Job Search Timeline
August
- Update your resume including GPA, new relevant courses and experiences
- Upload your revised resume in TartanTRAK
- Start to look closely in TartanTRAK for posting and begin applying
- Being utilizing your personal network for leads as well as checking company websites
- Gather your interview clothes from home for the fall job fairs
- Continue to research your chosen industry
September
- Have your resume reviewed by your career advisor
- Participate in a mock interview
- Attend the Business Opportunities Conference (BOC) and Technical
- Opportunities Conference (TOC)
- Follow-up on leads from the BOC and TOC
- Continue to apply for positions through TartanTRAK, company websites and personal network
- Attend relevant workshops
- Participate in relevant case challenges
October and November
- Attend Network New York over Fall Break in October
- Continue to apply to positions through TartanTRAK, company websites and personal network
- Interview for those positions and companies which interest you
- Attend relevant Information Sessions, which can be found in TartanTRAK
- Attend relevant workshops, Convocations and Vistas
- Participate in relevant case challenges
- If you are ready to make a decision on your offers, don’t forget to utilize your career advisor for negotiating advice
- If you have accepted your offer, please professionally decline your other offers
- Connect with other new graduates relocating to your new city to share housing
December
- Continue to apply for positions through TartanTRAK, company websites and personal network
- Interview for those positions and companies which interest you
- Attend relevant Information Sessions, which can be found in TartanTRAK
- If you are ready to make a decision on your offers, don’t forget to utilize your career advisor for negotiating advice
- If you have accepted your offer, please professionally decline your other offers
- If you are seeking OPT, paperwork will be due
- Congratulations if you are graduating! Don’t forget to report your success to the Career Services
January
- Update your resume with your new GPA, relevant academic projects, coursework, etc…
- Have your resume reviewed by your career advisor
- Upload your revised resume in TartanTRAK
- Start to look closely in TartanTRAK for posting and begin applying
- Being utilizing your personal network for leads as well as checking company websites
- Attend relevant Network Nights, which include: Silicon Valley, San
- Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle
- Attend relevant workshops, Convocations and Vistas
February
- Continue to apply for positions through TartanTRAK, company websites and personal network
- Continue to interview
- Attend Network Pittsburgh
- Attend the Employment Opportunity Conference (EOC)
- Attend relevant Information Sessions, which can be found in TartanTRAK
- Attend relevant workshops, Convocations and Vistas
March
- Continue to apply for positions through TartanTRAK, company websites and personal network
- Continue to interview
- Attend Network Washington, DC
- If you are ready to make a decision on your offers, don’t forget to utilize your career advisor for negotiating advice
- If you have accepted your offer, please professionally decline your other offers
April
- Continue to apply for positions through TartanTRAK, company websites and personal network
- Continue to interview
- If you are ready to make a decision on your offers, don’t forget to utilize your career advisor for negotiating advice
- If you have accepted your offer, please professionally decline your other offers
- Connect with other new graduates relocating to your new city to share housing
May
- If you are seeking OPT, paperwork will be due
- Report your success to the Career Center and congratulation on your graduation!
June – August
- Look for Heinz and Carnegie Mellon events your city and attend to network with other alumni
