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Integrating OCS into Academic/Career/Life planning

The following resources can help you plan your own next steps:

OCS becomes comps

Many comps papers have been influenced by an off-campus studies experience. This handout contains tips on how to develop work done on OCS into comps.

Discover Your Value blog by Michael Edmonson 

Based on The ABCs of Marketing Yourself: A Workbook for College Students, this 14-part blog covers challenges that all college students face when entering the workforce and offers concrete suggestions to

Assess your personal and professional skills,

Brand yourself , and

Communicate your brand in a consistent, compelling, and concise manner.

Transitions Abroad 

This publication contains numerous resources on finding international employment, volunteering overseas, and travel.

Going Global

International employment guide contains country-specific information on work abroad. Available with Carleton NetID on the Career Center website.

AIFS Student Guide to Study Abroad & Career Development

This guide provides students with a framework to understand the impact and value of study abroad for their career development.

Lessons from Abroad

This website contains a wealth of resources for work and volunteer abroad, graduate school, teaching abroad, financing, and conferences and events.