Reflect on your summer experiences in your MAP

What did you do this summer? Perhaps you had an internship. Perhaps you nannied your neighbor. Perhaps you traveled. Perhaps you did a bunch of things! Regardless of what you did this summer, it is important to reflect on your growth and your experiences! 

Take a few minutes to respond to two of the following prompts in your My Aspire Plan (MAP) to wrap up your summer before starting your fall semester!

• Add your summer 2024 experience to your LinkedIn.
• Create a resume entry for your summer 2024 experience.
• Describe a mentor or colleague that you met this summer 2024.
• Describe a project that you worked on in your experience summer 2024.
• Describe a time from summer 2024 when you had to work with someone whose ideas or opinions were new to you or different from yours.
• Describe a time that you had to solve a problem this summer 2024.
• How did your summer 2024 experience impact your future career plans?
• What is an unexpected lesson that you learned in summer 2024 that will impact the way you navigate your future?

Have questions about your MAP or other ways to make the most out of your summer experience? Schedule a meeting with your career specialist via Navigate or reach out to aspire@carthage.edu.

Sponsoring Department, Office, or Organization:

The Aspire Center

For more information, contact:

Mandy Long: along3@carthage.edu