{"id":473,"date":"2011-09-01T10:45:39","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T14:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/blog\/?p=473"},"modified":"2011-09-01T10:45:39","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T14:45:39","slug":"savvy-seniors-assess-and-priortize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/savvy-seniors-assess-and-priortize\/","title":{"rendered":"Savvy Seniors: Assess and Priortize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/images\/Blogimages\/Autumn-Road-large.jpg\" alt=\"Autumn Road\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Imagine yourself, nine months from now: cap on your head, diploma in your hand and ready to transition away from UVM and towards your future.\u00a0 If the picture is a little fuzzy after the cap and gown part, you\u2019re not alone.\u00a0\u00a0 We\u2019re here to help you think about what\u2019s next and how to get there, each step of the way.\u00a0 Follow the Savvy Seniors Blog Series this year to inspire and motivate you to prepare for life after UVM.<\/p>\n<p>To get started, the first thing to do is <em>Assess and Prioritize<\/em>. Before you dive in to gaining more great experience this year, or researching careers, or even honing your resume, step back and think for a moment about all you have already done.\u00a0 Which activities, classes, or part-time jobs have you particularly enjoyed? What have you leaned about yourself here at UVM? What do you really care about? What are you good at?\u00a0 Reflecting on your previous experiences will help you make good decisions about your post graduation goals and how to spend your final year of college.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine where you want to be next summer, and use this year to make small, steady steps towards that goal. To get started, check out this article from Quintessential Careers: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.quintcareers.com\/next_after_college.html\"> So You\u2019ve Graduated College\u2026.What\u2019s Next for You?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re here to help! Come to <strong>Careers and Coffee<\/strong> to pick up your <em>Senior Packet and Plan<\/em>, including the <em>Senior Checklist<\/em>, and chat with a career counselor about your unique situation. <strong><em>Careers and Coffee: Wednesday, Sept 21, 3-5pm<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 See you there!<\/p>\n<p>~Kala<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine yourself, nine months from now: cap on your head, diploma in your hand and ready to transition away from UVM and towards your future.\u00a0 If the picture is a little fuzzy after the cap and gown part, you\u2019re not alone.\u00a0\u00a0 We\u2019re here to help you think about what\u2019s next and how to get there, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/savvy-seniors-assess-and-priortize\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Savvy Seniors: Assess and Priortize&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":832,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127021,16890,129271,129667,1],"tags":[116804,131420,132056,542,53474,603,136335,569,137426,528,138802],"class_list":["post-473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-exploration","category-event","category-helpful-resources","category-job-searching","category-uncategorized","tag-advice","tag-career","tag-career-path","tag-events","tag-experience","tag-how-to","tag-mission-driven-work","tag-photos","tag-savvy-seniors","tag-tips","tag-your-first-job","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"career","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/author\/career\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}