Liberal Arts and Sciences Four-Year Career Plan

Four-Year Career Plan for those majoring in Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Freshman

Explore your academic and career interests; take time to visit your Career Services Advisor, Lauren Nicolosi, Fine Arts 207G, 609-896-5271.

Explore interpersonal factors (interests, personality, and skills) related to academic and career goals.

Clarify your personal values, especially as they relate to academic and career choices.

Utilize the Classroom Visitation Program (CVP), cvp.rider.edu, to assist you in academic and career exploration.

Once you are comfortable with your class workload, seek extracurricular activities (student organizations, campus employment, be a mentor, volunteering, etc.) to promote your personal and professional growth.

Consider the Leadership Development Program

If you are considering a program in:
Sophomore

Schedule an appointment with your Liberal Arts and Sciences Career Advisor, Lauren Nicolosi, Fine Arts 207G, 609-896-5271.  Continue to explore interests, majors, and careers and begin the resume and cover letter process.

Attend Career fairs.

Work with your academic advisor/advisors to review your degree progress.

If you are a GLASS student (undeclared major) meet with an advisor in the Major(s) that you are considering; utilize the Classroom Visitation Program (CVP), cvp.rider.edu, to assist you in academic options.

Continue to assess your skills and strengths.

Work with your career advisor and academic advisor to explore connections between your interests, strengths, and potential careers.

Begin to explore and plan for experiences that will help you clarify your goals and interests, (part-time employment, internships, studying abroad, job shadowing, volunteering, etc.).
Junior

Visit with your career advisor, Lauren Nicolosi, Fine Arts 207G, 609-896-5271 to discuss internships, resume, networking and interviewing skills, and graduate school that are a good fit for individual personality, skills and interests.

If you plan to go to graduate school, find out about requirements and entrance exams.

Attend Career fairs.

Consider potential faculty for letters of recommendation.

Discuss plans with your academic advisor: practice articulating what you are studying and why.

Review your degree progress with your Academic Advisor.

Take advantage of internship, employment, shadowing, and study abroad experiences.

Seek positions of leadership on campus.  Consider doing research with a professor in a supervised study or, for science students, explore on or off campus laboratory or field research opportunities.

Review your official academic degree audit at myrider.rider.edu – be aware of your graduation requirements.  If you have any questions concerning major and/or minor requirements for graduation, see your academic advisor.  For any general questions concerning graduation contact, Terri Marriott, Director Student Academic Services, 609-895-5454, marriott@rider.edu.
Senior

Schedule an appointment with your Liberal Arts and Sciences Career Advisor, Lauren Nicolosi, Fine Arts 207G, 609-896-5271 to understand skills,  employers,  graduate schools and how to best market experiences in professional documents and in interviews.

Research employment at www.onetonline.org, visit Broncs Career Link, graduate school options, (attend graduate school workshops) and start applying.

Complete your portfolio, cover letters and resume making sure they are updated and you are marketing your experiences strongly.

Continue networking and practice marketing your skills and education to employers at networking events such as panels and career fairs.

Review your official academic degree audit at myrider.rider.edu – be aware of your graduation requirements, graduation date and deadline dates for filling out all necessary graduation forms.  If you have any questions concerning major and/or minor requirements for graduation, see your academic advisor.  For any general questions concerning graduation contact, Terri Marriott, Director Student Academic Services, 609-895-5454, marriott@rider.edu.

Meet with faculty members and others to secure letters of recommendation.