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Many students don't set foot in the campus Career Center
until they're a senior, frantic to get their résumé
critiqued so they can find a job. It's wise, however,
to visit this helpful office early on-even during the
first year-because career counselors can help students
get on track and explore career options they may not
have known about otherwise.
Jobs
within Different Majors. For instance, many career offices
offer helpful lists of "What You Can Do with a
____ Major." If your student is a biology major,
does she know about options beyond the lab? She can
work for an environmental group, take a job in a zoo,
teach, be a science writer and so much more.
Personal
Career Inventories. Your student can also take a career
inventory or two to identify possible interests. Many
of these personal surveys can be done online, right
in the career center. And the trained professionals
within the office can help students go over their results
and determine their next steps.
A
Career File. Opening a career file makes sense, too.
This is a way for your student to develop a relationship
with one of the career counselors and to start a personal
paper trail. This file might include letters of recommendation
for summer jobs/internships, inventory results, résumé
drafts and more. Why not start now?
Resources
Aplenty. The career center is also chock full of resources!
Spending an hour in this office flipping through books,
magazines and journals is time well spent.
So, encourage your student to make an appointment at
the career center this semester. The earlier the better,
before the center gets bombarded with juniors and seniors
in a frenzy. Help your student not be one of these frantic
upperclassmen. Instead, he'll be a well-informed, well-prepared
student taking control of his own destiny.
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Job
Prep
To
prepare for filling out job applications and preparing
a résumé, students should be able
to:
- List
their previous employers with contact names,
addresses and phone numbers.
- List
their dates of employment in chronological order.
- List
the accurate names and dates of awards they've
received.
- List
various community service/volunteer efforts,
along with accurate dates and agency/organization
names.
Having
these pieces of information readily on hand will
help your student be able to easily fill out an
application at a moment's notice.
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