4-Year Career Development Plan

Self-assessments: Learn something about yourself, with the goal of matching careers to your profile.
Exploring majors and careers: Maybe your head is spinning thinking of all the different programs offered here, and you don’t know how to choose. Or, you love a specific major, but you are unsure of the career opportunities associated with it.
Visit the Career Development & Student Success Center!
Get involved on campus.
Get to know your advisor.
Register on College Central Network®
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for important announcement and events.

Research careers within your major and compare them to your career expectations.
Start researching the type of internships that are out there in your field. SECURE AN INTERNSHIP (or two) BEFORE YOU GRADUATE, EVEN IF IT’S NOT REQUIRED IN YOUR MAJOR!*
Prepare your first draft of your resume. Visit us in the Career Development & Student Success office prior to starting to gather all the important “how-to’s” of resume writing. Then, come see us for revisions and suggestions. We love resume writing!!
Develop solid relationships with faculty. Get to know them, and ensure they know you!

*If you are doing an internship for credit, be sure to follow your department’s guidelines for approval prior to starting.

Update your resume and bring it to us to be critiqued.
Find that internship and secure it! Need help searching? Please see us!
Practice your interviewing skills by setting up mock interviews with us, and utilizing InterviewStream™ where you can practice, record, critique, and share your interviews!
Start networking! Build your LinkedIn profile and reach out to professors, employers, alumni...
Attend the ESU Career and Internship Fair in February (AKA- networking!)
Seek out leadership roles within your clubs and organizations that you’re a part of.
Research graduate schools if you plan on attending, and gather letters of recommendations from professors.
Prepare for the appropriate standardized tests needed for graduate school and note the test dates.

Update your resume with all of your wonderful internship experiences.
Possibly obtain another internship.
Meet with a career counselor for another resume review, and discuss cover letters.
Practice your interviewing skills by setting up mock interviews with us, and utilizing InterviewStream™ where you can practice, record, critique, and share your interviews!
Meet with a career counselor to brush up on your job searching skills.
Attend the annual ESU Career & Internship Fair in February.
Update your LinkedIn profile and connect with your internship colleagues.
Decide if you will be attending graduate school.
If you choose to attend graduate school, narrow down the possibilities and start working on your personal statement ASAP, then have it critiqued in our office.