Take the Next Step on Your Career Roadmap
Make the most of your time at Cornell. The Berry Career Institute helps Cornellians at every stage of their college journey.
Choose a few actions from the list to tackle this semester, then make an appointment to meet with your career coach for details, resources, and scheduling. We're looking forward to working with you.
- Take TypeFocus to identify possible career matches
- Meet with your academic advisor to discuss possible majors
- Explore campus organizations and see what interests you
- Get a campus job or work study position
- Attend a career workshop
- Check out Candid Career for hundreds of videos to help you explore job titles, majors, and interview questions
- Look at What Can I Do With This Major? to learn more about typical career areas and types of employers that hire people with each major, as well as strategies to make you a more marketable candidate. You might find something unexpected!
- Use our handy Career Exploration Action Plan to help organize the work you are doing to prepare for your future!
- Participate in a networking event
- Attend an industry conference
- Go on a career tour
- Interview someone in your desired field
- Shadow someone doing a job you're interested in
- Learn to use a new industry-specific technology or software
- Participate in sustained dialogue
- Take the lead in your athletic group, student org, or as an RA
- Help solve community-based issues during an alternative break trip
- Express your interest in Leadership, Entrepreneurship, And Distinctive Service (LEADS) and get nominated to develop your leadership skills
- Make your impact on Cornell and serve on a college committee (diversity, academic affairs, faculty, etc.)
- Learn the components of a resume or CV
- Create and refine your resume or CV with the help of a career coach
- Write a reflection of your internship
- Present your academic project on the OC during the Student Symposium in the spring
- Schedule a career advising appointment with a career coach
- Work on your elevator pitch with a career coach
- Brainstorm internship opportunities related to your desired career
- Land an internship after completing a mock interview with a career coach
- Check for opportunities for a secondary internship
- Complete an off-campus study course
- Be a Lunch Buddy for elementary school kids or another volunteer role
- Participate in research, either by being selected for the Cornell Summer Research Institute or through off-campus research opportunities
- Identify graduate or professional schools with your desired program and note any prerequisites
- Create a timeline to prepare your applications
- Complete an entrance exam prep course
- Attend graduate or professional school events
- Perfect your applications with a career coach, the writing center, and your faculty advisor
- Attend job fairs
- Network with alumni and professionals in organizations in which you'd like to work
- Make connections with alumni in your field
- Identify job opportunities and make inquiries
- Apply for a prestigious fellowship or scholarship like the Fulbright
- Make a difference with the AmeriCorps program
- Complete a mock interview with a career coach
- Create a cover letter or personal statement
- Review your resume or CV with a career coach before you apply