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Four Year Plan
Freshmen Year
- Take UNS 101 or Business 105 to help you learn about UNCG resources and services
- Tour the Career Services Center (CSC)
- Develop excellent study skills for academic success
- Become involved in a student activity or club
- Meet with a CSC Counselor to learn what services are available and assess your interests, skills, work values, and personality
- Research majors and related careers
- Talk to upperclassmen and professionals in chosen fields about majors, jobs, and careers
- Shadow (observe) a professional at work
- Let CSC help you find a career-related part-time or summer job
Sophomore Year
- Take CED 210 (Career/Life Planning)
- Begin to grow your transferable skills (leadership, public speaking, organizing, etc.) in on-campus activities and volunteer experiences
- Conduct informational interviews (short conversation with chosen professional)
- Develop your resume and a cover letter
- Attend CSC events and career days to meet employers and learn to "network" (discuss your career interests and seek advice from others)
- Make a career plan (CSC counselors can help)
- Identify potential internship sites and complete an exploratory internship
Junior Year
- Choose electives to help you grow goal-related skills
- Update and polish your resume
- Practice interviewing with a career counselor in a "mock interview"
- Complete a career-related internship
- Explore Graduate School (if required for your chosen field of interest)
- Continue to "network" with professionals in chosen fields at CSC-sponsored events and through informational interviews
Senior Year
- Develop your Personal Job Search Plan and Marketing Package with the assistance of a Career Counselor
- Have a CSC professional critique your resume
- Create an account on SpartanCareers to help with your job search
- Polish interview skills in CSC mock interviews
- Participate in Career Days and On-Campus Interviewing
- Select faculty references, talk with them about your job/graduate school search, and give each a copy of your resume
- Take graduate school admission test and finish graduate school application process (CSC counselors help with essay critiques) if you plan to attend
- Begin your job search (use all CSC resources and keep a log of contacts, interviews, and follow-up activities)