3 Steps to Career Success

Advice to parents on how they can assist their child with the process of finding a summer internship.

STEP 1:

ON YOUR MARK: 

What your child needs to do before the process begins. 

1. Choose an appropriate professional wardrobe.
2. Determine the career focus –  Self Assessment   (Choice of career and of industry.)                                               

3. Become knowledgeable of transportation and LI geography.

                  Western LI      Eastern LI

1. Employment Tool Kit.
   1. Resume -  “What can I do for your company!"
   2. Cover letter
   3. Telephone Skills
   4. How to Ace the Interview
   5. Use the Internet to research corporations
   6. Thank you letter.

STEP 2:

GET READY:    Build a Career Strategy. 

1. Internships need to support/enhance the college major.  
2. Timeline – the process begins in September.

September – December

Build Employment Tool Kit
Check Wardrobe
Review your career focus.
 Attend on campus workshops and internship fairs.

January:

LI Works Internship Fair

Identify corporations and mail 20 letters of interest.

March/Spring Break:
Follow-up on letters.  Call 20 companies.

Arrange for interviews. 

Goal is to obtain summer internship by April 15^th.

May:

Identify new companies.

Contact by phone, email and letters. 

www.careerjumpstart.org  

 STEP 3:

GO:  How to compete in the race. 

1. Assist in identifying Corporations within Industries

LI Business Newspaper, Book of Lists, www.libn.com

Corporate websites and  LIBN - Book of Lists.

2. Assist in tapping the following resources.

College Career Center

College Alumni.

New York State Department of Labor - One Stop Center

Internship websites.

Corporate websites.

Friends, neighbors, relatives.