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CAREER PLANNING TIMETABLE
Freshman Year
- Attend orientation meetings
- Meet with your faculty advisor to discuss
academic and career goals
- Identify your personal interests, skills, and
values through self-assessment
- Taking various personality, interest, and
self-assessment tests
- Use "DISCOVER", a computer guidance
program in the Academic Advising Center
- Explore majors related to your interests
through the Academic Advising Center
- Make an appointment with an advisor in the
Academic Advising Center or a counselor
in the Counseling
and Testing Center
- Enroll in a variety of classes in several
disciplines to explore career options
- Visit the Involvement
Center for community involvement opportunities and information on campus
clubs and organizations
Sophomore Year
- Review test and self-assessment results of
your interests, skills, and values
- Select an academic major consistent with your
self-appraisal
- Meet with your faculty advisor for class
selection and to prepare a tentative degree plan
- Consider double majors, minors, emphases
or concentrations for versatility and to broaden your skills
- Discuss the job market and employment trends
with a Career Services
staff member
- Attend Career Fairs to learn about
internship and job possibilities for the future
- Explore professional internships through Career
Services
- Consider international internships and/or studying
abroad opportunities (Click here for the Office
of International Education)
- Attend an Internship Information Session by
Career Services.
- Visit the Involvement
Center for community involvement opportunities
Junior Year
- Review a degree plan with your faculty advisor
- Register with Career
Services
- Plan your internship experiences
- Begin developing a resume/portfolio
- Research specific job descriptions in related
career fields
- Explore post-graduation options, including
graduate school
- Consult with your faculty about graduate
school options and processes
- Initiate application process for grad school
- Register for post-graduate/professional
examinations
- Utilize Career
Services and the Academic
Advising Center's DISCOVER program for grad school info
- Attend Career
Services workshops on resume writing and interviewing techniques
- Establish professional contacts through
faculty, Career Services
and organizations in your field
- Attend the Career Fairs
- Consider study
abroad opportunities
Senior Year
- Become familiar with Career
Services website
- Prepare a comprehensive inventory of your
skills and abilities
- Update and finalize your resume/portfolio
- Attend the Career Fairs
- Request a mock interview with a Career
Services professional
- Attend Career Services workshops on resume
writing and interviewing techniques
- Complete the application process for graduate
school/professional study
- Take necessary post-graduate/professional
examinations
- Research companies and organizations in your
career field
- Utilize Career Services for on-campus
interviewing opportunities
- Meet with a Career Services staff member for
help with job search strategies
- Apply for job opportunities through Eagle
Opportunities vacancy listings in Career Services
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