TIPS FOR SUCCESS

First Step?

Job Search/Transition To Work Activities

• Visit Career Services Center to have your resume critiqued before you have it professionally duplicated.
• See your advisor to discuss mid-term grads. Plan for registration, final grades, and adjustment to your schedule.
• Get your copy of the Career Services Center and register for on-campus interviews. Also schedule off campus interviews.
• Network, network, network.
• Develop an employer prospect list with contact names and addresses form organizations you are interested in pursuing.
• Gather information on realistic salary expectations.
• Attend local association meetings to meet potential employers.
• Draft a cover letter that can be adapted for a variety of employers and have it critiqued.
• Participate in interviewing workshops and practice interviews.
• Read two or more professional or trade publications from your major and career field on a regular basis.
• If applicable, take graduate school entrance exams and complete applications.
• Follow up on all applications and keep a record of the status of each.
• Go on second interviews.
• Evaluate job offers and accept one.
• Report job offers and acceptance to the Career Services Center. 

Second Step?

Register with the Career Services Center

• Complete registration form at the front desk.
• Pick up sample resumes (Corporate and Government), and state application forms, anytime Monday through Friday.
• Prepare a rough draft of skills and qualification for your counselor.
• Schedule an appointment with your counselor. Bring a hardcopy and a disk copy (Microsoft Word, please) of rough draft with you to your appointment.

The key to success is Applying Early and Letting your Career Services Center work for you. Those who wait until the last minute, finish last, and that’s not a good place to be in today’s competitive job market.