Junior Year

Students

General Activities:

• Attend a professional conference
  
• Join campus organizations, activities and professional organizations in your chosen field
  
• Take electives and special problems courses to enhance qualifications
  
• Experience internships, practicum and work in your chosen career field
  
• Network with professionals in your selected career field
  
• Develop a list of potential employers
  

Work with Career Services:

• Use career resources in the career library and on the OCS website to explore alternative career plans
  
• Read job vacancy newsletters and browse websites to heighten awareness of positions
  
• Attend workshops and seminars
  
• Update or write a résumé from your list of activities and experiences
  
• Investigate graduate school options
  
• Attend job fairs

Parents

• Ask your student if they have updated or written a résumé
  
• Internships are extremely important-encourage your student to pursue internship opportunities
  
• Help them find an internship by connecting them with your friends or colleagues in their career field of interest
  
• Find out if they want to go to graduate school. If so, help them to investigate options
  
• Let your student know that OCS workshops are available and they should take advantage of them
  
• Encourage your student to use resources in the career library and on the OCS website to explore career plans