Self-Reflection
At some point in your career you may come to a juncture where a need exists to reevaluate and reflect upon the current status of your career choice, career path or other external factors.
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Job Search Strategies
An effective Job Search can be exhausting and time consuming. Choosing a job that will assist you in launching your career and meeting your career goals should be your target.
Graduate School Strategies
At this stage in the GOALS Program, you have decided that you are going to graduate school and have narrowed down your list of schools that you are interested in! Now you are ready to launch your graduate school career!
Launch Your Career
Completing the previous stages should have enabled you to gain reassurance and confidence in your choice of career path, whether pursuing directly pursuing an occupation or attending graduate school.
Active Decision Making
Active Decision-Making equals making informed career decisions.
The focus of this stage is on stepping into potential career paths by:
Options to Explore
Once you have conquered the question, who am I, then you’re ready to advance to the Options to Explore stage. This stage primarily encompasses researching information as it pertains to academic majors, career clusters, occupations, labor market data and company profiles to name a few categories.
Career Planning (GOALS Program)
Welcome to the GOALS Program, developed by the UIS Career Development Center.
Navigate now through the modules of the 5 Career Planning Stages of GOALS to:
Diversity Resources
Resources for students related to diversity
As part of the GOALS Program, diversity can be a key component of career development. Therefore, each of the GOALS stages provides useful links providing relevant information to a variety of special populations. If you have favorite links to include in the special populations area, please forward the to us via e-mail at careerservices@uis.edu
Gain Self-Awareness
Self-Awareness is the initial step in the career decision-making process. If you are not informed about who you are, then how can you expect to make informed decisions based upon your characteristics and attributes?
Complete the Gain Self-Awareness Stage to find out about your:
We hope the new year has brought renewed energy, intention and determination to make positive impacts throughout your personal and professional journey!
January is moving fast, and as you are looking ahead and mapping out your calendar, know we would love to have you join us for events to engage with students, alumni, faculty and staff at UIS!
See details below about our upcoming 2026 Career Connections Expo on March 20th. We look forward to continued opportunities to engage, collaborate, and connect!