Transfer Services

Juniors

Year 3 – Junior Year: Gaining Career Experiences

• Schedule an appointment with a career counselor in the Student Academic Services Center.
• See your advisor to discuss mid-term grades.  Plan for registration, final grads, and adjustment to your schedule.
• Narrow your career interest areas.
• Review your participation in a CO-OP program or explore internship opportunities.
• Participate in interviewing, cover-letter writing and other job-search workshops.
• Practice your skills at mock interviews.
• Review your progress in learning four (or more) skill employers look for in new hires.
• Attend on-campus career and job fairs and employer information session that relate to your interests.
• Take leadership positions in clubs and organizations.
• Consider graduate school and get information on graduate entrance examinations.
• Ask former employers and professors to serve as references or to write recommendations to future employers.
• Complete at least five information interviews in careers you want to explore.  Shadow several professionals in your field.
• Research potential employers in the career library and talk to recent graduates in your major about the job market and potential employers.
• Build your professional wardrobe.
• Prepare for graduate school exams and seek assistantships.
• Apply for graduation.

Summer Vacation After Junior Year

• Get a summer job in your chosen riled; continue to earn expenses and enhance your marketability for jobs after graduation.
• Develop job-related and computer skills.
• Develop maturity and knowledge of the workplace.
• Compile inventory of interests and qualifications as they relate to your career objective.