Discover Your Career Path

Step #1: Self-Assessment: 

• Explore your interest, values, beliefs, and lifestyle preferences 
• Meet with a career coach
• Check out our website for career resources
• Typefocus-Career assessment connects personality type, values, and interests with possible career options

Step#2: Career Exploration:

• Use the Careers Resources library
• Check out Career Resources online to find out what you can do with your major
• Attend career fairs
• Conduct informational interviews (talk with people in fields that interest you)

Step #3: Gain Experience

Search our website for:

• Employment opportunities
• Experiential learning 
• Job search engines
• Internships/Cooperative Education

Volunteer in organizations that interest you

Join campus clubs and organizations

Speak with:

• Academic Advisors and Faculty
• Alumni
• Career Coaches
• Community Service Coordinators

 Step#4: Implement the Plan

• Resume writing
• Find potential employers or graduate programs
• Attend job fairs and graduate school fairs
  http://www.gradschools.com/
  http://www.petersons.com/gradchannel/
  http://www.umassd.edu/crc/events.cfm
• Sign up for onsite recruitment interviews
• Use the Career Center’s online resources
• Network
• Utilize the Career Resource planning checklist
• Join professional organizations related to your major
• Mock-interviewing: Use REZFUZION
  Merge students resume with a sample online interview. Through an online video file, employers can view your answers to sample interview questions.