The document provides tips for making a fantasy job into a reality including building an effective resume, researching the job online, and networking. It recommends tailoring your resume to highlight skills for the fantasy job, searching for opportunities through the school's career site and internships, and learning about jobs by informational interviewing and online research on sites like O*NET and Vault.

1. Making your Fantasy Job a Reality

2. How CAN we do it? resume building online research talking to people

3. Creating your fantasy Resume Put your Fantasy Job first, include skills or responsibilities you think it requires Add three or four jobs which you think would have helped prepare for the fantasy job Tip: Resumes include your education, experience, and accomplishments

4. Your Real Resume: What To Include Your college and high school information (major, minor, relevant courses, clubs, sports, etc.) Any part-time work, summer jobs or other relevant experience Outstanding accomplishments Check out Career Services website for samples

5. How can I build my resume or try out my Fantasy Job? Search HuskyCareerLink for opportunities Volunteer (check northeastern.edu/communityservice or volunteermatch.com) Do a summer internship how to get an internship Consider a Work Study job Join Student Activities or Clubs Take advantage of being in Boston Museum of Science Museum of Fine Arts

6. Here are the stats… On a national average, between 40-50% of incoming college freshmen are undecided on a major 75-80% of all students change their majors at least once It is okay to be undecided! Career Services can help!

7. Learn online about my Fantasy Job? Use Vault , voc bios , O*NET OnLine (voc bios username: NE Univ; password: RAZDE) Career Services resources: Career and Job Search Guides Calendar of Events on campus Use Husky Career Link ! Scroll down for sign-in instructions. Make an appointment Use Google (search “ job title resume” or “ job title description”)

8. Talking to people… What is an informational interview??! Susan Ireland What does it mean to NETWORK ? Travel free to Jamaica Run a fund-raising event Create a club on campus Make the cheering section bigger

9. Mystery Job Game Ask questions to figure out who is behind: Door #1 (scuba instructor) Door #2 (investment banker) Door #3 (event planner) Be ready to tell me which one YOU would choose, and why.

10. Follow the things that inspire you. never give up – go for your fantasy job