Listener

• Provide non-judgmental listening and feedback
• Be open to conversations about career plans.
• Assist your child as needed to clarify goals, priorities, and values.
• Encourage your child to be true to their values, interests, and talents.

Resource

• Help put your child in contact with your friends, colleagues, neighbors, relatives, and other community members with experience in his/her field of interest.
• Encourage your childe to develop a rapport with faculty members by taking advantage of professors' office hours. These relationships have many benefits, including recommendations for internships, jobs, and graduate schools.
• Encourage your child to become acquainted with the Rawls College of Business Career Management Center and the Assistant Director in their area of study.
• Encourage your child to obtain experience through a part-time job, internship or volunteer experience. An internship is any career related experience that provides exposure to an occupation, industry, or career. It can be paid or unpaid and is usually completed in the summer, fall, or spring. Many of our students participate in more than one internship.

Supporter

• Encourage your child to take advantage of Rawls College Career Management Center Services and other TTU Career Services during all four years of college.
• Be positive in regards to specific talents and abilities to help your child develop strong sense of self.
• Support your child's career choices and dreams, even though they may be different from your expectations.
• Encourage your child to take advantage of the many people, events, and resources available to them at the university, including professors, advisors, career management assistant directors, career expos, on-campus interviewing, and the web site.

Your Student's Timeline

Freshman Year

If you can, visit the TTU Campus with your child to learn about the college and to show support Encourage your child to adopt good study habits and to strive for good grades Encourage your child to meet with professors, advisors, and college career consultants Visit with your child about different activities on campus that are of interest Encourage your child to use the University Career Services and the CMC's RawlsCONNECT web site to search for part-time employment and/or internship opportunities Encourage your child to research career fields that are in their areas of interest and strengths

Sophomore Year

• If your child is undecided about a major, encourage him/her to visit the CMC
• Keep lines of communication open with your child, and discuss careers of interest
• Encourage your child to follow his/her passion and make choices that embrace this passion
• If you have colleagues, friends, or relatives in a similar career, offer to set up a meeting for an informational interview with your child
• Encourage your child to seek career-related experiences over the summer, through part-time, full-time, internship, or volunteer opportunities.

Junior Year

• Encourage your child to take classes and join activities that will enhance their marketability in the career field they have chosen.
• Encourage your child to participate in career related activities, such as career fairs, on-campus interviewing, and other career workshops
• Assist your child by networking with your work associates, friends, and relatives
• Encourage your child to get a career-related internship or volunteer experience that matches their career choice

Senior Year

• Ask your child how you can help
• Listen to your child
• Offer to talk about your child's career goals
• Offer to assist with networking
• Encourage your child to participate in career services activities, such as career fairs and on-campus interviewing
• Encourage your child to make appointments with advisors and college career consultants
• Talk with your child about graduate or professional school plans