Finding a Place to Start: Self Assessment
Next Steps:
- Read about the Professions
- Talk to Professionals
- Reality Test the Environment
- Job/Internship Search
- Action Plan
Read about the professions:
- Contact professional associations and/or scholarly societies
- Visit the Dewey Library (e.g. Occupational Outlook Handbook)
- Read trade journals and publications about your field of interest.
Talk to professionals in various fields of interest:
- Chat rooms on-line (see MonsterTrak Career Contact Network.)
- Informational interviewing/networking via phone and in person: (start with faculty, friends, family, alumni (ICAN), attend career fairs, company presentations, open houses, student organizations' sponsored events
- Professional conferences
Reality test environment. Get experience:
- UROPs
- Shadow alumni during IAP (Externships)
- Get involved in student organizations
- Volunteer (Public Service Center)
Job/Internship Search:
- Attend MITCO workshops: "Finding a Job/Internship", "Resume Writing," "Interviewing Techniques," and "Get a Job orientation to monstertrak."
- Visit walk-in hours or meet with a Career Development Counselor to discuss job search strategies, hone your interviewing skills, and get your resume and cover letter critiqued.
- To get names of contacts in specific companies, use MonsterTrak (Interviewtrak) to get names of contacts in specific companies and also use the Business Card Books in 12-170 (business cards of on-campus recruiters from many companies).
- Begin to send cover letters and resumes out to advertised job listings and companies of interest.
Action Plan:
- Print out and use the Action Plan Worksheet to help you keep track of your next steps.
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