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Freshman Year
• Establish a strong GPA
• Check email daily
• Get involved in at least one campus activity
• If employment is necessary – consider on-campus
employment
• Attend Career Fairs
• Familiarize yourself with the Professional
Development Transcript
• Create or upload a Career Net resume and a Montage
Talent Portfolio
• Toward the end of Spring Quarter, begin
documentation in your Professional Development
Transcript
• Have fun
Sophomore Year
• Maintain/improve your GPA
• Check email daily
• Update your Career Net resume and Montage Talent
Portfolio
• Continue and consider increasing campus
involvement
• Join and participate in your Professional Association
Student Chapter
• Attend Career Fairs
• Begin search for summer internship
• Spring Quarter – review year’s activities and update
Professional Development Transcript
• Get summer internship
• Have fun
Junior Year
• Maintain/improve your GPA
• Check email daily
• Update and polish your Career Net resume and
Montage Talent Portfolio
• Continue campus and professional involvements
• Identify industries that hire your major, and begin
investigating career options
◦ Attend information sessions
◦ Professional association events and presentations
◦ Discussions with faculty
◦ Networking
• Begin researching potential employers or graduate
schools
• Attend Career Fairs
• Purchase professional attire for interviewing
• Review year’s activities and update Professional
Development Transcript
• Have fun
• Summer internship
Senior Year
• Maintain/improve your GPA
• Check email daily
• Update and polish Career Net resume and Montage
Talent Portfolio
• Get involved with your Career Services Department
• Finalize career goals
• Finalize Professional Development Transcript and
prepare professional portfolio
• Develop job search strategies
• Interview on campus and attend information sessions
• Continue campus and professional involvements
• Attend Career Fairs
Advice From the Career Services Department
After Graduation
• Begin your professional life
• Keep Career Services Department up-to-date on your employment status
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