DISCOVER is a career guidance and exploration program developed by ACT. Through DISCOVER, you can find information about careers, including general salary information, educational requirements, and job descriptions. DISCOVER also has information on many colleges and universities, including availability of scholarships and other financial aid, degree programs offered, and student life and recreation.

Four Major Components of DISCOVER

Learning about Yourself

• Interest Inventory
• Self-Rating of Abilities
• Values Rating

Searching for Occupations

• Based of your interests and/or abilities OR
• Based on majors or programs of study
• List of occupations based on combinations of characteristics you choose

Learning about Occupations

• World of Work Maps: People-Data-Things-Ideas
• More than 12,000 occupations grouped into 23 job families and 12 map regions
• Information on: work tasks, salary, training required, employment outlook, and related occupations

Educational Information

• Data on 1,500 two-year colleges, 1,800 four-year colleges, and 1,000 graduate schools
• Specific college information or a list of colleges based on your interests and requirements

DISCOVER is available for the Ohio University Eastern community. This version of DISCOVER is entirely Internet-based, so you can use it from both the Ohio University Eastern computer labs and from your home computer . See the recommended system requirements if you have questions about accessing DISCOVER with your computer.

Using DISCOVER

To use DISCOVER, you must first obtain a login token from the Student Services Office (Rm. 105) at Ohio University Eastern. Each login token is unique, and every person who wants to use DISCOVER must get their own login token. (This is so that each person can maintain their own set of college and career information on DISCOVER.) Once you've gotten your login token, you may access DISCOVER. Later, you can change your DISCOVER logon information and password. (If you forget your DISCOVER User ID or password, there is a Help Link on the logon page.)

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