Senior Year

Students

General Activities:

• Discuss career plans with faculty and counselors
  
• Collect references from faculty and employers
  
• Plan and implement job search or graduate school campaign
  

Work with Career Services:

• Finalize résumé and develop a cover letter
  
• Complete an mock interview
  
• Participate in on-campus interviewing (if appropriate)
  
• Attend job fairs
  
• Regularly check Spartan Jobs and search websites
  
• Research companies which offer the type of work you seek
  
• Network with friends, family and people employed in your field
  
• Visit company websites for information about job vacancies
  
• Email or mail resumes and cover letters to employers for actual openings
  
• Contact targeted employers, inquiring about possible openings

Parents

• Keep in touch and discuss your student's career plans
  
• Make suggestions of people with whom they can network including friends, family and people employed in your student’s field
  
• Offer assistance by sending information on jobs in their career field when you come across them
  
• Do not help too much
  
• Remind your student to inquire about on-campus interviewing opportunities
  
• Find out if they have finalized their résumé and developed a cover letter
  
• Let your student know that workshops are available and they should take advantage of them
  
• Encourage your student to utilize Career Services and Spartan Jobs
  
• Support them through everything. This can be a hard time for you as parents and them as job and career seekers!