Career Compass is a program dedicated to exploring career and education options. The Career Compass, powered by Focus2Career, can be accessed from the Student Success Center or if you have already created an account, you can click here. The Student Success Center also provides a video walk-through on using Career Compass if you prefer that over written instructions. If you're an undergraduate on-campus student, there's an additional career resource available to you called Career Connections. For information about that resource, see our article: Career Connections.

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Accessing Career Compass

Registering for Career Compass

1. Before accessing Career Compass, you will need to create an account. To create an account, navigate to the Student Success Center.
   
2. When creating your account, you will need to use an access code. The access code is next to the registration link for Career Compass. After copying the access code, select First Time User? Create an Account!
   

3. Next, fill out the required information to create your account. Keep in mind you will be creating a new username and password for Career Compass. Press Submit once you have completed the form.
   

   NOTE The Referral Source section is for indicating who referred you to the form.
4. You will then be prompted to pick and answer two security questions. After answering both security questions, press Submit.
   
5. After submitting the security questions, you will be automatically signed into Career Compass.
   

Logging in to Career Compass

Click here to be redirected to the Career Compass log in page. You will then be asked for your Username and Password. Both will have been created by you when you first registered for Career Compass. If you don’t remember your Username or Password, click Forgot Your Username/Password to get a password reset link that allows you to reset your password and log in. If you continue to experience problems logging in, please reach out to CareerServices@gcu.edu.

Career Compass Features

Career Planning Foundations

In the Career Planning Foundations, you can find different assessments that will provide you with feedback based on your answers. Selecting Begin or Continue under any of the assessments will open the selected assessment for you to complete.

Self Assessment

The Self Assessment section of Career Compass will offer different assessments available to you. These will provide you with information about your personality, values, skills, and other factors to consider when choosing a major. Selecting Begin or Continue under any of the assessments will open the selected assessment for you to complete.

Explore the Possibilities

This section of Career Compass will allow you to find information on degrees and occupations you may be interested in. Clicking on any option will bring you to another page with additional information you can use in your career and education exploration.

Take Action

The Take Action section of Career Compass allows for you to input any information related to your education or career. This then stores it in your portfolio for later use. You can select either of the options to fill out your portfolio.

Your Career and Education Planning Results

This section will store some of the results and selections from the previous sections. You can view any majors and occupations you saved, as well as the portfolio created based on your results and the information you entered in the Take Action section. By selecting any of the options in this section, it shows your saved information and assessment results.