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Successful career planning is an ongoing process that starts on "day one" of your freshman year and continues throughout your college years. The Office of Career Services offers you help with each stage of your career development, providing resources and guidance to help make your career planning a success. This four-year overview of activities will serve as a list of the milestones that you should achieve each year at W&J.

Learn about:

Our Graduates
Graduate/Professional School Programs
Graduate/Professional Schools Attended
Employers
International Students and Internships at W&J

Freshman year
Sophomore year
Junior year
Senior year

Job Search Resources (booklets available in our office or click below for PDF version):

Resume Writing
Interviewing Basics
Job Search Correspondence
Job Search Strategies
Networking Know-How

Be sure to watch for announcements regarding our programs, such as the Open House, where you can learn what Career Services has to offer students, and the "Fork in the Road" Etiquette Dinner. This dinner program, open to all, is for you to learn about business and dining etiquette, while having an excellent meal.  Additional programs throughout the year include workshops in resume writing, interviewing skills, networking, mock interviews, getting the most from a job fair, and our transition program for graduation seniors.

W&J graduates include scientists, entrepreneurs, lawyers, civic officials, educators, artists, scholars, physicians, musicians, businesspeople, inventors, public officials, writers, researchers, and many other kinds of professionals.  Employers of recent graduates include 84 Lumber, Deloitte & Touche, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, KPMG, Merck, PPG Industries, United Parcel Service, US Steel Corporation and Washington & Jefferson College.

W&J graduates have also attended the following graduate schools: Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, Dickinson Law School, Georgetown University, International University of Moscow, Princeton University, Stanford University, Syracuse University, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Pittsburgh, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, and Washington and Lee University to name a few. 

If you are thinking about going to graduate school, you might consider the following:

• To go or not to go?  A big question! You will need an advanced degree if you plan to become a lawyer, counseling psychologist
or a physician; an M.B.A. may be needed for advancement in certain business climates. Research, research, research! Check out the links listed below to help with your decision.

• Should you go right away or delay graduate school? If your chosen career requires an advanced degree, and you are in the right mindset for more schooling immediately, the answer may be "yes." But if having some real-world experience under your belt is a better fit for you, and you need the additional funds to finance an advanced degree, delaying may be the right thing to do. The third possibliity is working during the day and attending school at night. This is especially appealing if your employer helps with the cost of graduate school.

•  Watch for our "Understanding the Graduate School Admission Process and Writing an Effective Personal Statement" presentation in the fall, featuring W&J faculty members. Click on the following links for information regarding graduate and professional school links.