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Contact Career Development

Email:
Career​@nau.edu
Call:
928-523-1087

The Progression Plan

Preparing for a career you’ll love:

  • Freshman Year Tab Open

  • Sophomore Year Tab Closed

  • Junior Year Tab Closed

  • Senior Year Tab Closed

Freshman Year Accordion Open

  • Take a wide variety of classes to explore your interests, identify your strengths, and develop transferable skills
  • Create a first draft of your resume and review it with a Career Development staff member, Resume Coach, or Career Jack
  • Log in to Handshake, NAU’s job search engine, or find an on or off campus job
  • Connect to NAU’s career-related social media sites to keep up-to-date on tips and events
  • Get involved in campus clubs and organizations to gain experience and build your skills
  • Start building a positive social media presence

Sophomore Year Accordion Closed

 

  • Update your resume and Handshake profile
  • Conduct at least one informational interview, talking to professionals in fields that interest you
  • Develop transferable skills by taking on increasingly challenging roles in your work, volunteer, undergraduate research, or extracurricular activities
  • Create a profile on LinkedIn
  • Seek out experiential learning opportunities, such as undergraduate research, studying abroad, working part-time, or interning
  • Attend a Career and Graduate School Expo to introduce yourself to recruiters and ask about what they look for in a candidate
  • Look for an exciting summer job or internship or explore a career interest

Junior Year Accordion Closed

  • Update your resume and Handshake profile
  • Build your network of strong and weak ties, connecting with your faculty, employers, members of the community, alumni, parents’ friends, and friends’ parents in person and on LinkedIn
  • Develop and practice your “elevator speech”, a 30-second introduction to recruiters about you, your interests, and what you want to do
  • Attend a Career and Graduate School Expo to meet recruiters and begin relationships with the organizations that most interest you
  • Attend an Interview Workshop to develop your poise and confidence for interviewing
  • Reflect on your strengths and experiences to develop your STAR stories for your interview responses

Senior Year Accordion Closed

  • Update your resume and Handshake profile
  • Attend a Job Search Strategies Workshop and read the online Job Search Strategies Guide
  • Ask three of your professional contacts to be references; these may be faculty, supervisors, or others who can speak about your work ethic and character
  • Attend the Career and Graduate School Expos to talk to recruiters from your preferred organizations or grad schools; collect their business cards and follow up
  • Connect to your contacts at organizations that interest you to tap into the hidden job market
  • Apply for multiple jobs and graduate schools that interest you; remember that finding the right fit takes time and requires patience
Welcome
Location
Room 105 Building 30B
University Union
1050 S. Knoles Drive
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
Mailing Address
PO Box 6007
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
Email
career@nau.edu
Phone
928-523-1087
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