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Self-Assessment

  • Focus2: Self-Assessment & Career Planning Solutions
  • O*Net Interest Profiler
  • SBS Pathways Careers Courses
  • First Year Checklist from SBS Career & Professional Development

Scholarship & Awards

  • SBS Resume Guide

Professional Resources

  • Anthropology: Careers
  • Resource Economics/Managerial Economics: Careers
  • SBS Pathways Careers Courses
  • Handshake
    • Sample Resumes
    • How to Navigate a Career Fair
    • Glassdoor.com
    • Mediabistro.com
    • Adweek
    • PRSA – Public Relations Society of America
    • APSIA (Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs)
    • Charity Navigator
    • Linkedin Salary
    • Linkedin
    • SBS Career Supports
    • Forage Virtual Job Simulations – Get a taste of what that job entails

Major Declaration

  • What Can I Do With This Major?

Job & Internship Search

  • Career Development Cycle
  • Handshake
  • Sample Resumes
  • Preparing for the Interview Guide
    • Networking How-To Guide
    • Marketing Edge
    • Journalism Jobs
    • How to Navigate a Career Fair
    • The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers: For First Time Job Seekers
    • First Year Checklist from SBS Career & Professional Development
    • Forage Virtual Job Simulations – Get a taste of what that job entails
    • biginterview
    • SBS Career Supports
    • How to Navigate a Handshake Virtual Career Fair
    • Your Network Tracking Tool
    • Linkedin
    • Linkedin Salary
    • Mediabistro.com
    • Nonprofit Boards for Finding Employment
    • APSIA (Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs)
    • Student Press Law Center
    • PRSA – Public Relations Society of America
    • Adweek

Internship Credit Process

  • Economics: Internships & Careers
  • Register Your Internship for Credit in SPIRE

How-to Guides

  • SBS Resume Guide
  • SBS Pathways Careers Courses
  • Office Hours, Instructor or Teaching Assistant (TA): How-to Guide
  • Sample Resumes
    • SBS Cover Letter: How-To Guide
    • Preparing for the Interview Guide
    • Networking How-To Guide
    • How to Navigate a Career Fair
    • Glassdoor.com
    • 120 Credits to Graduate: SBS Success Short
    • SBS Resume Review Rubric
    • Your Network Tracking Tool
    • How to: Filter Resources on the SBS Pathways Website
    • How To: Set Preferences in the SBS Pathways Website
    • Add/Drop Deadline: How to think about it
    • How to Navigate a Handshake Virtual Career Fair
    • How To: Schedule an Appointment in Navigate
    • biginterview
    • A Closer Look at Navigate: Your Academic Tech Tools (from UMass Student Success)
    • INC/Incomplete: How-to Guide
    • Register Your Internship for Credit in SPIRE
    • People Finder (UMass Directory)
    • Withdraw from a Class: How-to Guide
    • SBS Need to Know Poster
    • Casing Resources for UMass, from IUCG
    • Mastering the Case Interview, with IUCG
    • Writing the Personal Statement For Grad School: How to Guide
    • Single Stop Resources

Forms & Petitions

  • Withdraw from a Class: How-to Guide

FirstHand Vault: Industry & Career Guides

  • Vault Guide to Navigating Your Legal Career in the Time of Coronavirus

Experiential Learning

  • Handshake
  • Forage Virtual Job Simulations – Get a taste of what that job entails
  • First Year Checklist from SBS Career & Professional Development

Career Exploration

  • Economics: Internships & Careers
  • Resource Economics/Managerial Economics: Careers
  • Anthropology: Careers
  • Sociology: Careers
    • Sociology: Career Seminar, SOCIOL 430
    • Sociology: Career Resources
    • Communication: Careers for Majors
    • What Can I Do With This Major?
    • Career Development Cycle
    • Focus2: Self-Assessment & Career Planning Solutions
    • O*Net Interest Profiler
    • SBS Pathways Careers Courses
    • Handshake
    • Marketing Edge
    • Journalism Jobs
    • Careers in Business
    • SBS Career Supports
    • First Year Checklist from SBS Career & Professional Development
    • Forage Virtual Job Simulations – Get a taste of what that job entails
    • Vault Guide to Navigating Your Legal Career in the Time of Coronavirus
    • Linkedin
    • Linkedin Salary
    • The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers: For First Time Job Seekers
    • Nonprofit Boards for Finding Employment
    • Charity Navigator
    • APSIA (Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs)
    • Student Press Law Center
    • PRSA – Public Relations Society of America
    • Adweek
    • Mediabistro.com

Academics & Course Registration

  • Sociology: Career Seminar, SOCIOL 430
  • SBS Pathways Careers Courses
  • People Finder (UMass Directory)
  • INC/Incomplete: How-to Guide
    • 120 Credits to Graduate: SBS Success Short
    • Add/Drop Deadline: How to think about it
    • How To: Schedule an Appointment in Navigate

Academic Skill Development

  • Office Hours, Instructor or Teaching Assistant (TA): How-to Guide
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