Job Prep: The Four Year Plan to Career Success

Freshman Year:

- Make an appointment with the career advisor to discuss your general career/life goals, especially if you are an undecided major and unclear of future goals
- Work with the career advisor to discuss possible majors of interest, or what you can do with the major you declared
- Work with the career advisor to discuss possible majors of interest, or what you can do with the major you declared
- Take career inventories to clarify your personality, strengths and career interests
- Begin your first resume
- Become familiar with our website at http://www.acad.bme.gatech.edu/career/ you'll be using it frequently

Sophomore Year:

- Meet with the career advisor to develop some short and long-term goals for your remaining time at college
- Attend all career fairs for furthering your career options after you graduate " Schedule a meeting to begin planning for a co-op or internship in your field of study
- Get involved with clubs and organizations to develop your leadership skills
- Attend the Academic Office Interviewing and Resume workshops
- Enroll in elective courses that will give you the skills employers are seeking (language, computer, communication, international business, web design, etc.)
- Update your resume
- With career advisor, explore the career options in the majors you are considering

Junior Year:

- Meet with the career advisor for a more thorough search on occupations of interest
- Update your resume and have it critiqued through the available resume critiquing services
- Gain work experience through team leadership, research opportunities, class involvement, work-study, or extracurricular activities
- Attend career fairs for the campus and your department sponsored career fairs
- Research graduate and/or medical school options
- Begin to prepare for and take entrance exams
- Take the GREs, MCATs, or other required entrance exams in the Spring
- Work on finding your internship, co-op or summer job
- Join professional organizations in your field, and find out how to network with professionals who can be great job sources
- Participate in the mock interview workshops to sharpen your personal presentation skills
- Check with your advisor to be sure you are on track with graduation

Senior Year:

- Develop your portfolio of professional quality career-related projects and assignments
- Perfect your resume
- Attend all available special events (seminars, lectures, campus events, etc.) Great networking tools
- Set up your credential file and begin collecting letters of reference
- Perfect your interviewing skills and take advantage of on-campus recruiting
- Develop a great cover letter to include with your resume
- Research companies or grad schools using our career resources
- Network with professionals in the field: GT alumni, job shadowing, information interviewing
- Design business cards for yourself; make sure they are professional
- Check the BME Academic Office webpage for job and internship listings
- Plan to keep in touch after graduation, to mentor other students and share success stories!