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Planning Your Path

First Year

  • Sign up for the Leadership & Professional Development Program on Life@Fairfield
  • Get involved on campus – join Clubs or Organizations, participate in service, or play intramural sports
  • Apply for a Stags in the Field Internship, these are on campus internships for 1st & 2nd year students
  • 2nd Semester make an appt with CAS Career Staff by emailing CASCareers@fairfield.edu
  • Sign up for Sophomore Success for Fall of Sophomore Year
  • Email CASCareers@fairfield.edu for more information

Sophomore Year

  • Make an appt. with CAS Career Staff by emailing CASCareers@fairfield.edu
  • Participate in Sophomore Success - Fall or Spring
  • Apply for a Stags in the Field Internship, these are on campus internships for 1st & 2nd year students
  • Explore various careers by attending industry panels, networking, and by researching careers online
  • Take Career Assessments to learn more about themselves — MBTI, Strong Interest Inventory or CliftonStrengths for Students
  • Work towards a leadership position on campus (NSL, RA, Clubs/ Organizations, Service, or Sports)
  • Attend the Career & Internship Fair in the Fall and Spring
  • Apply for internships or relevant work experience for the summer before Junior year
  • Explore internship opportunities abroad

Junior Year

  • Have their resume reviewed by CAS Career Staff Acquire at least one internship or relevant work experience before senior year (credit, non-credit, or during study abroad)
  • Practice interviewing skills by meeting with a CAS Staff member or participating in Mock Interview Day
  • Build and maintain your personal network 
  • Attend all relevant career events or panels
  • Develop and update a LinkedIn Profile
  • Sign up for the Alumni Job Shadow Program Sept/Oct
  • Attend the Career & Internship Fair
  • Prepare for entrance exams

Senior Year

  •  Know the recruiting cycle for career interests – some positions recruit in Fall, majority will be in the Spring
  • Have their resume reviewed by CAS Career Staff
  • Acquire at least one internship or relevant work experience before graduation (credit, non-credit, or during study abroad)
  • Practice interviewing skills by meeting with a CAS Staff member or participating in Mock Interview Day
  • Build and maintain your personal network 
  • Attend all relevant career events or panels
  • Develop and update a LinkedIn Profile
  • Sign up for the Alumni Job Shadow Program Sept/Oct. Attend the Career & Internship Fair

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