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Career Services
Skidmore College
815 N. Broadway
Saratoga Springs
New York, 12866
Bridging Experiences:
Strategies to help Liberal Arts majors prepare for careers
Using the campus environment
to build and document leadership and other career skills.
Cultivating
research skills through independent study and collaboration
with faculty.
Completing
internships and summer jobs.
Selecting
a secondary concentration of courses or minor in
a career oriented discipline e.g. graphic design for an
Art History major, business for a French major, computer
science for a Philosophy major.
Pursuing
training and/or certification
through summer programs e.g. an Interior design course at
Pratt, Microsoft certificate at a computer training center,
a filmmaking workshop at NYU.
Joining
professional groups and associations in fields
of interest as a student member.
Job
Shadowing and Informational Interviewing in fields
of potential interest.
Enrolling
in a Graduate or Professional School,
e.g., Biology major enrolls in Journalism School; Psychology
major pursues Library Science degree; English major goes
on to Law School.
