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Career Development Progression

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Springfield College YMCA
Career Candidate Program
Career Development Progression

The objective of the Career Development Progression for YMCA Career Candidates is to provide an international and comprehensive set of experiences, beginning in students’ firs year, designed to prepare participants for successful entry into the workforce.

   

1St Year
Students

2nd Year
Students

3rd Year
Students

4th Year
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Lunch Meeting at Career Ctr.:
Intro to Career Center, Set dinner meeting date for Myers Briggs Review

Lunch Meeting: Ethics Challenges you faced or saw during the summer (Myers-Briggs tie-in)

Myers-Briggs re-test and analysis of personality type and group engagement

Internship Reports

2

Lunch Meeting:
Introduction to identifying personal competencies

Lunch Meeting:
Career Pathing, Career Exploration

YMCA Internship Preparation

Resume Cover Letters

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Lunch Meeting:
Being Successful in a Networking Environment

Introduction to preparing a competency-based resume

Getting the most from your internships experience

Dinner Panel and Meeting:
The transition to the workplace:  Seminar with recent grads working in YMCA

4

Lunch Meeting: Using Your Summer Experience For Professional Enhancement

Topic discussion: “How have you applied a skill that you learned in the classroom-setting?”
(Myers-Briggs tie-in)

What’s Next: Planning for your senior year

Job Search Strategies




 
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