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PLANNING FOR CAREER SUCCESS
**Set goals for each year to achieve your career plans.**
FRESHMAN YEAR
- Demonstrate excellent academic performance; make the best grades you can every
semester.
- Strengthen your written communication skills in English classes and writing labs.
- Discover UT resources including Career Services, Student Counseling Services Center, college
advising centers, and tutorial services.
- Explore majors and careers at Career Services:
-Browse the Career Resource Center
-Explore the web page
-Take the Strong Interest Inventory and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
-Enroll in "Exploring Majors and Careers: (Counselor Education 205)
- Talk with a career counselor.
- Participate in campus co-curricular activities.
SOPHOMORE YEAR
- Talk to professionals in career fields you are considering. Use Career Services
"Guide to
the Informational Interview."
- Get to know faculty in a major of interest. They can talk about career options and
provide a letter of reference when you apply for a job or to graduate school.
- Start identifying part-time and summer employment, volunteer work or internships in
your areas of interest.
- Develop a professional quality resume and register with Career Services for
internship opportunities.
- Enhance your computer skills. Take course offered by Computing and Academic
Services.
JUNIOR YEAR
- Obtain work experience in your field through part-time employment, internship,
practicum, field work, or volunteer experiences.
- Choose electives to enhance your qualifications, especially your oral and written
communication skills.
- Seek leadership positions in co-curricular activities (committee chairs and elected
positions.) Join career-related student professional associations.
- Begin to plan for job search or graduate school. Set deadlines for required steps.
- Update resume in Career Services database.
- Attend career fairs sponsored by Career Services.
- Enroll in Career Services job seeking skills courses.
SENIOR YEAR
- Register for on-campus interviewing and resume referral through the Career Services
website.
- Participate in Career Services job fairs.
- Attend Career Services workshops and conduct a videotaped practice interview.
- Research companies or graduate schools of interest.
- Meet required deadlines for graduate school or job search.
- Conduct a thorough job search campaign in addition to on-campus interviews.
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