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A PLAN FOR COLLEGE SUCCESS
CAREER PREPARATION As the first person in my family to attend college, I made a lot of mistakes. One was thinking a college degree would automatically lead to a career. I didn’t realize how many other tasks I needed to complete in order to make my dream job a reality. – Tami Campbell Students today can access a world of information that didn’t exist when I started college. Despite that, many students are still making the same career mistakes I made. They assume that career preparation just happens along the way.
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Fortunately, there are campus resources available to help your student. One of the best is the career services office. The counselors there truly want to see your student succeed! But first, students need to take the initiative and reach out.
C O L L E G I A T E P A R E N T. C O M / S C H O O L / T E X A S - S T A T E - U N I V E R S I T Y
