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Career Discovery Guide

Discover your future career with our step-by-step career discovery guide designed to help you explore career paths, uncover your strengths, and create a personalized action plan to getting your dream job.

What's Included in the Career Discovery Guide?

Figuring out your career path is an exciting journey that requires career exploration, self discovery, and planning. Orchard's Career Discovery Guide uses the Orchard Method which helps you research a wide range of careers, evaluate your skills, interests and life goals, and plan your path towards following the career path that is right for you.

Career Discovery

Discover what’s out there and find career paths that align with your interests, strengths, and values.

Self Discovery

Reflect on what drives you, what you excel at, and what truly matters to you in a career.

Plan Your Path

Translate your insights and experiences into actionable plans that set you up for success.

Career Search

With your career discovery and planning underway, it’s time to refine your focus and prepare for action.

The Orchard Method

The Orchard Method provides a straightforward process to help you explore and plan your career path. This approach ensures you focus on your interests, strengths, and goals while staying flexible and open to new possibilities.

Discover Careers That Interest You

  • Follow the step-by-step Orchard Method to discover, evaluate, and plan for your ideal career path.

Orchard Career Topics
Orchard Career Topics

Dive Deeper Into Careers and Specialties

  • Access bite-sized videos and real-world insights to understand different career options, from customer success to healthcare to product management and much more.

  • Create your short-list of top careers as you begin to weigh your options.

Get to Know Yourself

  • Gain clarity on what motivates you and where your skills can shine.

  • Create your personal compass to ensure your career path serves your unique goals and aspirations.
Orchard Career Path Short Videos
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Compare Careers and Chart Your Path

  • Map careers to your personal priorities to eventually select the right career to pursue.

  • Identify actionable steps to achieve your ideal career, including education, skills, and networking.

Get the Career Discovery Guide Today

This comprehensive guide is designed to provide you with all the tools, tips, and strategies you need to take control of your career and achieve your professional goals. Whether you're just starting out in the job market or are looking to make a change after years in the workforce, this guide has everything you need to succeed.
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FAQs

The Career Discovery Guide is designed as an educational resource to help you explore and plan your career path. It provides a structured, step-by-step approach to discovering career paths, aligning them with personal interests and goals, and planning actionable next steps.

The Career Discovery Guide is not intended for standalone use. To receive the full benefits from the Career Discovery Guide, you should use it alongside Orchard's career discovery platform.

The Career Discovery Guide walks you through the steps to discover your future career, which includes:

  • Identifying career topics that appeal to you.
  • Exploring specific careers within those topics.
  • Mapping your interests, strengths, and goals to potential careers.
  • Creating a step-by-step action plan.
  • Reassessing and refining your path if necessary.

Unlike traditional career guides, the Career Discovery Guide is interactive, easy to follow, and adaptable. It incorporates Orchard’s bite-sized career videos, helping you explore real-world career options in a practical, engaging way.

Yes! The Career Discovery Guide is an excellent resource for educators and career advisors to guide students through the career exploration process. If you are interested in using Orchard at your school, please get in touch with us here.

Absolutely! The Career Discovery Guide is designed to help you uncover career options based on your interests and strengths, even if you’re starting with no clear direction. The process encourages exploration and self-discovery.

Choosing a career is one of the most impactful decisions you'll make in life, and the Career Discovery Guide is designed for you to methodically step through the process.

While the Career Discovery Guide is self-paced and  you can work through it as quickly or slowly as you’d like, you should expect to spend at least 3-6 months researching careers, evaluating their merits against your own goals, and planning your path forward.

Yes, the structured approach of The Orchard Method can also benefit career changers or anyone looking for a fresh start in their professional journey.