{"id":21,"date":"2013-08-23T12:45:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T12:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ups.edu\/cesblogs\/?p=21"},"modified":"2013-10-16T21:17:50","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T21:17:50","slug":"5-tips-for-a-productive-academic-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/2013\/08\/23\/5-tips-for-a-productive-academic-year\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Tips for a Productive Academic Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/files\/2009\/08\/Rooster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3383 alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;margin: 10px\" title=\"Start er-er-er-er-earrly!\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/files\/2009\/08\/Rooster-300x210.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/files\/2009\/08\/Rooster-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/files\/2009\/08\/Rooster.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Talk to any recent graduate out there in the job market and they&#8217;ll tell you, &#8220;I wish I&#8217;d started thinking about career stuff sooner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here at CES we&#8217;re big proponents of the &#8220;start-early&#8221; mantra (seriously, we get giddy when a first-year student\u00a0comes in wanting to talk about career options). We also understand that the whole topic of careers can be overwhelming and students may feel pressured to make decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some simple things you can do to help your career that\u2014bonus\u2014also improve your academic experience:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get to know your faculty\u2014make use of office hours. Talk to them about their fields of research and their early job history. When you need letters of recommendation, suggestions about internship possibilities, or a potential contact, your professors can be a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifehack.org\/articles\/communication\/back-to-school-talk-to-your-professor.html\">helpful resource<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Talk to alumni at every opportunity\u2014if alumni are participating in an event on campus, get involved! They are usually thrilled to talk to current students and they can be your best sources for the inside scoop on their industries and organizations. (Shameless plug: We bring alumni to campus every year for our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/about\/offices--services\/ces\/career-events\/ask-night\/\">ASK Night<\/a> event).<\/li>\n<li>Interview at least one professional about their career\u2014we guarantee that somebody you know\u00a0is doing something you find interesting. Is it your favorite Uncle Rob? Or your best buddy&#8217;s mother? How about your sister&#8217;s boyfriend&#8217;s cousin? Play a little \u201csix-degrees of separation\u201d with your friends and family and you can probably come up with someone who will sit down with you and tell you about what they do.<\/li>\n<li>Get involved on campus or the community \u2014volunteer for roles with responsibility. Resume-building experience can come from anywhere!<\/li>\n<li>Spend thirty minutes talking with a career advisor\u2014get to know CES and our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/about\/offices--services\/ces\/students\/\">resources<\/a>. We&#8217;re here to guide you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No matter where you are in your education, these suggestions can help you explore your career options and enhance your academic experience. That&#8217;s something to crow about!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2009, 2013 Career and Employment Services, University of Puget Sound<br \/>\nPhoto: jschneid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At CES we&#8217;re big proponents of the &#8220;start-early&#8221; mantra (seriously, we get giddy when a first-year student\u00a0comes in wanting to talk about career options).<\/p>\n<p>Here are some simple things you can do to help your career that\u2014bonus\u2014also improve your academic experience:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240,"featured_media":3383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-advice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3434,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions\/3434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}