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Senior Year
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SENIOR YEAR CAREER
PLANNING CHECKLIST
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Continue getting experience
through an internship, volunteer program or co-op. ü
Define your career objective
and update your resume.
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Have your resume critiqued by
faculty, Career Services, supervisors, etc. ü
Place your resume on Javelina
Trak. ü
Participate in a Mock
Interview(s) with Career Services. ü
Write a cover letter and have
it critiqued by faculty/Career Services. ü
Participate in on-campus
recruiting. (Must be registered on Javelina
Trak) ü
Attend job search workshops
sponsored by the Career Services Center. ü
Attend career fairs
(including job fairs and graduate/professional fairs). ü
Finalize your references;
request letters of reference. ü
Build your professional
portfolio. ü
Become a “regular” at the
Career Services Center – spend lots of time in the Resource Room and
speaking with counselors. ü
Apply to
graduate/professional schools if appropriate.
Continue to investigate graduate school options.
Decide if you are going to apply now or later.
If now, take tests and organize applications, complete essays,
gather references, plan for financial assistance, etc.
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Refine your interviewing
skills. Purchase interview
clothing appropriate for the fields you are seeking.
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Network, network, and network.
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Read your emails and mail from
the Career Services Center. ü
Clarify your job search.
Maintain a job search log on each employ with who you apply and
interview. Review cost of living needs and develop a salary range based on
experience, degree, locale, etc. ü
Attend seminars, conferences,
and workshops relating to your major and career choice. Source:
The Black Collegian, 2002 Pomona College Career Services Center 8/30/2005
Are you starting your senior year?
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It’s that time most college students long for and dread at the same time—time to get out and search for a job! Job hunting can be an exciting time or a huge headache, depending on how well you prepare for it. Spend time preparing your resume, your professional attire for fairs and interviews, your interview skills and personal knowledge of yourself and your awareness of the industry and the opportunities currently available. Cultivate friendships old and new, with any friends or family who may have connections to areas you’re interested in. Definitely come by the Career Services Center to see which companies are coming to interview on campus and to get information on the career fairs we hold each semester. And don’t get discouraged if that great offer doesn’t come in right away. Don’t forget, just like anything else in life - the more effort you put in, the better the rewards. Getting
a job in the real world is closer than you think.
Don’t forget that Career Services offers a free resume critique service. Drop off your resume at our office, and pick it, full of helpful revisions, 24hours later! Also try:
Now’s
the time to make researching companies and job openings a
weekly priority on your schedule. Use MonsterTRAK,
other on-line websites, newspapers, your contact list,
friends, in short, any one and any thing you can think of.
Begin comparing companies, look at salaries to get a
ballpark idea of what to ask for, use job descriptions to
choose key words to put in your resume to ensure your resume
will be picked up in an scanning process.
Try on-line job hunting websites, such as:
Attend an Interview Skills workshop
Attend the Business Etiquette Dinner
You should plan to begin interviewing EARLY in the Fall semester - don't wait until after spring break! Many companies conduct their major hiring campaign in the early fall - even for May and August grads - so don't miss out! Prepare by researching the company, reviewing your possible responses to interview questions, and thinking about what you have done and learned that makes you a great candidate. Prepare by researching the company, reviewing your possible responses to interview questions, and thinking about what you have done and learned that makes you a great candidate. Prepare your questions for the recruiter, put several companies of your resume in a nice portfolio, press your outfit, be on time, and smile! You'll be great! Here is a great site for career guidance: OCTOBER
or FEBRUARY:
You've attended the Interview Skills Workshop. Now, armed with copies of your resume and properly dressed attire, you are ready to meet, you’re ready to meet prospective employers. The Career Fair is the place. Over a hundred companies will be looking for great potential like yours. But first do your homework to ensure the best use of the short time these companies are available during the fair. Get a listing of companies attending ahead of time. Pick your “top ten” companies- those you would most enjoy working for, those for whom you have the most to offer, then research these companies. Find out their short-term and long-term goals. Make sure you understand as much as possible about each company what type of work the company does, and be familiar with its product. Spend some time thinking about what you can offer the company. Check out their website and attend any information sessions they may offer the day before the fair. Then, the day of the fair, spend about 15 minutes speaking with each recruiter. Prepare a list of questions regarding the company ahead of time that you can refer to during the fair. And don’t forget to follow up your contact with the recruiter after the fair. It’s your job to show this recruiter you are the best person for the company. Showing interest and persistence, mixed with politeness, is the first step. Here are the sites with great tips for making the most of a career fair:
By now hopefully you will begin to have calls for second, on-site interviews. Remember that second interviews are vastly different than initial interviews. The NACE magazine, Job Choices, has a great article about "Coming Out First in Second Interviews". Free copies of Job Choices are available in the Career Services Resource Room. Eckhardt Hall Room 100. Be
prepared to evaluate offers and negotiate salaries. Click
here for some tips on how to go about ironing out the
details of an acceptance. DECEMBER
or APRIL: Study for finals ! Relax ! Next semester: If you haven’t received or accepted a job offer yet, start the whole process all over again. Remember, job hunting is a long-term process. Good jobs don’t happen overnight. They take time, commitment, and hard work!!!
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Your
resume is the most important paper you’ll write in school. It
is what represents you to every employer. Polish it until it
shines: thesaurus, spell check, second proofreader.
Ensure it is up-to-date. When printing, make each print
original, no photo copies! Always use a laser printer too.
The
Career Services Center offers this 
Along
with your newly-developed interview skills, you may want to
consider attending the 