Career Action Plan

Circle topics you might like to discuss in the career planning meeting:

· Improve and develop technical skills

· Attend the Fall and Spring Career Fairs

· Network at information sessions with employers

· Prepare for interviews/mock interviews

· Network on LinkedIn

· Search for internships or full-time jobs

· Prepare for next steps

· Apply for capstone credit

· Apply for on-campus tech positions in technical fields (Serve IT, UITS, etc.)

· Conduct research (UROC)

· Volunteer in the community

· Become involved in student organizations

· Apply for graduate school

· Attend conferences

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Education, work experience, student involvement and leadership, and volunteer experiences: List your top accomplishments, skills, competencies, and/or key experiences that you would highlight to a prospective employer. Consider pulling from your resume, elevator pitch, and Top 5 Strengths assessment results.

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Work values: List the most important criteria that you seek in a job and workplace.

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Career interests: What areas of technology interest you most and what job descriptions do you feel drawn to?

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Skills to gain/improve: List skills that you might consider working towards improving and building upon as you pursue your career goals.

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My professional goals: Use this section to brainstorm and outline your professional goals as well as the steps you will take towards achieving those goals. They might be shorter term (up until graduation), or they might be longer term (5+ years). Either way, this is an opportunity for you to focus on your own personal aspirations!

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Steps to achieve this goal:

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