Find Career Success
The Eight Steps to be Career-Ready
The Eight Steps to Career Success
Step 1 – Meet with your Career Services and Leadership Development Coordinator to initiate your career action plan.
Step 2 – Assess your interests, values, skills, and abilities.
Step 3- Begin to build your resume and portfolio.
Step 4 – Explore and research majors, careers, and employers.
Step 5 – Develop your self-marketing and job search skills.
Step 6 – Gain experience in a career-related field.
Step 7 – Implement your full-time job or graduate school search.
Step 8 – Keep informed of career management trends.
In addition to the “8-Steps to Success,” the 4-year college plan provides a more comprehensive list of action steps to accomplish during your freshman year, sophomore year, junior year and senior year. The 4-year college plan will serve as your checklist and as a reflection of your accomplishments.
Career Goals: from Freshman to Senior Year
- Seek career counseling.
- Explore your interests, skills, and values related to various career fields.
- Establish relationships with your academic advisor and faculty.
- Consider joining student organizations.
- Conduct informational interviews with professionals who work in the field in which your interests lie.
- Research a minor or electives that complement your career goals.
- Join professional associations and seek leadership positions.
- Learn more about co-op and consider it as an opportunity to gain experience.
- Attend career fairs relevant to your interests.
- Network with employers at career fairs, workshops and campus events.
- Attend workshops to enhance your job search skills.
- Have your resume reviewed by a Student Success staff member.
- Participate in on-campus interviewing for internships and co-ops.
- Utilize resources to find contacts who can teach you about career paths and jobs for your major.
- Strengthen professional relationships with faculty and staff.
- Secure career-related employment.
- Assess future of your chosen career field by talking to your professors and employers.
- Investigate specialized areas of your chosen field.
- Utilize resources to find access to hiring authorities.
- Attend workshops to enhance your job search skills.
- Ensure your resume is updated by having it reviewed by Student Success Center staff.
- Begin to conduct informational interviews with employers.
- Obtain career-related experience.
- Attend career fairs relevant to your interests.
- Research graduate or professional schools and take entrance exams.
- Participate in mock interviews conducted by the Center for Student Success.
- Obtain career-related experience:
- Co-op
- Internship
- Part-time job
- Volunteer experience
- Research (work with a professor).
- Attend workshops to enhance your job search skills.
- Update your resume, and have it reviewed by CSS staff.
- Identify skills you can offer employers that align with their needs.
- Attend career fairs relevant to your interests.
- Maintain relationships with academic advisor, faculty and mentor(s).
- Select faculty and administrators to act as references.
- Research job search strategies and potential employers.
- Send resume and cover letters to employers and follow-up with telephone calls.
- Take graduate or professional school entrance exams.
- Evaluate offers and write letters to accept or decline a position.
Career Resources & Templates
Career Resource Page
Check out our Resources page to find templates (resume, cover letter, and post-interview thank you letter), submit your resume or cover letter for review by the WNMU Career Services Coordinator, and gain assistance to identify student worker employment, part-time off-campus employment, internship opportunities, and post-graduation full-time employment in your chosen field.
https://css.wnmu.edu/career-resouces/
Superstrong
Assess your interests, values, skills, and abilities.
Professional Development, Internship, and Employment Opportunities
Employment Opportunities.
Find local and area job openings. Get connected with an internship. Apply to participate in our job shadow program.
https://css.wnmu.edu/get-hired-old/
Career Closet
The Career Closet at WNMU offers free business casual and professional attire for students and alumni. Available items include suits, dresses, jackets, blouses, ties, shirts, pants, and shoes, perfect for interviews, job fairs, and formal events.
https://css.wnmu.edu/career-closet/
Contact Information
Name: Anna-Marie Menhenott
Title: Career Services Coordinator
Email: anna-marie.menhenott@wnmu.edu
Phone: Office 575-538-6628
Location: The Career Center on the 1st Floor of Juan Chacon Building.