Career development starts well before graduation. Explore the Four Year Career Success Plan for practical steps you can take each year to build experience, make informed career decisions and prepare for what comes next.
Inquiry & Awareness
As a first year student we want you to start identifying your interest and areas of strengths.
- Gain an understanding of your interests, personality, and strengths through assessments.
- Connect your interests to a major, and consider your desired lifestyle. Explore Areas of Study to research majors, courses you would take, and professional paths.
- Begin occupation exploration to determine what you can do with your major. Talk with professors, personal contacts in fields you are interested in, and your Career Consultant.
- Login to FrogJobs to start getting familiar with how you will upload your resume, search for internships and jobs, view upcoming events, and research companies.
- Meet with your Career Consultant to help you identify majors or careers that may interest you and guide you to tools and resources to gain additional information.
Assessment & Exploration
Your sophomore year we recommend exploring possible career paths. Below are steps to take to continue on the 4 Year Career Success Plan.
Meet with your Career Consultant to review or create a resume, discuss FrogFolio, develop an internship strategy and more.
Clarify your academic major and determine other experiences you need.
Actively participate in social and community service activities, seek out leadership opportunities on and off campus, consider study abroad.
Upload your resume to FrogJobs to explore part-time employment and internship opportunities.
If applicable, apply for the Intern Scholarship Program that is designed to provide scholarship assistance to students that have an unpaid or low-paying internship in their major field.
Test interests and develop leadership skills through part-time employment, campus activities, internships and sorority/fraternity life.
Create a LinkedIn profile to track your college accomplishments and join the TCU Career Networking Lounge
Attend the fall and spring Career & Intern Expo to explore job and internship opportunities.
Gaining Career Experiences
Your junior year is when you need to focus on gaining professional experience through internships and part-time jobs. Below are suggestions to help you progress on your 4 Year Career Success Plan.
- Create your general definition of success and pursue opportunities to help you achieve it.
- Review your social media presence. Determine your personal brand that you want to portray and ensure your social media platforms represent that brand.
- Update your LinkedIn profile with new accomplishments. Research TCU alumni on LinkedIn with career paths you find interesting and who work at organizations you want to explore. Reach out to them and begin networking.
- Upload an updated resume to FrogJobs to explore part-time employment and internship opportunities. Visit FrogJobs often to stay up to date on on-campus interview opportunities, information sessions, and events.
- Continue to gain hands-on experiences and focus on internships.
- If applicable, apply for the Intern Scholarship Program that is designed to provide scholarship assistance to students that have an unpaid or low-paying internship in their major field.
- Explore graduate schools and international/study abroad opportunities.
- Attend the fall and spring Career & Intern Expo to explore job and internship opportunities.
- Meet with your and Career Consultant to help with mock interviews, resume reviews, internship search advice and much more.
Job Search & Grad-School Planning
As a senior, we recommend you create a plan of action for obtaining that job at graduation or acceptance into graduate school.
- Finalize future plans and prioritize targeted industries, geographic locations and/or graduate schools.
- Assess your talents and work with your Career Consultant to create a plan to market your experience to potential employers.
- Conduct practice interviews with your Career Consultant to be ready for that job interview.
- Network and use social media to promote your talents. Utilize LinkedIn to connect with TCU alumni that have career paths or work at organizations that you find interesting.
- Attend the fall and spring Career & Intern Expo to explore job opportunities.
- Update your LinkedIn profile with new accomplishments, and review your LinkedIn profile with your Career Consultant. Most employers will view your profile to make sure it looks great.
- Upload an updated resume to FrogJobs to explore full-time employment. Visit FrogJobs often to stay up to date on on-campus interview opportunities, information sessions, and events.
- Meet regularly with your Career Consultant. They will help you with practice interviews, resume feedback, job search advice, create networking strategies, review graduate school applications and more.