Geauxing Pro: Your Yearly Success Plan
Your success is our business.
To help you make the most of your time in the Ourso College, we created a year-by-year checklist to help boost your career readiness and enhance your time at 蘑菇tv. Of course, these suggested paths are in addition to performing well in the classroom. Check your rank for specific tips and links to resources.
First-year Checklist
- Activate your Navigate account.
- Meet with your academic counselor, either in University College or the Office of Business Student Success.
- Attend an involvement fair and join a student organization. Check out our Ourso Orgs!
- Don't be afraid to talk to new people.
- Read the Ourso Experience newsletter each week.
- Take advantage of tutoring, supplemental instruction, workshops, and other services from the Center for Academic Success.
- Activate your Handshake account.
- Explore on-campus employment to develop your 鈥淩eady to Roar鈥� competencies.
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- Use Handshake to make an appointment with a member of our professional development staff to create or update your r茅sum茅.
- Connect with professionals in your field at lectures, table sits, and events. Find details in the Ourso Experience newsletter and in our . Be sure to give us a follow!
- Get a free professional headshot at our Professional Prep event or another opportunity on campus.
- Find a mentor, whether an older student or someone in the Ourso College.
- Take advantage of your professor's office hours.
- Apply for scholarships. Look for an email with details late in the fall semester.
Sophomore Checklist
- Meet with your academic counselor in the Office of Business Student Success.
- Start your internship search. Checkout search resources and use Handshake to make an appointment with our professional development team.
- Complete a mock interview and review the Olinde Career Center's interview prep tips and guides.
- Get noticed by creating or polishing your LinkedIn account. Quinncia, available through the Olinde Career Center, can help make your profile shine.
- Attend the 蘑菇tv Career Expo and other career events.
- Join the .
- Don't have a headshot? Attend the Professional Prep Workshop for a free professional photo following your r茅sum茅 review.
- Read the Ourso Experience newsletter each week.
- Consider taking a leadership role within your student org.
- Connect with professionals in your field at lectures, table sits, and events.
- Take advantage of your professor's office hours.
- Apply for scholarships. Look for an email with details late in the fall semester.
Junior Checklist
- Take the Business Communication & Professional Development course (GBUS 3061).
- Meet with your Office of Business Student Success academic counselor and confirm your graduation plans.
- Join the OBSS Mentoring Program.
- Connect with employers at the Career Expo & Business Networking Reception.
- Intern. The OBSS professional Development team is here to help with your search.
- Get out there with an International Experience.
- Attend a conference or test your skills at a business competition.
- Take a leadership position on campus.
- Apply for the Ourso Outstanding Eight.
- Read the Ourso Experience newsletter each week.
- Connect with professionals in your field at lectures, table sits, and events.
- Apply for scholarships. Look for an email with details late in the fall semester.
Senior Checklist
- Meet with your academic counselor and the OBSS Professional Development team.
- Haven鈥檛 attended a Professional Prep Workshop? Add it to your calendar and prepare to shine.
- Tell your network that you are in the job market.
- Explore options for continuing your studies and connect with the Office of Graduate Business Programs to learn more.
- Attend the Career Expo & Business Networking Reception.
- Connect with professionals in your field at lectures, table sits, and events.
- Apply for the Ourso Outstanding Eight.
- Read the Ourso Experience newsletter each week.
- Take the graduating student survey to let us know where you鈥檒l geaux and how we can stay in touch.
- Join the college's alumni chapter.
- Walk across the stage and receive your degree!