Career Success Resources [pdf] are organized by task and developmental.
Log into apps with your SJSUOne ID and password.
Developing Your Career Plan
- Your Roadmap to Career Success [pdf], with essential milestones for career readiness
- Career Plan Checklist [pdf], a comprehensive career-success plan
- Career Pathways [pdf] for industry information, jobs and internships, and your career counselor
Explore Your Options
- Major & Career Exploration Guide [pdf]
- What Can I Do With This Major?, to explore majors and career interest areas
- Values Assessment [pdf], to consider how your values will influence your career direction
- Skills Inventory [pdf], to select top skills that are most important in your career
- Focus2 App
- Assess your career readiness, interests, and personality
- Discover majors and fields that fit your attributes and preferences
- Plan your educational and career pathway
- Focus2 User Guide [pdf] and Video
- Lightcast
- Discover jobs, opportunities, courses, and programs based on your skills and interests
- SJSU² App
- Grow your professional network
- Gain career advice and mentoring
- Join industry-sponsored challenges
- SJSU² Informational Interview Assignment Guide [pdf]
Build Experience
- Build Experience Guide [pdf]
- Volunteer Guide [pdf]
- Lightcast
- Discover jobs, opportunities, courses, and programs based on your skills and interests
- LinkedIn Learning App
- Gain tips on job- or internship-searching
- Learn strategies for succeeding in a new internship or job
- Build in-demand skills, such as digital office skills, coding, and project management -
- Earn continuing education units (CEUs) that apply toward professional certificates or licenses
- Log in with your SJSUOne ID and password.
Build Your Brand
- Resume/Cover Letter Guide [pdf]
- Utilizing LinkedIn Guide [pdf]
- VMock App
- Upload our resume to get instant and personalized feedback. - Receive sample suggestions including bullet point samples. - Get your resume scored and benchmarked against your peers. - Incorporate the feedback and rescore.
- Log in with your SJSUOne ID and password.
- To learn more about how to use VMock, download the VMock Student User Guide [pdf].
Find a Job, Internship, or Other Experience
- Job/Internship Search Guide [pdf]
- SJSU Handshake User Guide [pdf]
- SJSU Handshake App
- Apply for jobs, internships, and other experiences
- Find career-education events to learn employer-connection strategies
- Attend job fairs and info sessions to network with employers
- Stay updated on opportunities by setting up notifications
Prep for Interviews
- Interviewing Guide [pdf]
- Career Closet, for an appointment to secure a no-cost professional outfit
- Big Interview App
- Practice interviewing by recording yourself answering interview questions. - Learn about types of interviews, acing common questions, and more. - Review specific interview questions by industry and job titles. - See tips and examples on how to answer specific questions.
- If you are a current student or recent graduate (within one year of graduation), log in with your SJSUOne ID and password.
Consider an Offer
- Initial Career Success Outcomes, to compare recent graduate salary offers
- Interviewing Guide [pdf], pp. 9-10, for tips on evaluating and negotiating offers
Prep for Graduate School