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Year Planner: College Seniors

August - September
	Set up a budget for the year and time-management guidelines.
	Meet with both your faculty advisor and career counselor to discuss career planning options.
	Take leadership roles in clubs, activities and volunteer organizations. Employers are impressed by students who take initiative and demonstrate leadership skills.
	Sign up for on-campus interviews. Check your career center for workshops on interviewing, networking and negotiating.
	Update your resume. Create several different versions that can be used for various job positions. Have a career counselor critique them for you.
	Conduct informational interviews with professionals in your career field. Ask to shadow a professional for a day to find out about the daily routine of that career.
	Join professional organizations in your field. They can be a good source for contacts and job leads.
	If you're planning to go to graduate school, make sure to: register, prepare for and take required standardized tests - GMAT, MCAT, LSAT or GRE; gather application materials - recs, transcripts, essays and work samples.

October - December
	If you're planning on going to grad school: register, prepare for and take the GMAT, MCAT, LSAT or GRE; mail applications; gather financial records and materials for the FAFSA (available Jan. 1); set up interviews, if necessary.
	Continue to sign up for interviews with on-campus recruiters. Practice your interviewing skills. Remember to follow up your interviews with a thank-you note to the recruiter.
	Use free job-search Web sites like Monster.com. Their job boards have comprehensive and up-to-date job listings.
	Attend college career fairs. Several useful tips: bring plenty of resumes; keep all business cards you receive; afterward, write thank-you notes to the recruiters you met.
	Make travel plans for Thanksgiving and winter break.
	If you're interested in companies that aren't coming to campus, plan to send them query letters in the spring.

January - February
	Continue networking and interviewing with on-campus recruiters. Use your college career center to contact alumni, polish your resume and find job listings.
	Research student loan repayment options.
	If you're planning on going on to grad school, complete the FAFSA as soon as possible after January 1 and apply for scholarships from private organizations. Check your FastWeb search results.
	Research post-graduation opportunities other than full-time employment or grad school, e.g. teaching English abroad, joining the Peace Corps, working with volunteer organizations.
	Join your college's alumni organization. It can be a great source for contacts and networking.
	Review job offers. Make sure to look at the whole package - benefits, opportunities for advancement, location, corporate culture.

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