Career Development
The mission of career development at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County is to provide assistance to students as they acquire skills, make decisions, and develop commitments related to meaningful work. Career development at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County strives to provide comprehensive services designed to better prepare students for academic major selection, career choice, and successful transition to goal completion. These services include:

• programs and activities designed to assist individuals with the selection of majors, careers, and transfer institution
• individual career advising and assessment activities to assist students in evaluating career, education alternatives and making decisions
• experiential learning activities--such as internships, job shadowing experiences--designed to promote and enhance the acquisition of skills necessary for successful transition to baccalaureate institutions, the workplace and the larger world
• programs and activities directed toward helping students make the important connections with individuals, groups, and organizations necessary for work and service

Career Development strives to assist students in becoming self-sufficient in the career planning process, and successful in the acquisition of meaningful and satisfying work.

Resources
The Career and College Resource Center (CCRC)
The Career and College Resource Center (CCRC) helps students explore educational and career options. The CCRC is located in the library. This resource contains a wide range of career exploration resources and university catalogs. There are also computers available to investigate different internet sites dedicated towards career development. Most hard copy materials may be checked out through the library staff.

WISCAREERS
WISCareers is a comprehensive careers database with up-to-date information on thousands of careers. The site includes self-assessments (interests, skills, and work environment preferences), information on specific majors of study, and occupations. To access this site, you must be a registered UW Baraboo/Sauk County student and pick up a WISCAREERS Registration Information form through the Office of Student Services.

Transfer Information System
The Transfer Information System (TIS), is maintained by the University of Wisconsin System , and offers UW and Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) students the ability to see how their credits will transfer to any UW campus. TIS also contains transfer planning guides on a variety of different majors within the UW System.

UW HELP Online
This site includes information about the UW System, as well as links to all UW campus websites and many other useful career and educational sites, such as MajorMania and Career Assessment.

For more information about career exploration or the CCRC, contact the Office of Student Services.