When I was three, I wanted to be a vet when I grew up. When I was thirteen, I wanted to be an astronaut. When I was eighteen, I decided to study engineering. Now that I’m twenty, the pressure is on. It’s time to actually figure out what I want to be when I grow up.

Companies appreciate the value of summer internships, but it can be really hard to find them and prepare properly for the application experience. What does an “objective” really do on the top of your résumé? What kind of questions would I be asked in an interview? What 30-second “elevator talk” can I tell a company to sell myself when I first meet them? I have no clue!

That’s where the Paul L. Foster Success Center comes in. Located of the first floor of Sid Richardson building here on campus, the Success Center offers free tutoring, interview prep, résumé reviews, and helps facilitate Career Fairs. In the past two weeks, I attended both the STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) fair and the all-major career fair. Career Services offered résumé reviewing workshops, how-to interview classes, and dress for success sessions to help students prepare as best they could for these fairs.

A wide variety of companies were in attendance, from the FBI to ConocoPhillips to HEB. Being an engineer, the STEM fair was right up my alley: I was able to talk to oil companies, manufacturers, and aviation designers all in one afternoon! By circulating my résumé, I was able to get my name out there for consideration at all sorts of different corporations and I got the experience of networking. I was also able to post my resume on Hire-A-Bear, a job search database for Baylor students and alums, for companies to look at.

Thanks to all the hard work of Career Services, I am getting closer to figuring out what I want to be when I grow up. They have helped me perfect my résumé, get my name out there for companies, and even land an awesome internship this past summer. The Success Center is just one of the many great resources available to students here!