Small steps now lead to big moves later.
For First-Year Freshmen • First-Year Transfer • First-Year Graduate Students
Start building your future with a simple, flexible plan. Use this step to explore your interests, discover new pathways, and begin shaping your professional story.
What To Do
Open each item to find links, tools, and support to help you take action.
- Use our Career Adventure Checklist to choose campus activities that can help you explore your interests and build career-ready skills.
- Then, use our Career Action Plan Template to set steps and dates to complete the activities.
- Log in to your Handshake account using your campus email address.
- Add your potential career interests to get personalized events and opportunities.
- Not sure what to enter? Use What Can I Do with This Major or take our Focus2 career assessment.
- Draft your first professional brand intro using our Professional Brand Worksheet.
- Reflect on what excites you, what you care about, and how you want to contribute to the world of work.
We’re Here to Help
Career Guides
Get Support
Schedule a Career Exploration & Planning appointment with the Career Center using Navigate LA (Student Life & Wellness).
Call: 323.343.3237
Email: [email protected]
Visit: Between the Student Health Center and the University Gym
Hours: M-Th, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. and F, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.