Career Exploration
Exploration is a cyclical process without a defined beginning and end. If you don’t know where to start, you can always lead with self-reflection. Each new experience presents you with the opportunity to assess yourself, discover options, build skills, and prioritize goals.
The Office of Career Development & Professional Engagement has a variety of programs, resources, and events to help guide you through each part of this process no matter your starting point.
Career Exploration Cycle
Assess Self
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Discover OptionsThe Career Center offers a variety of programs for you to listen to, learn from, observe, and ask questions of recruiters, alumni, parents and family members, and partners of William & Mary. Additionally, you can learn a lot through Informational Interviews, or Career Conversations, where you get to ask questions of those already working in the fields that interest you; you have access to your global W&M networking through One Network. (Note: You can find more information about these programs in TribeCareers.) They include, but are not limited to:
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Build ExperiencesEach experience you have helps you develop skills, test out possible options, and expand your network. These experiences can provide valuable lessons, as well as marketable skills, to include on your resume:
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Prioritize Goals
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