Career Services
Career Success Checklist
Adapted from UNLV Career Services
| First Year |
Sophomore Year |
- Clarify who you are and what you want
- Choose a major you will enjoy
Resources:
- Personalized counseling
- Career Assessments
- Bridges.com
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- Begin identifying career options for your major
- Gather information from resources, interviews
- Seek out career- related work experiences
Resources:
- The Career Resource Library
- Informational Interviews
- Career Fairs
- Build Resume
- Internship Information
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| Junior Year |
Senior Year |
- Add skills through activities and work
- Research employment for after graduation
- Establish a job search plan
Resources:
- Resume Information
- Job Search Plan
- Company Research
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- Initiate the job search plan
- Fine tune resumes and contact employers
- Prepare for interviews
- Utilize on-campus recruiting services
Resources:
- Resume Critiquing
- Interview Practice
- Career Fairs
- Job Vacancy Postings
- Individual Job Search Counseling
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Career Planning
- Personalized Counseling will help focus your career interests, values and needs.
- Career Assessments including Interest, Values Skills and Personality Inventories provide opportunities for self exploration. MBTI assessments available with analysis and one-on-one review.
- Resource Library offers information on majors, occupations, job search strategies, resume development, negotiations, decision-making. Books and videos.
Career Development
- Internships, practicum and service learning programs provide students opportunities to explore their career options with hands-on experience.
- Career Fairs are held at APU at least once a year, usually in early Spring. It is an opportunity to meet employers and investigate internship and career possibilities. Similar events in the community are publicized on campus.
- Resume Information and suggestions are provided in one-to-one sessions with a career Counselor, to enhance and improve the presentation of your skills, education and experience.
- Informational Interviews are an excellent way to investigate careers by talking to professionals and alumni in careers that interest you.
Placement & Opportunity
- Resume Critiques are provided to all students, alum, staff & faculty by the Director or experienced counselor.
- Job and Intern Bulletins for full time, part-time, summer employment are posted in Atwood Center, as well as Carr-Gottstein and Grant Hall.
- Interview Practice is offered by appointment through the Career Services Office. Video-taping is an option that may be requested
- Job Search Resources are available as handouts on topics such as Resumes, Interviewing, Cover Letters, Networking, Informational Interviews, Researching Companies
