Illinois Wesleyan: Hart Career Center: Students

Four Year Career Planning Timeline

Develop an academic plan with guidance from a faculty advisor.
Visit the Hart Career Center. Meet the staff and browse through the collection of career books.
Register with the Career Center and complete your on-line profile through Titan CareerLink.
Meet with a career counselor to explore career options; take a self assessment test to learn more about yourself. Identify the skills and strengths you enjoy using.
Explore ways of enhancing academics with co-curricular activities by visiting the Office of Co-curricular Programs.
Consider volunteer positions as a means of building professional experience and personal contacts.
Study hard and keep your grades as high as possible.

Review your academic planning with an advisor.
If you did not do so in your first year, declare a major(s). Consider the possibility of a minor(s).
Speak with family, friends, and professionals about their careers. Spend a day on the job with a professional. Take advantage of the Career Center's Alumni Mentoring Program.
Explore leadership opportunities in campus organizations.
Attend Career Center seminars and programs on topics ranging from career planning to resume writing and interviewing strategies.
Participate in the Mock Interview Program to develop essential interviewing skills.
Meet with a Career Center staff member to develop a resume. Update your on-line profile.
Seek an internship that affords you professional work experience, personal contacts, and potential for future employment. Attend the IWU Internship Fair.
Continue to develop knowledge or skills that are in demand in your field of interest (e.g. computer, writing, foreign language).
Explore study abroad opportunities.

Meet with your faculty advisor to confirm that academic requirements are being met.
Focus on career objectives and update your resume. Attend Career Center seminars and programs.
Pursue internship opportunities for the academic year, May term and/or summer months. Attend the CareerFest job fair and others to explore internship possibilities.
Arrange informational interviews to learn more about career fields. The Career Center can assist you in locating alumni working in a variety of career fields.
Visit the Career Center on a regular basis. Establish your credentials file.
Update your on-line profile.
Consider the possibility of graduate and professional school. Review Career Center resources related to graduate school.
Consider taking the GRE, MCAT, LSAT, or any admission test required to continue course work at a graduate level. (You may elect to take certain exams in the Fall of your senior year.) Begin gathering information on graduate schools.Meet with a Career Center staff member to review your progress and plan for graduate school or the job search process.
Begin to gather information on organizations in your field.
Participate in the Mock Interview Program to develop essential interviewing skills.
Continue to pursue leadership opportunities on campus.

Review and participate in recruitment opportunities available through the Hart Career Center. Begin a targeted job search campaign and keep a log of all job search activity.
Update your on-line profile and resume.
Seniors can still participate in an internship. Check it out!
Attend Career Center programs on applying to graduate school, job searching, and other topics.Meet with a Career Center staff member to develop a job search strategy.
Take any necessary graduate school admission tests not taken your junior year (GRE, LSAT, GMAT). Apply to graduate programs. Have an advisor or Career Center staff member review your essay.