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  • Meet with your career counselor to update your career plan
  • Prepare your nursing resume that you can update each year
  • Fall semester: Look into nurse externships available to you for the summer between Sophomore and Junior year
  • If you are unable to secure an externship- consider volunteering at a nursing home, daycare or doctor’s office
  • Learn about internships, volunteer, and experiential learning opportunities
  • Create a LinkedIn account and connect with alumni
  • Upload your resume to Handshake for review and approval
  • Conduct informational interviews with nursing professionals
  • Participate in career-related workshops and presentations sponsored by the Center for Career Development
  • Attend Virtual Career Events and Fairs
  • Investigate and join professional associations, such as American Nurses Association and National League for Nursing
  • Practice interviewing with a Mock Interview or use Big Interview
  • Identify 5 areas of nursing you wish to explore; determine your interest level in those fields.
  • Assume a leadership role in a student organization (could be a committee or event chair role; or, an officer role).
  • Meet with your career counselor to update your career plan
  • Update your professional documents such as resume, cover letter, and LinkedIn profile, and Handshake profile
  • Begin searching for and applying for summer externships to be completed during the summer between your junior and senior year
  • Determine the role/timing of graduate school in your long-term plans.
  • Develop a professional network. Start a professional LinkedIn profile
  • Attend Virtual Career Events and Fairs
  • Attend an “Applying to Externships” workshop.
  • Attend an ‘Applying to Graduate or Professional School” workshop.
  • Actively participate and reflect on experiences through clinical rotations.
  • Engage in at least one out-of-class practical experience (externship or volunteer).
  • Attend the Nursing Career Fair. Submit applications for externships and conduct
  • Participate in career-related workshops and presentations sponsored by the Center for Career Development
  • Practice interviewing with a mock interview or use Big Interview
  • Meet with your career counselor to update your career plan
  • Obtain additional practical experiences
  • Continue to expand your professional network
  • Finalize your resume and have it critiqued by career counselor/advisor and faculty.
  • Attend Virtual Career Events and Fairs
  • Practice interviewing with a mock interview or use Big Interview
  • Attend campus based Nursing Professional Development Conference
  • If you are seeking employment:
    • Conduct an effective job search to secure a satisfying job placement
    • Secure 3-5 persons to serve as references. References may be online or letters as directed (at least one faculty and at least one person from a clinical).
    • For employment after graduation, begin applying for positions in the Spring.
    • Secure interview attire that adheres to professional dress standards for interviews.
  • If you are graduating and pursuing a Master's degree:
    • Conduct an effective application process for admission to a graduate school program of your choosing.
    • Take appropriate graduate admissions test (scores are typically admissible for 3-5 years).
    • For fall admission to a graduate program, submit applications by January.
  • Report your post-graduation plans to The Center for Career Development
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