Undergraduate Career Planning Timeline

Freshman Year

• Attend career fairs
• Explore interests, abilities, and skills
• Work through career planning software
• Attend seminars
• Explore work options for the summer
• Schedule individual sessions with a career counselor
• Discuss interests with others

Sophomore Year

• Attend career fairs
• Research previously identified choices
• Seek co-op or internship
• Attend seminars
• Explore work options for the summer
• Participate in extracurricular activities
• Begin to build your professional network

Junior Year

• Attend career fairs
• Consider work force or school options that improve your skills.
• Update resume
• Attend seminars
• Participate in mock interview training
• Utilize resources for job search
• Explore work options for the summer: consider internship or co-op work experience.
• Participate in extracurricular activities/student organizations
• Continue to build your professional network
• Need to publish resume

Senior Year

• Attend career fairs and other job fairs
• Expand list of prospective employers
• Monitor job listings regularly
• Attend seminars
• Update resume (You may need more than one version)
• Participate in mock interview training
• Schedule interviews on and off campus
• Evaluate offers
• Report offers and acceptances to Career Center
• Network! Network! Network!
• Prepare! Prepare! Prepare!

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