I Just Realized That I Have 1 Semester and An Internship Left of School

[Captain Karnage]

didn't even realize that it's my senior year until last week. Man does time sure fly by, and I can't wait to be done with all of this! though I will miss my fraternity :(

I'll have my Public Management degree, with a minor in Emergency Management.

well, here's hoping I get a job with FEMA

[sirmola]

As someone who graduated in may with a planning degree, and just got a job offer, I offer the following warnings:

Fair warning: job hunting feels horrible, and you will have no idea why people are not getting back to you, but finally getting a job offer feels great.

Fair warning 2: Government job processes take a very long time. Be patient. My job offer was from state government, but the process totaled around 3 months, and is not even over yet.

Fair warning 3: Be open to slightly different things, especially if those things set you up for a dream career later. Talk to people in the field, both with the intent to network, and the intent to get advice. I found that a professional organization in my field was doing a two week long event wherein students went to a wide variety of employers, to learn about how they operated. I went, and learned a TON about how my field works in practice, and got many new ideas for potential employers.

EDIT: Fair warning 4: I found the campus career center to be good at certain things (like helping with my resume and linkedin), but i found that i had to do most of the actual hunting myself. Go to them, but don't rely soley on them.

Edited October 2, 2017 by sirmola

[Mirania]

Well if you are just realizing that you may want to make sure your degree plan is good to go lol.