Core Values

Time Environment

Location Personality

Money

Through Education

•Major/Minor

•University Core

•Student Development/Electives

Through Networking

•Research companies

•Informational interviews

•Discussions with family or friends

Through Experience

•Internships

•Volunteer work

•Clubs and other activities

Work hours per week 9:00-5:00? Graveyard? Swing? Take work home / work stays at work On call? Vacation/Holidays Seasonal fluctuations Family

Salary vs. Hourly vs. Commission Overtime required / expected Lifestyle Two incomes vs. One Income Realistic Expectations

Manual vs. Mental Office vs. Outdoors Skill sets used Co-workers Client types Blue collar, White collar Competitive, relaxed

Commute Urban vs. Rural Opportunity Friends & Family State Climate Schools Neighborhood

Social vs. non Interactive vs. solitary Self motivated vs. Deadline motivated Customer Service based Manager vs. Frontline Emotional vs. Logical Single vs. Multiple projects

Near sighted Far sighted Bi-focals

Lessons from Dilbert:Lessons from Dilbert:

If I knew then what I know now’s If I were you’s I wish I would have’s Why didn’t someone tell me’s I never knew’s When I took that class

Something that you get right Something that you get right after you needed it.after you needed it.

On Careers

Study Something you love and, you will be able to find a career that will satisfy you. If you do something you love you will find a way to succeed at it. If you do something you don’t love, it won’t matter what forms of monetary gain you have; you won’t feel successful.

K. Besaw- Chinese 2001