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Freshman Year

• Attend First Days meeting that interests you on either pre-health, pre-education, pre-engineering, or pre-everything else
• Complete your profile on the Route 2 System
• Subscribe to OCC listservs according to your interests
• Attend OCC Open House in the fall to explore resources and win prizes
• Attend an OCC sponsored first-year snack in your entryway
• Pick up a copy of the OCC Newsletter
• Draft a resume and then polish it with the help of your career counselor
• Attend a Summer Starter session to learn about finding summer jobs and internships
• Tap the Summer Database to see what Williams students did last summer

Summer One: Real World Exploration!

It is often difficult for first-year students to compete for the national, name-brand internships. Consider the competition with your upperclassmen. Consider this a building year in which you can have fun, earn $$, or take summer school classes while testing your interests through a part-time, volunteer internship close to home. It’s often possible to cobble together two activities, one paid, one volunteer, which will result in both a profitable and rewarding summer. The important thing is to get some kind of career related experience.

If you are intent upon being away from home and in a challenging, full-time, career-related experience, you need to start early – in the fall semester – putting together a plan. Winter Study period is often a good time to ramp up your search and have something in hand by early February. It would be wise to meet with your career counselor to create a plan for this type of search.

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