Career Services Center

Career Services Center provides the following services and resources to JSU students and alumni to help choose a major, develop a personal career plan, learn job search skills and find employment. To discover more, click one of the categories below.

	Choosing a Major/Career Learn more details about approaching a career and/or deciding upon your major.		Preparing for 研究生 School Tools to help you in your preparation for graduate school
	Job Search Preparation 准备 for your job search with these helpful resources.		找工作 & 实习 Search for temporary and full-time employment to enhance your educational experience.

Is graduate school in your future?

研究生 and 专业 Schools Day is a service to junior, 高级, and graduate students who contemplate further study upon their graduation from Jackson State.  This event occurs every September.

As you near completion of your undergraduate degree, you will be faced with new, 有时是困难的, decisions about what to do next. The options are many — one is that you might wish to continue your education by attending graduate school or professional school.

Making the decision to attend graduate or professional school can sometimes be a hectic process. 但, once you have reached this decision, it’s time for the next steps to finding and getting into a graduate program.

第一步: 准备

While preparing to apply to graduate or professional school there are three questions to consider:

• What do I want to do?

• Who has the program?

• Which admissions test is needed?

第二步: 应用

Once you have answered the above questions and you’ve narrowed your program choice, 是时候申请了.

• 准备, take and send scores for the appropriate admissions test

• Request applications

• 准备 personal statement

• Request transcripts

• Obtain letters from references

• 准备 for the interview

• Inquire about 金融援助 (such as scholarships, 奖学金, graduate assistantships, research assistantships)

第三步: 后续

Plan at least one visit to campus for a face-to-face meeting with the program chair or an advisor

• Note deadlines for application and notification of acceptance

• Accept offer and follow up with additional materials if needed