Explore career possibilities through your summer and part-time work. If you are interested in banking, for example, working as a teller can provide valuable experience.

Sophomore - junior year:
Continue the campus activities you began as a freshman.  Volunteer to organize a project and/or serve as one of the officers.

Assess your skills and interests and explore your career options at the Career Center and the Princeton Review Career Planning Page.  Explore career possibilities by actively seeking internships in areas that interest you. The Career Center can help you locate an internship, and you can often earn Economics credit through ECON 400 (see Dr. Sulock, KH 155, for details).  Consider too the internships offered through the North Carolina Institute of Government and the North Carolina General Assembly, and summer programs like the Political Economy Research Center's summer seminar and the Ludwig von Mises Institute's Mises University.

Second semester, junior year - first semester, senior year:
Continue the campus activities you began as a freshman.  Volunteer to organize a major project and/or serve as one of the senior officers.  Serve as a mentor for the newer members.

Participate in the interview workshops and mock interviews sponsored by the Economics Club.  As one of the Club's officers you are both capable of making these workshops and interviews happen, and have the responsibility to do so!  Contact the Career Center and your favorite professors for assistance (your professors, for example, can give you lists of friends and former students who can serve as the interviewers).

First semester, senior year:
Continue the campus activities you began as a freshman.  Serve as a mentor for the new officers and members.

Prepare your resume. The Career Center will help you write it and, for a modest price, UNCA's Printing Services (Zageir Hall basement) of will do a nice job printing it.

Begin your job search. Let friends already working know you are looking; check the Career Center and newspapers in areas you would be willing to move for job listings; participate in career fairs; get your resume circulating!

Economics Department
159 Karpen Hall CPO # 2110   One University Heights   Asheville, NC 28804
Phone: 828-251-6550   FAX: 828-251-6572

Copyright © 2001-2008 [Chris Bell (email), Economics Department, UNC Asheville].
All rights reserved.  Revised: September 08, 2008