A refining year that:
- Complements your study with elective courses
- Provides opportunities for hands-on experiences
- Pinpoints potential employment opportunities
Academics
- Refine your study skills and strengthen your GPA to reach your academic goals
- Consider taking elective courses that relate to your career goals
- Check out the value of graduate school to improve your level of preparation
- Explore potential graduate school programs and schools and obtain applications
- Prepare for and take grad school entrance exams (GRE, MCAT, GMAT, etc.)
- Attend BJU's Ministry Market and preview the variety of GA opportunities
- Anticipate missing classes to participate in recruiting events and/or interview for internships and summer jobs
Abilities and Interests
- Pursue God's calling in light of your abilities and interests
- Reassess your career goals by seeking godly counsel from your parents, pastor, and faculty advisor
- Talk with recruiters about your abilities and interests in light of their employment opportunities
- Use volunteer opportunities and internships to strengthen your abilities and confirm interests
Extra-curricular Activities
- Continue to participate in volunteer activities, internships, and part-time jobs
- Narrow your involvement in volunteer activities by taking on tasks that develop your communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills
- Seek and accept leadership positions in volunteer and work-related activities balancing them with your academics
- Prepare for artist series and special productions by researching each in advance in order to gain the most from each experience
Career-related Experiences
- Meet with your faculty advisor to discuss your career plans and God's leading
- Expand your network of recruiters while narrowing down your better options
- Attend a resume workshop & polish your resume, list of potential references and cover letter
- Update your CareerCentral profile & establish search agents to identify openings
- Begin developing interview skills by attending an interviewing workshop
- Develop your interview portfolio of best works and experience-related visuals
- Practice interviewing with advisor or peers to polish your presentation skills
- Meet with visiting recruiters at displays to practice "get-acquainted interviews"
- Interview with employers to secure internship or part-time work opportunities
- Do internships and career-related part-time work to strengthen your resume
- Consider employment opportunities near a church planter or small, struggling ministry
- Begin preparing for graduate level entrance exams if planning for graduate school