Four-Year Approach to Career Planning

First Year

Get to know your Career Center resources...

• Explore your interests and career options by using the resource books and computer programs
• Participate in the "Finding your Career Passion" workshops.
• Take an interest inventory to learn more about yourself:
  • Self Directed Search - an interest inventory (requires an appointment - small fee)
  • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - a personality inventory (requires an appointment - small fee)
• Conduct information interviews and job shadow with professionals in your field of interest.

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Sophomores

Explore your career possibilities...

• Get a part-time job to help you develop basic

• Attend programs that bring alumni back to campus to discuss how they found career success..

• Talk with faculty and upperclassmen in the fields that interest you.

• Explore internships and summer jobs.

• Create a professional resume; have it critiqued by a staff member.

• Attend Career Expo to explore internship options.

Juniors

Explore career possibilities...

• Attend workshops on resume and cover letter writing, interviewing, job hunting, and graduate school selection.

• Conduct information interviews with professionals working in careers of your choice.

• Seek career-related summer jobs, part-time jobs, internships, and volunteer experiences.

• Utilize the computer-aided tools available in the Career Center to assist with resume preparation and distribution, job search, and graduate school.

• Attend Career Expo each semester to inquire about internships and summer and full-time jobs.

• Investigate graduate/professional school opportunities including entrance examination requirements and application deadlines.

• Sign up for a Mock Interview.

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  Seniors

• Finalize your resume and cover letter and have them critiqued.

• Attend Career Expo.

• Sign up for a Mock Interview.

• Sign up for a campus interviews.

• Plan your job search strategy or graduate school application process.

• Use the Career Center's website and and library to research employers, locate and apply to vacancies, or research graduate and professional schools.

• Have your graduate school statement of purpose critiqued by the graduate school advisor.

• Join professional associations to gain exposure to your chosen field and to network.

   

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  Tips for All Students:

   

• It is never too late to start! These guidelines form a basic framework for you to follow in planning your career. So even if you're a junior and haven't thought much about what you'd like to do, you can follow the steps outlined for first-years and sophomores to begin the process.

• You may make an appointment with a professional staff member at any time to talk about these steps and to plan your own career or graduate/professional school strategies.

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