Freshman Year

• Identify your life interests, work values, and skills.
• Research careers of interest, looking for careers that match the interests, values, and skills you identified.
• Create a personal career action plan that includes at least three alternatives.
• Participate in volunteer activities on campus in Morris area. Consult Campus Compact.
• Join campus clubs/organizations in your area of interest.
   (Consult Student Activities Office)
• Use classes to explore different possible areas of interest, talk to faculty about careers in their fields. Selection of major is best done by end of sophomore year.
• Build mentor relationships with faculty/staff and upper class students. (Consider Morris Academic Partners and Morris Administrative Intern Programs for junior year)
• Plan for study abroad, undergraduate research opportunities, internships, tutorials, and volunteer experiences.
• Talk to your academic advisor.
• If undecided about your major, participate in "Undecided Majors" workshops.
• Attend Alumni Career Fair in the fall to talk to alums from your major, or who are working in fields you are interested in.
• Seek part-time/summer jobs in area of interest to acquire experience and skills/knowledge.
• Attend UMM Summer Job/Camp Fair in winter.

Student Counseling Career Services

• Career/personal assessment, i.e.
• Strong Interest Inventory
• Myers-Briggs Type Inventory
• Individual career/personal counseling

Career Library
(The library has books on careers in different fields, as well as books which give overviews of a variety of careers such as the Guide for Occupational Exploration, Occupational Outlook Handbook, and What Can I Do With a Major In...?)

• Peer Career Assistants*
• Attend Career Services/organization sponsored workshops and events.
• Watch Weekly Bulletin for notice.
• Talk to career/personal counselor
• Alumni & Career Fair Alumni
• Network Directory
• Internship Directories & summer job listings found in The Career Library.