Career Plan

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As a student it is never too early to begin your career planning.  While you are in college, you can follow these steps to be successful. After graduation you will find that your needs will change as you gain more life and career experience. If you have changed your mind about your career direction or are still trying to determine what would be the best career for you, the following process can help you make some decisions. Even if you know more of the answers than you did when you first chose your major, it is a good time to go through all the steps of the action plan and to re-evaluate your options, strategies, and skills.

Step One: Getting to Know Yourself

• What are my interests?
• What are my values?
• What are my abilities?
• What is my personality type?
• How can the Internet help me?

Step Two: Choosing a career or Major

• How do I make decisions about my major and career?
• How can Discover help me?
• How can the HESA 173 class help me?
• How can the Career Resource Center help me?
• How can the Career & Major Information help me?
• How can the Internet help me?

Step Three: The Internship Search

• Where are internship opportunities that match my career choices?
• How do I obtain an internship?
• How do I obtain academic credit for an internship?
• How do I write a resume?
• How do I interview successfully?

Step Four: The Job Search

• Where are job opportunities that match my career choices?
• How do I obtain a job?
• How do I write a resume?
• How do I interview successfully?

Step Five: Considering Graduate School

• What are my reasons for attending graduate school?
• How will graduate school help me accomplish my long-range goals?
• What level of education will help me achieve my goals?
• What qualifications do I need for graduate school?
• What university is best for me to attend?
• How will I pay for graduate school?