Career Counseling

Advising, Career, Exploratory Studies Center

At the ACES Center, a core part of our mission is to help UW students discover and pursue their passions, ultimately leading to a fulfilling career. We understand that many students may not have a clear picture of their future career when they first begin their academic journey and that’s perfectly normal! Our expert career counselors are here to guide you through this process, offering personalized advice and valuable resources to help you find the path that’s right for you.

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Identify Your Life & Career Direction

Identifying your personal life direction can help you understand what is important to you in any area of your life.

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Develop Self & Social Understanding

Reflecting on your relationships is essential to self-understanding and in finding a life/career path.

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Overcome Your Barriers

There can be a lot of different barriers that hold you back from finding your life/career path; recognizing them is key to overcoming them.

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Implement Your Life & Career Goals

As you begin to identify your life/career direction, understand yourself and others, and overcome barriers you will be ready to implement your life/career path.

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Finding Your Life Work

Finding your life work path is more than just finding a job. Finding a life work is finding the core work that you feel called, compelled, and/or meant to fulfill.

The Career Counseling Process

When you schedule an appointment, we will help you walk through the 5 steps of the career counseling process:

1. Identify Your Life & Career Direction

2. Develop Self & Social Understanding

3. Overcome Your Barriers

4. Implement Your Life & Career Goals

5. Finding Your Life Work

Career Counseling

Advising, Career, Exploratory Studies Center

The Career Counseling Process

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