{"id":132,"date":"2016-03-22T14:54:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T19:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/careereducation\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2021-04-12T11:09:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T16:09:23","slug":"parents-guide-career-planning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/careereducation\/parents-guide-career-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent&#8217;s Guide to Career Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please encourage students to do the following:<\/p>\n<h2>First Year<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Encourage your student to visit the Office of Career Education to take a Career Assessment to learn about career interests, abilities, and values<\/li>\n<li>Have your student connect with Career Education about their Handshake account information<\/li>\n<li>Have your student create a first draft resume and upload to Handshake<\/li>\n<li>Discuss the value of connecting with professors and advisors<\/li>\n<li>Talk to your students about getting involved in campus organizations, activities, and volunteer activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Second Year<\/h2>\n<p>This is the critical year for setting career goals, selecting a major, and becoming more involved in campus activities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Let your student know the importance of declaring a major<\/li>\n<li>Encourage your student to attend the career expos to network with recruiters and explore job opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Focus on achieving or maintaining at least a 3.0 GPA<\/li>\n<li>Encourage your student to join and attend student organizations meetings that relate to your major and career field<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer on and off-campus and Job shadow for career exploration experiences<\/li>\n<li>Meet with their academic advisor and continue to develop good relationships with professors<\/li>\n<li>Obtain summer and\/or part-time jobs that relate to chosen major<\/li>\n<li>Meet with a Career Coach to update their resume<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Third Year<\/h2>\n<p>Gain professional skills and experience through internships, volunteering on and off-campus, and taking leadership roles in campus organizations.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Encourage your student to secure an internship related to their field of study<\/li>\n<li>Be a leader and practice communication skills, problem-solving skills in class, and in student clubs<\/li>\n<li>Continue to keep GPA above a 3.0<\/li>\n<li>Have the Office of Career Educations assist with updating their resume and practice interviews<\/li>\n<li>Attend networking events and utilize the Marshall Mentoring Network<\/li>\n<li>Find and develop professional references<\/li>\n<li>Purchase proper business attire for interviews and attend career expos in the Fall and Spring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Fourth Year<\/h2>\n<p>Fine-tune professional skills and make a self-marketing plan. Encourage your students to start early.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prepare a final resume with good references<\/li>\n<li>Make job search a priority before graduation time<\/li>\n<li>Talk with your student about finding and attending events that will provide networking opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Encourage attendance at Career Expos on campus to seek employment opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Sign up for on-campus interviewing opportunities &amp; company information sessions<\/li>\n<li>Practice interviewing, either virtually on Interview Stream or in-person through the Office of Career Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/careereducation\/files\/Parent-Planning-Checklist-1.pdf\">Parent Planning Checklist<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please encourage students to do the following: First Year Encourage your student to visit the Office of Career Education to take a Career Assessment to learn about career interests, abilities, and values Have your student connect with Career Education about their Handshake account information Have your student create a first draft resume and upload to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-132","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/careereducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/careereducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/careereducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/careereducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/careereducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/careereducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1923,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/careereducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions\/1923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/careereducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}