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Exploring - 1st year
Academic - Explore the University
- Read the undergraduate catalog
- See an academic advisor
- Meet many professors
- Identify major fears about college life
- Take core curriculum and at least one exploratory class per semester
- Attend workshops on study skills,
time management, note-taking, etc.
Career - Explore Career Areas
- Talk with advisors and professors about career options
- Identify past accomplishments, skills & abilities, career related
hobbies, and career values
- Talk with a career counselor
- Take an interest inventory
- Take a personality inventory
- Enroll in a career class
- Join professional associations
- Travel during summer
- Nurture hobbies
- Investigate Cooperative Education,
internships, or other career-related employment
Defining - 2nd year
Academic - Gain Specific Information
- Seek academic advice
- Focus on obtaining a high GPR
- Choose a major
- Develop a tentative degree plan
- Talk with others in your major
- Consider study abroad or co-operative education
- Talk to an ATMentor
Career - Collect More Information
- Read about careers
- Talk with professionals
- Develop short-term goals
- Look for summer internships
- Ask to observe the work life of a professional
- Talk with a career counselor
- Attend career workshops
- Work on a residence hall or club project
- Volunteer on student committees
- Join professional associations
- Talk to an ATMentor
Researching - 3rd year
Academic - Make Initial Choices
- Choose electives
- Focus on major courses
- Relate academics to future work plans
- Attend seminars on your major
- Attend relevant conferences
- Develop an academic mentoring relationship
- Complete a degree check
Career - Increase Experience
- Find internships
- Make tentative decisions about a career
- Attend a resume workshop / write resume
- Attend grad school seminars
- Develop general awareness of career options
- Become familiar with work settings and job descriptions
- Talk with a career counselor
- Discuss some of your decisions with a mentor
- Evaluate your major - reassess how marketable it is and investigate
areas of specialization
- Set up informational interviews with professionals working in your
field
- Secure career-related employment
- Volunteer
Implementing - 4th year
Academic - Long-Term Decisions
- Apply to graduate school
- Complete senior project
- Develop an independent study
- Work on a project with a professor
- Become a tutor/TA
- Consider life-long learning interests
- Attend relevant conferences
Career - First Career Choice
- Attend workshops on job search,
interviewing, recruiting, mock interviews, applying to grad school,
and stress management
- Establish life goals
- Develop contact list
- Attend grad school seminars
- Check job listings
- Interview for jobs
- Prepare yourself for your chosen lifestyle
- Talk about your first year out of school
- Make a list of your firm decisions
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The HelpLine is closed for semester break May 8 through May 25, 2008. The HelpLine will open at 4 PM on Monday, May 26 and resume its normal hours of operation.
(5/26/2008)
The next HelpLine training class is Monday, August 18 - Saturday, August 23, 2008. Applications available via e-mail request
(8/18/2008)
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