Year by Year

Visit the Career Center (Ground Floor, Alumni Hall)
Make an appointment to talk about your career goals
Register with FOCUS to identify your personal strengths, needs, preferences, and skills related to career options
Join a student club or organization to build interpersonal skills and make new contacts
Attend at least one workshop or career-related program offered through the residence halls or the Career Center. See our calendar.

Write a resume to have critiqued by Career Center staff
Use FOCUS online career guidance program to help you plan career steps this year
Register with College Central (www.collegecentral.com/mansfield), Mansfield University’s online job database and begin searching the available jobs in your interested field.
Take a leadership position with a student club or organization
Get involved with community service
Collect examples of work you do (projects, papers, presentations)
Try to job shadow a professional working in the career that interests you, or conduct an informational interview with that professional
Attend three (or more) events sponsored by the Career Center
Work closely with your advisor to identify elective courses to take to complement your career goals

Refine your resume and learn how to write a cover letter
Serve an internship, externship or an apprenticeship (www.collegecentral.com/mansfield)
Manage a major project hosted by your student club/organization
Join a professional organization affiliated with your career interests
Attend career and job fairs hosted by State System schools (calendar)
Thinking about graduate school starts here—Learn about graduate school entrance exams and use the graduate school guides in the Career Center Resource Room

Calendar/Workshops

Mansfield University Career Center
Ground Floor, Alumni Hall

Phone: 570-662-4133
Fax: 570-662-4093