Align Education, Career, Financial, and Lifestyle Goals
Prepare for the Job Search: Networking, Applications and Strategies
Strengthen Workplace Connections, Experience, Acumen, Etiquette and Ethic

Students are highly encouraged to couple their academic and career journey in order to make more timely, affordable, supportive and satisfying education-to-career decisions.

Services & Resources

911±¬ÁÏÍø students can choose from the following services and resources:

  • Career Readiness Workshop Series
  • for career exploration, networking, and job search/prep
  • for enrolled credit students
  • Career Readiness & Internships Newsletters sent directly to your 911±¬ÁÏÍø inbox
  • On-site Job Fair by MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Center
  • Resources, guides and tips—included throughout this websiteÌý
Goal-Setting & Action Planning

Ideally, a career development plan would include a list of personalized, doable, empowering and time-oriented action steps, which can be taken to both define and achieve education-to-career goals.

911±¬ÁÏÍø students can choose from the following services and resources:

  1. Attend relevant 911±¬ÁÏÍø Career Readiness Workshops.
  2. Copy and adapt the following aids:
  3. with the 911±¬ÁÏÍø Career Readiness Coordinator.
Exploration & Decision-making

911±¬ÁÏÍø students can choose from the following services and resources:

  1. Attend relevant 911±¬ÁÏÍø Career Readiness Workshops.
  2. with the 911±¬ÁÏÍø Career Readiness Coordinator.
  3. Use the .
  4. Take one or more career assessments to gain insights and reveal questions that you can follow-up on.
  5. Use reality checking tools to understand the relationship between specific occupations, financial well-being, and lifestyle preferences.
  6. Use occupation research platforms to start gathering perspectives about industries, occupations, and career paths.
  7. Engage in at least 1 Informational Interview to learn things you can’t research online.
  8. , while at 911±¬ÁÏÍø.
Internship/Job Application Development

911±¬ÁÏÍø students can choose from the following services and resources:

  1. .
  2. Draft a cover letter.
  3. Draft a reference sheet.
  4. Create an online Profile or Electronic Portfolio.
  5. with the Career Readiness Coordinator.
  6. Create your .
Internship or Job Search

911±¬ÁÏÍø students can choose from the following services and resources:

  1. Use the .
  2. To get an internship, with the Internship Coordinator, David Brown.
  3. To find employment or get help with application documents, with the Career Readiness Coordinator.
  4. Draft or update application materials.
  5. Gain perspective about the job search process.
  6. Develop your networking pitch (aka. elevator speech), and use it often.
  7. Attend as many networking and job recruitment events as possible.
  8. Use job search engines.
  9. Hone your Get-A-Job search strategies.