CSUMB University Communications Get Started on the Right Track

CSUMB Academic advising syllabus Your four-year career development checklist Get started on tomorrow…today! Freshman ❑ Take the FOCUS Sophomore ❑ Become an active Junior ❑ Do an internship, Senior ❑ Join a professional assessment: part-time job or organization, set-up career.csumb.edu/focus organizations and in project related to a LinkedIn profile the classroom ❑ leader in a student your field Study and discuss ❑ Research ❑ Develop your ❑ Hone your resume, major options, make network: interviewing and an initial selection needed for target classmates, family, job-search skills careers, narrow friends, faculty, down choices ❑ qualifications alumni, employers Write your first ❑ Conduct interviews ❑ “ rofessionalize” P ❑ Successfully resume and bring it with successful your online profile, interview and land in for a critique working people voicemail, email, a job! and wardrobe Every year: meet with a Career Advisor, attend career fairs and workshops, and use OtterJobs for job leads “Without Academic and Career Advising, I wouldn’t have graduated on time or found my passion for anthropology.“ – Morgan Sommers, Class of 2012, Social and Behavioral Science 10

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