Are you still exploring your interests, weighing which of your interests to pursue, or considering post-Harvard options? Welcome! Exploration, fostering lifelong curiosity, and building a broad intellectual foundation are at the root of the Harvard experience.
Within the Exploration community you will have access to resources to guide you through self-discovery, exploring careers and interests, designing your Harvard experience to make it unique to your needs, skill development, and making decisions.
Learning about who you are and how you want to make an impact is a great place to begin. Career choices that combine your skills, interests, values, and personality are likely to be a good fit. Exploring your personal, academic, and career interests enables you to begin to develop career goals. Reflecting on experiences in your classes, work, internships, teaching, research, student groups, and community will generate many interesting options to consider and learn more about.
Once you have some ideas about what can come next, you’re ready to take steps forward!
Excerpts from Timothy Yen’s article in the Harvard Business Review, originally published 5/19/21
“Picking your college major, choosing the perfect career, trying to decide if you should leave your job and move to a new one — decisions like these can …
Check out these blogs and posts highlighting first-year and sophomore friendly internships/fellowships/summits:
Social Media Internship with PBS
Consumer Engagement Undergraduate Intern at the World Wildlife Fund
Research And Development Intern | Apex Systems | LinkedIn (medical technologies)
Now that I have been sucked into Twitter, I am surprised to discover some valuable ways it can be used for career exploration. I admit to being skeptical in the past, but I am starting to change my mind.
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