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Junior Year

• Re-subscribe to OCC listservs and update your profile in the Route 2 System (formerly Experience)
• Look for more opportunities to assume leadership roles
• Polish your resume with the help of your career counselor
• Attend a Summer Starter session to learn how to apply for a $3200 summer grant to fund your summer career exploration
• Attend employer information sessions and OCC orientations and workshops on job search skills
• You may find some employers who will be visiting campus to recruit Juniors for highly coveted summer jobs, so learn about On Campus Recruiting
• Arrange informational interviews during Winter Break and Winter Study
• Consider a new Winter Study course called The Psychology of the Workplace, which places students with alumni sponsors in different work settings across the country

Summer Three: Real World Exploration!

Participate in a career-related summer experience. You may elect to volunteer in Latin America if you want to sharpen your language skills and build your cultural IQ for an international career; or, you may want to work for an employer where you can make $$ and get experience. You might find that you can make more money and get great experience working away from home. Because this is the final summer before you graduate, many employers will use this summer as a test case for future full-time employment, and so there is potential to end the summer with an offer. This is definitely an important summer to make some pivotal decisions about your career path, so consider your summer job hunt as a 5th course and devote regular time to it throughout the school year.

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