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 Center

• 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 Center/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.

*Peer Career Assistants are students trained in using UMM career resources. They are available in the Career Library (Behmler Rm. 231) during scheduled office hours to assist students. Call extension 6065 for office hours.