Picking a College: How To Chose the Perfect College for You
Match Your Educational Needs With the Right Campus
Picking a College Can Be Difficult
There are a lot of options for higher education. You may think you know where you want to go, but with so many factors your decision can be muddled. When picking a college, you want to avoid:
- Wasting money or years on a school that doesn’t aid your educational career
- Deciding based on external factors, not internal motivations
- Going to a school that doesn’t boost your learning style
- Picking a college that doesn’t offer majors that match your natural aptitudes
- Not finding a college that will challenge you to grow into your best self
- Realizing you wasted your college years not finding a place that compliments you inside and outside the classroom
Choose a College That Fits Your Personality
Discover What Drives You
Your college years will help you learn who you really are, make sure you’re in the right place. Career Upside will give you insights into your learning style and lifestyle needs so you can find a campus that supports your growth.
We Can Help Future College Students:
Assess your natural learning style and inherent learning motivators.
Identify your aptitudes to pick a school that offers majors in which you will excel.
Ensure you will be spending your time and money at a school that is best for you.
Pair your internal and external motivators with a campus that matches them best.
Set yourself up for success during your college years and in your career.
Find a school where you will thrive as a student because it meets your learning needs.
Start Your Path to Greater Opportunities and Success
Meet via Zoom to review your resume, LinkedIn profile, career goals, and obstacles to recommend a pathway for growth to reach your potential or upside.
Choose a pathway to self-discovery and a unique value proposition to help you stand out from the crowd.
Take the Birkman Method Assessment to understand how your interests, behavior, and best-fit work environment intersect.
Create a job search plan, implement marketing tool changes, and adapt them to your chosen path and strengths.
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"As the parent of two young adults, we knew a few years ago that we needed additional help to equip them as they made plans for their futures. When the first one was heading off to college, we reached out to Todd to see how he might be able to help.
Our son was bright but lacked direction. He’d taken plenty of aptitude tests in school, but we wanted something that would provide a more comprehensive analysis, taking into account what motivates him and how that aligns with his interests. The thought of choosing a major and deciding what to do was very stressful. We had Todd work with him, and I’m happy to report that our son is now in his first year of law school. I’m convinced that the time Todd spent administering and explaining the Birkman to him was key in helping our son find a direction.
We were so happy with the results that we had Todd work with our daughter a few years later, and she’s set to graduate almost a full year early after Todd helped HER see that she could turn her interests and creativity into a career in graphic design.
I fully recommend Todd as a coach. He has the unique ability to see through the data to the person behind it and adapts his coaching style so that the recipient is open to hearing what he has to say. Our kids couldn’t be more different, but he was able to help them both a great deal."
Kristin Emerson, Mother of Two
