Career Essentials Checklist
Take steps now to prepare for your career with our tools and resources that will help you polish and promote your professional profile.
- Create a Resume in the YSE Resume Template
- Update your resume with summer experience or Yale School of the Environment
- Update your email signature
- Update your LinkedIn profile Education and Other Relevant Sections
- Participate in CPD Career and Professional Development Programs in fall and spring
- Order Yale business cards
- Set up or update your account profile in YSE Next
- Schedule an Appointment with our team to develop your career strategy (available during the academic year when classes are in session)
- Develop a job or internship tracking system
- Schedule regularly weekly time for career development
- Write a draft cover letter using CPD’s Suggested Outline
- ADVANCED: Conduct a Social Media Audit
- ADVANCED: Develop Your Personal Brand – Guided Self-Exploration Workbook
- Read CPD’s weekly Friday e-newsletter
- Follow CPD on Facebook and Instagram
- Join the YSE Alumni LinkedIn Group
- Invite Kathy Douglas, Maya Sanyal, Ashley Tozzi, N’Kiyah Galberth, and Kevin Doyle to link with you on LinkedIn
- Join AlumniFire
- Join Relevant YSE Alumni List-Serves
- Create an Account in Yale Cross Campus
- Join a Professional Association in your field
- Sign up for campus list-serves and newsletters in fields of interest
- Customize your preferences for your CPD newsletter here.
- Sign up for national and international list-serves and newsletters in fields of interest