One Step Ahead: A Career Checklist for Seniors
Outward Bound
- Meet With a Career Counselor
• Meet with a Career Counselor to
update and finalize resumes and
cover letters.
• GO over your time-line and set
specific goals.
- Fine-Tune Your Career Search Skills
Attend workshops on interviewing,
transition, job search techniques,
etc.
• Attend Mock Interviewing Evening.
• Research different fields.
• Research positions within fields
- Network, Network, Network!
Commit time to go to networking
events in your department and
sponsored by Career Center.
• Ask professors for advice.
• Utilize the CARD System and
JobZone.
• Talk to parents, friends, former
bosses..
- Target Specific Job Positions/
Schools and Start Applying
Narrow down list and target specific
companies/organizations/schools.
• Begin application process.
• Keep networking!
• Learn about negotiating and
salaries.
Within a few months, you will go from being a student to becoming
a professional. Are you ready?
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