Prepare for Your Bright Future
There’s a lot you can do to prepare for your career while still in college. Use this year-by-year checklist as a guide and be sure to stop by the Center for Career & Calling for advice, resources, and more.
It’s Time to Plan for Life After College
Whether you’re starting your first or final semester at Belhaven, plan for your future. We have guides to help you stay on track.
Let’s Go: Career Prep Advice By Year
- Take classes that interest you
- Explore majors by talking to professors and upperclassmen
- Decide what you want from college, both short- and long-term
- Develop great study habits
- Get to know 12Twenty (coming soon)
- Seek academic help as needed
- Move toward clarity about your career goals — see what work you enjoy, how your goals shift, what new careers you hear about
- Make friends and get involved on campus
- Use Handshake to find opportunities (career-related internships, volunteer roles, and other part-time positions)
- Keep an eye on your GPA; you’ll be glad you did!
- Meet with Center for Career & Calling staff to confirm your long-term goals
- Get to know 12Twenty (coming soon)
- Attend a resume workshop
- Create a resume draft and upload it to Handshake
- Complete a mock job interview
- Complete an internship
- Attend the Belhaven Career Fair
- Meet with your advisor to make sure you’re on track for graduation
- Look for ways to get involved in leadership on campus
- If you’re planning to attend graduate school, look up the required entrance test and take a practice version
- Keep an eye on your GPA
- Meet with Center for Career & Calling staff to set firm steps to meet your goals
- Get to know 12Twenty (coming soon)
- Apply for graduation
- Attend a resume workshop to refine your resume
- Complete a mock job interview
- Attend the Belhaven Career Fair
- Attend a Governor’s Job Fair
- If you’re planning to attend graduate school, look up the required entrance test and take a practice version
- Keep an eye on your GPA
Ben’s Story: Real-World Experience
Ben explains how Belhaven University’s focus on internships and hands-on learning helps students develop their career path and gain practical experience early.
Contact Us
Center for Career & Calling
Phone: 601-973-5155Irby Hall 208
1500 Peachtree Street, Box 265
Jackson, MS 39202
Verse of the Year
Go and make disciples of all the nations ... And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
Matthew 28:19-20