Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Freshmen... Get Ready! Viki Fecas Program Manager Career Center So, you’ve sur vived your first semester (actually made pretty good grades) and have declared a major. Not much else to do until senior year, right? WRONG! Those two things (good grades and major) are keys to options after college; so make sure you take care I of those. But remembering where the Career Center is (cour tesy of University 101) and using it are two different things. Counselors are accessi ble to you every week day who can help to keep you "on track". Some things you need to be thinking Nabout now are compos ing/ updating your resume, looking at expe riential learning options (shadowing, internships, co-ops, etc.), and attend ing special opportunities like Job Fairs. It’s also not too early to begin researching prospective employers and graduate schools. The world is changing at an unprece dented rate, therefore the way we work is changing. Students today can expect to have as many as 12-15 jobs spanning 2-3 different career fields. Recent survey results indicated that when asked to list all the occupations they could think of, people could list an average of 28. But how many occupa tions are out there? What are you planning to do with your degree? The more you invest in your career planning now, the more successful you are likely to be in the career you choose. -- ■ I Transforming Transactions into Relationships Visit Us at JobFest! March 23,2000 Carolina Coliseum 11 am - 3 pm __Visit our website at: _