First Year GOAL: Identify your interests.

• Go to Career Services
  • Research careers and majors of interest in the Career Discovery Center
  • Meet with Career Services staff
• Explore academic disciplines and career options
  • Take introductory electives that interest you
  • Enroll in Gen 250, Academic & Career Exploration
  • Talk with faculty
• Attend Explore Your Possibilities Week
• Take a career assessment to learn about your interests, skills and values
• Meet with your academic advisor
• Use the Explore Majors and Careers section of the Career Services website

Second Year GOAL: Explore your career possibilities

• Research careers
  • Conduct informational interviews: find contacts in Ask an Alum & Friends and talk with advisors, faculty, friends, and family
  • Use online resources such as WISCareers & SIGI 3
  • Research in the Career Discovery Center
• Select a major and minor
• Register with Blugold CareerLink
• Begin building your network
  • Join career-related student organizations and professional associations
  • Attend Career Conference, Internship Mania and Nursing and Health Care Professionals Fair
• Explore experiential education opportunities
  • Internships
  • Student/Faculty Research Opportunities
  • Study Abroad/National Student Exchange
  • Find career related part-time/summer jobs
• Begin developing your resume and portfolio

Third Year GOAL: Focus your goals and build your credentials

• Develop skills
  • Obtain a career-related internship
  • Volunteer for career-related organizations and events
  • Obtain leadership roles in student organizations
  • Participate in faculty/student research and directed studies
• Continue to build your network
  • Talk to friends, family, advisors, faculty and colleagues in professional associations
  • Complete informational interviews
  • Join professional associations related to your career goals
• Refine your resume and portfolio

Fourth Year GOAL: Graduate and prepare for your future.

Get a Job

• Be able to articulate the type of position you want
  • Take a comprehensive inventory of your skills and abilities
  • Find descriptions of positions in which you are interested
• Locate potential employers
  • Utilize Blugold Careerlink
  • Research employers in the Career Discovery Center
  • Use the Job Search section of the Career Services website
  • Use your Network of contacts
  • Attend the Career Conference and Nursing & Healthcare Professional Fair
• Update your cover letter, resume and portfolio
  • Have your resume reviewed in Career Services
• Update your information in Blugold CareerLink and apply for appropriate positions
• Practice interviewing
  • Make an appointment with Patty Practice
  • Meet with a Career Services staff person to review your mock interview

Continue Your Education

• View the Graduate School Section of the Career Services website