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Mission
The Center for Career Services supports Colgate's mission by encouraging reflective career development and advising students in pursuit of diverse postgraduate opportunities.
Learn more about us here.
The following "road maps" provide recommendations for what you should accomplish by the end of each academic year to ensure you are best prepared for your senior year and beyond. They are ambitious, but well informed by the feedback we receive from employers, graduate and professional schools, and our trusted alumni network.
For first-years
For sophomores
For juniors
For seniors
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Tools for self-discovery
What can I do with this major?
How do I begin?
Whether you have things ‘figured out’ or not, Career Services can help you achieve your goals. Students seek our assistance to:
- Set goals and create action plans
- Gain information about skills gained through specific academic concentrations
- Identify curricular and extracurricular experiences that help build skills
- Learn what people working in specific fields/industries do
- Identify internship or job leads
- Plan for graduate or professional school
- Match interests and skills to job/internship options
- Deal with family and/or cultural expectations
- Communicate strengths to employers or graduate programs
- Discuss disclosing personal information (i.e. disability, sexual orientation, etc.
Principles for success
Our experience demonstrates that students who are most successful:
- Commit to academic success
- Engage in self-reflection and evaluation of their career ideas and personal goals
- Form partnerships with Career Services, alumni, and other campus partners (advisers, faculty, etc.)
- Seek mentors (faculty, advisers, coaches, supervisors, etc.)
- Take ownership of their decision-making process
- Devote time and energy to the process
- Value the perspective of others who were important to them, but drive their own process