Build Your Career as You Earn Your Education
First-Year Students
Ask Questions
- Open a file at the Career Center
- Take an interest inventory
- Ask about Job shadowing
- Develop a basic resume
- Utilize the part-time job listings
- Check out ISU organizations
- Consider volunteering
- Explore internship/co-op education opportunities
- Watch the ISU Career Center Website for current information
Sophomore Year
Research Options
- Update your resume
- Draft an adaptable cover letter
- Do a mock interview
- Apply for an internship in your major
- Join ISU or community organizations
- Watch part-time job listings for work related to your major
Junior Year
Make Decisions
- Gain related work experience
- Focus on one or two areas of employment for your job search
- Update resume to show related work
- Attend career fairs and Career Center events
- Sign up for internship interviews on campus
- Take leadership roles in organizations
- Consider graduate school opportunities
- Attend graduate school seminar and take practice tests
Senior Year
Start Your Job Search
- Update resume and cover letters
- Research and network with potential employers
- Practice interviewing skills
- Register for on-campus recruiting
- Attend area career fairs
- Watch full-time listings at Career Center
- Take graduate school exams
- Identify graduate schools and apply early
- Sign up for Alumni Direct Assistance
- Report job acceptances to the Career Center