student Television, and the Business Careers in Entertainment Club.

You can also find volunteer opportunities that will help you explore careers you are interested in, which I shamelessly call volun-careering. I swear it’s going to catch on.

To top it off, professional associations for each career community are listed along with links to additional online resources. Almost every career in the U.S. has a professional association. Yes, even career services.

And finally, to really totally top it off, there is information on graduate school, since many careers require advanced education. After graduation, over 25% of IU students pursue graduate and professional degrees.

So, if you have a homework assignment to write about a certain type of career, the good news is the Career Development Center staff has done most of the work for you. You are welcome.

Take time now or over the break to check out the career communities, then schedule a meeting with your assigned career coach virtually to discuss what you want to do for a living.

And tell a friend. The Career Communities are a secret worth sharing.

Filed under: Arts & Entertainment, Business, Career Communities, Communication & Culture, Director's Cut, General, Government, Health & Human Services, Information Technology & Data, Motivational Mondays, Tip Tuesdays, Working Wednesdays

Additional Content

ABOUT US

Welcome to the official blog for the IU Career Development Center. Here you can find information and resources from students, staff and employers that will help you explore majors and careers here at IU.

FOLLOW US

RESOURCES

  • Document Library
  • My Jobs
  • IU Career Guides
  • Schedule a career advising appointment

SEARCH BLOG

RECENT POSTS

  • Director’s Cut: Summer & Part-time Jobs – Every job has a career impact
  • Director’s Cut: 2021 Career Fairs
  • Director’s Cut: Making the Most of Your Winter Break
  • Director’s Cut: Career Communities
  • Director’s Cut: Wondering & Wandering

CATEGORIES

TAGS

Active listening Adventure Career Development Center Career Fair Career Fair Preparation CDC Change communication Communication Skills Complex Problem Solving Complex Thinking Cover letter Director's Cut Informatics Internship interpersonal interpersonal skills interview IU Auditorium Judgement & Decision Making leadership management marketing Media Mondays Monitoring Motivation Motivational Monday Multi-Tasking Organization Organizational Skills Part-Time Job Pat Donahue Personal Development Personal Motivation planning Project Management Psychology Research Service Orientation SPEA teamwork Time management Tip Tuesday working wednesday

Indiana University

Copyright © 2022 The Trustees of Indiana University | Privacy Notice | Accessibility Help

  • #Tags
  • Career Communities
  • Employer Profiles
  • Director’s Cut