• Begin your Career Development Portfolio.
• Assess your interests, skills, values, goals, and personality.
• Go to the career center in your school and explore majors and careers.
• Set goals for your first year.
• Write a résumé.
• Network with professors and students. Concentrate on getting good grades, adjusting to college, and getting to know instructors.
• Keep a journal for reflection. Label the first section Self-Assessment and begin to write your autobiography. Label another section Exploring Careers.
• If time permits, get a part-time job. Check out your school's placement office for suggestions.

Summer Vacation

• Get a summer job to help you explore jobs, gain work experience, learn to get along with others, and earn money.
• Talk with people. Find out what they like and do not like about their jobs. Research careers.