Professional and Leadership Skills

  • Create your resume/Cover letter 
  • Apply for summer internships/externships 
  • Take a career assessment in the CCPD 
  • Research careers that utilize your interests, strengths and passions 
  • Engage in an off-campus CCE program 
  • Attend a Passions to Professions Lunch 
  • Attend Workshops and/or Arcus Center programs and trainings 
  • Research your dream job credentials needed 
  • Mentor another student or youth 
  • Become a Student Organization Leader 
  • Get a campus job / internship 
  • Apply to be a Civic Engagement Scholar for the CCE program you’re working ‘ in (Spring) 
  • Connect with Alumni on LinkedIn 
  • Sign up for a professional photo for your LinkedIn profile through Say Cheese at the PDI (fall) 
  • Refer to your “Life After K” folder from the CCPD 
  • Apply to the Social Justice Leadership Fund for off-campus social justice leadership development opportunities (application available year-round)
  • Do an externship, internship, or research project 
  • Do a Community Building Internship in Kalamazoo 
  • Be a Peer or Orientation Leader