Freshmen

Freshman Year-Start NOW!

Complete your profile on LUworks
Consider your interests, abilities and skills, values, personality and motivation in partnership with Career Services
Explore Academic Options:
- Keep you mind open and think about what you might like to do
- Take a broad selection of courses as a way of previewing different majors
- Initiate meetings with professors to learn about various majors
- Visit Career Services for resources to help you think through a major
  - Attend S² (Strategies for Success) which will help you uncover your interests and skills, match them to your major, help prepare your resume and start providing you with tools and resources that all college students should know to be successful now and in the future. A Career Advisor will offer you the support and connection you need to launch your Life After Lawrence NOW!
- Review What Can I Do with this Major?
- Talk to upper classmen about their experiences and reasons for choosing the specific major(s)
- Attend the student-sponsored Majors Fair
- Consider off-campus study options, such as the London Center, Associated Colleges of the Midwest and IES Abroad, as a way to gain experience in your major. Many programs include research, language immersion, volunteer and internship components which help build your resume. For more information regarding application deadlines, contact the Off-Campus Programs Coordinator
Discover Internship and Career Opportunities:
- Review LUworks for current internships and jobs, or past ones to stimulate interests/ideas
- Explore a variety of careers(even if you think you "know" what you want to do) by participating in Career Services events such as:
  - Think Globally, Explore Locally(TGEL) trips
  - Lawrence Scholars sessions and midterm reading period trips
  - Career Conference days
  - Guest Drop-In Hours with alumni
  - Shadow/Network events
  - Info Tables and Info Sessions
- Participate in mock interviews to practice articulating your interests and skills to a third party. Interviewing well is a valuable lifelong skill to have
- Consult with a Career Advisor to identify how your interests, hobbies, skills and values relate to career fields and graduate schools
- Learn the search function in Voyager
Develop yourself as a Competitive Candidate:
- Maintaing a solid GPA by developing good study habits
- Establish your LUworks profile
- Create an effective resume and upload it to LUworks
  - Attend a Resume and Cover Letter session for more information
- Gain work experience through volunteering or an internship
  - Attend Internships 101 for more information
- Participate in different extra-curricular activities and leadership programs, where you can explore your skills and interests
- Get comfortable networking with people you do not already know
  - Attend Networking 101 for more information

Keep yourself on track and prepare for Life After Lawrence NOW by following along with these timelines. Select your year: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior