Professional and Leadership

  • Study Abroad / Away
  • Update your resume/cover letter to include your summer experience
  • Do a mock interview
  • Apply for a summer internship or research opportunity (Winter/Spring)
  • Get a job on/off campus
  • Attend Workshops and/or Arcus Center programs and trainings
  • Network on Linkedin
  • Go to a job fair, even if you’re not looking right now, for practice
  • Connect with professors/advisors who could write letters of recommendation
  • Get involved with the local/national chapter of a professional association in your field
  • If you are on campus, attend the PDI Connection Reception on the Friday of Homecoming
  • Apply to the Social Justice Leadership Fund for off-campus social justice leadership development opportunities (application available year-round)
  • Refer to your “Life After K” folder from the CCPD
  • Apply to be a Civic Engagement Scholar for the Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) program you’re working in (Spring)
  • Do an internship or SIP-related research
  • Do a Community Building Internship in Kalamazoo with the CCE