• Career Counseling
• Career Timeline
• Choosing a Major

Career Timeline

Employment Timeline

 Freshman Year

• Set an appointment with the Career Center to discuss early career planning.
• Explore careers that are interesting to you.
• Work on your GPA to keep it as high as possible.
• Learn to manage your time and projects.

Sophomore Year (Fall)

• Seek assistance from your Career Counselor if you are unsure what major to choose or what jobs correspond with your major.
• Career Testing such as: Career Direct or Do What You Are-Personality and Career Testing.
• Attend the Graduate School and Seminary Fair in October.

Sophomore Year (Spring)

• Start the "networking process" with two or more people in the profession you would like to work in.
• Set up an appointment to make a resume.
• If you are unsure about your major, complete the career tests listed above.
• Attend the Camp Fair in February.
• This summer, seek a job or an internship that is related to your major.

Junior Year (Fall)

• Set up an appointment to complete or update your resume.
• Learn how to complete an electronic resume.
• Attend the Graduate School Fair.
• Search and apply for internships for the summer. (Most deadlines are in November.)
• Education Majors: Complete the Teachers Directory Form and return to the Career Services.

Junior Year (Spring)

• E-mail a finished copy of your resume to the Career Services.
• Interview with employers that visit Bryan College.
• Continue the "Networking Process."
• Attend the Camp Fair.
• Do an internship this summer!

Senior Year (Fall)

• Update your resume and e-mail a copy to the Career Services.
• Network with prospective employers.
• Attend the Graduate School Fair.
• Interview with on-campus recruiters.
• Set up a mock interview/practice interview with the Career Services.
• Education Majors: Complete and return the Teacher’s Directory Form to the Career Services.

Senior Year (Spring)

• Interview with on-campus recruiters.
• Update your resume and profile on the Alumni Your Membership site
• View the Job Bulletin.
• Send thank you notes to people who wrote your recommendation letters and inform them of your success.
• Graduate!

Graduate School Timeline

Junior Year (Fall and Spring)

• Research areas of interest, institutions, and programs.
• Talk to advisors about application requirements.
• Register and prepare for appropriate graduate/professional school admission tests.
• Investigate national scholarships.
• If appropriate, obtain letters of recommendation.

Junior Year (Summer)

• Take required admission tests.
• Write for application materials.
• Visit institutions of interest, if possible.
• Write application essay.
• Check on application deadlines and rolling admissions policies.
• For medical, dental, osteopathy, podiatry, or law school, you may need to register for the national application or data assembly service most programs use.

Senior Year (Fall)

• Obtain letters of recommendation.
• Take graduate/professional school admissions tests, if you haven’t already.
• Send in completed applications.
• Register for Graduate and Professional School Financial Aid Service (GAPSFAS), if required.

Senior Year (Spring)

• Check with all institutions before the deadline to make sure your file is complete.
• Visit institutions that accept you.
• Send a deposit to your institution of choice.
• Notify other schools that accepted you of your decision so that they may admit students on their waiting list.
• Send thank you notes to people who wrote your recommendation letters and inform them of your success.