After every big project, experience and internship, you could reflect and re-evaluate your self-inventory to ensure the journey you’re currently on is still the path you want to continue. Especially in college when you’re exploring various career possibilities and changing your mind every other day (only me? cool…), you should be reassessing your goals at least after every school term - so a few times a year. Morgan periodically updates her own self-inventory and, around the time of our meeting, was actually in the process of reviewing it once again. All you have to do is get started, your way. You can just jot a couple bullet points in your Notes app and use that as your self-inventory. I know this may seem daunting, but you don’t have to write two detailed pages in a notebook or Google document. The answers to these questions are the content of your own, personalized self-inventory. How do your experiences and current skills fit into your career goals? What traits do you want the hiring committee to remember of you and associate with you? ![]() Step 5) Perfecting your personal brand/story to convey in interviews What past experiences as well as soft and hard job skills do you currently possess? Which characteristics, benefits, and values do you want to see in a company and in a job role? Step 3) Establishing which jobs and companies you should apply for What future professional experiences do you hope to gain? What are the soft and hard job skills needed in order to perform the responsibilities of your desired position? Step 2) Figuring out what you need to upskill She explains that writing one can help guide job-seeking students through… “It’s hard to make yourself attractive as an applicant if you seem like you’re all over the place,” Morgan says. ![]() A self-inventory is how you can figure out your career goals, your workplace values and what skills you need to develop. Victor the Viking always embarks on a new sailing journey with a clear map of where he’d like to go, and you should, too. Step 1: Create a self-inventory Image description: A meme that reads, “Me applying to jobs with zero work experience and nothing to put on my resume.” Below the text is an image from The Bachelor that reads, “Alex, 25, Former Child.” Oh, and check out the “Resources you need to know” at the bottom before you leave! We’ve got 5 steps for you with interactive questions to create a career application plan by the end, so treat this as a self-paced workshop! Think of this as your ultimate internship guide, so remember to bookmark and share this blog :3 Get ready to take notes on how to find work, use Handshake, leverage LinkedIn, create a resume and write a cover letter. These two career geniuses spilled an ocean’s-worth of useful information about navigating the job market and last-minute summer intern tips.Īs a reward for educating yourself with the admittedly long but very juicy and informative article below, we have a goodie bag for you before you leave this party, which includes a special internship material from Morgan (but no peeking before reading □). I interviewed one of PSU’s amazing career counselors, Caitlin Sweeney, and the one and only Product Management intern at Disney, Morgan Young (she’s a first year with more than 3,500 followers on LinkedIn). This school year flew by like Victor the Viking (our mascot, duh) gleefully speed sailing across the open waters, which means summer (and a summer internship) is right around the corner! ![]() ![]() Headshot photos courtesy of Morgan Young and Caitlin Sweeney
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