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Career Exploration - SIGI3
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WELCOME TO SIGI3
SIGI3 — pronounced “siggy three” — is a special tool designed to help you plan your career. SIGI3 (System of Interactive Guidance and Information) is one of the most advanced education and career planning systems available. It combines the unique capabilities of the Internet with thoroughly researched information about occupations, work-related values, interests, skills, educational programs, and more.
How can a computer help me decide on a career?
SIGI3 can help you examine your work-related values, interests, and skills systematically through self-assessment. Once you enter your own preferences, the program searches its built-in library and finds those careers that most closely match your preferences. It can save you literally days of leafing through catalogs and career books, and because its built-in library is so large, it may well find career options you never knew existed.
What does SIGI3 include?
SIGI3 consists of several core sections: Starting, Assessments, Occupational Information, Analysis, and Getting There (see User’s Guide for full details). Each section covers important aspects of the career planning and decision-making process. A new Top Picks panel acts as a Portfolio for accumulating the information you gather throughout SIGI3. Since people have different goals, you may find some sections more useful than others. SIGI3 has an activity to help you choose the path through the system that’s best for you.
Each occupation is fully up-to-date with the latest information on:
- Definition and Description - work activities, typical job titles/specialties/military, work settings-indoor/outdoor, special problems/satisfactions
- Education and Training – academic course examples, specific occupational training, personal qualifications, required skills, experience, other requirements
- Income - beginning income, average income, top earning possibilities, how earnings vary
- Personal Satisfactions - contribution to society, leadership, prestige, leisure, independence, variety, interest fields
- Opportunities - current employment outlook, where employed, job security, advancement
- List of resources for more information – website links, books, journals, etc.
What are the benefits of SIGI3?
- Access 24/7 from any PC on or off-campus
- Self-directed, flexible, and easy-to-use. You take charge of your own career decision making. Use the program all at once or a section at a time. Come back as often as you like. Try different scenarios and choices until it feels right.
- Saves your work in SIGI3 for your future use.
- Saves you money, time, and energy. SIGI3 takes the guesswork and frustration out of career and educational planning by providing an easy step-by-step process.
How do I access SIGI3?
SIGI3 is exclusively provided for students of Mountain State University. Students have the ability to create their own login and password through the MSU SIGI website. The MSU SIGI website is a restricted access link which has already been sent directly to your Cougar email account, but is also available on Cougar Web. If you do not go through the provided website link, a “Restricted Access Warning” page will pop-up instead of the customized MSU login screen.
SIGI 3 Login Procedures:
- Click on the SIGI link on your Cougar email or Cougar Web
- Select "I want to create a new SIGI 3 ID"
- Then simply follow the on-screen directions. Don’t forget to create a login and password that you can easily remember!
- Please read the User’s Guide to help navigate your way through SIGI3: User’s Guide PDF
If you have any questions or wish to schedule an appointment for interpretation of your printed SIGI 3 results, please contact any staff member in Academic Advising
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