Mapping your Global Studies Major

Explore various occupations and career paths related to Global Studies through the Hood College website. Explore the backgrounds of faculty and learn about course offerings.

Visit with a counselor in the Career Center to update your resume and consider locations for a global studies related internship.

Update your resume to include classes from the previous year and any experiences, either global studies or employment related.

Update your resume to include classes from the previous year and any experiences, either accounting or employment related. Be sure to include your research skills.

Visit the What Can I Do With the Major?, and the CareerOneStop websites.

Explore club and engagement opportunities such as Feminist Student Union and Model United Nations.

Use GLBS 399 to gain insight into finding an Internship, to gain work experience and college credit.

If you have not already completed, take GLBS 399, or a second internship experience, to gain additional work experience and/or college credit

Take the Focus 2 Career Assessment to learn more about additional areas of career interest.

If eligible, investigate federal work study positions in a department of career related interest.

Meet with staff in Career Services to identify potential internships, consider competitive national experiences.

Meet with Career Center staff to begin developing a resume.

Attend Chamber of Commerce industry related events. Speak with a Career Center counselor to learn more about these.

Explore club and engagement opportunities such as Model United Nations and The International Club.

Participate in Career Center workshops on interviewing for success and creating a LinkedIn page.

Update your LinkedIn page to reflect new experiences and coursework.

Attend the annual Business Etiquette Dinner.

Conduct informational interviews with Hood College alumni working in the global studies/international relations field. (Work with a Career Center counselor to identify individuals).

Shadow professionals or alumni who work in the field.

Conduct informational interviews with Hood College alumni working in the field of international relations/diplomacy/intelligence analysis/development.

Conduct informational interviews with Hood College alumni working in the global studies/international relations/diplomacy field.

Attend the Fall and Spring Community Engagement Fairs to learn more local organizations that work on addressing issues that are also relevant at the global level such as: poverty, gender empowerment, climate change, and access to education.

Attend the Spring Internship & Career Fair to meet directly with employers from a variety of industries who may need interns with backgrounds in international relations, world languages and cultures, and/or foreign policy.

Attend the Spring Internship & Career Fair and/or STEM Career Expo to meet directly with employers from a variety of industries who may need interns.

Attend the Spring Internship & Career Fair to meet directly with employers from a variety of industries who may be recruiting accounting new hires.

Regularly check the Handshake events page to see employers providing information sessions on campus.

Attend Career Center workshops on interviewing for success and how to conduct a job search.

Attend conferences of professional associations.

If considering part-time employment, work with the Career Center and consult faculty to learn about opportunities within the job field.

Select part-time jobs and internships in your field of interest.

Consider taking an exploratory micro-internship in your field of interest.

Attend conferences of professional associations.