4 Year Career Curriculum – SoCol
August 2009

 

Year 2 Career Development Curriculum

Task

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Domain

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Critical Thinking

Information Literacy & Research

Networking & Communication

Leadership

Life Management

Technical Skills & Work Experience

Teamwork

Social Responsibility

 c Make an appointment with Career Services to learn about resources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Participate in Career Services SoCol Programs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Assess interests through career inventory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Develop study-abroad plans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Maintain study-abroad journal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Participate in Residence Hall Activities and student organizations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Run for a campus or organizational leadership position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Journal learning from campus involvement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Refine list of interests, work values, and skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Refine  list of major possibilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Research academic majors on list and select a major

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Attend SoCol majors programs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Meet with Career Services to discuss major if undecided

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Work Part-time or during the summer in a job related to your interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Journal what you learn from work experience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Research and begin planning for internships

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Volunteer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Journal learning from volunteer experience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Narrow-down occupational choices to between 1-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Research occupational choices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Begin conducting informational interviews w/individuals from occupations of interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Begin learning about graduate school requirements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Participate in job shadowing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Attend  Making Connections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Begin building a list of people for personal network

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Identify your academic advisor and meet with them

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Familiarize yourself with the degree audit system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Draft first resume

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Register w/TigerJobs and place resume in system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c   Learn about various career related informational resources