Professional Success at Agnes Scott

At Agnes Scott, 你的职业成功很大程度上取决于你和你为未来选择的道路, but we don't expect you to do this alone. 我们用一系列连续的经历来教你如何考虑自己的优势和兴趣, explore possibilities, and discover multiple pathways to success. 有意地将其贯穿于我们的SUMMIT课程、主修课程和辅修课程中， our career readiness initiative 能让你在艾格尼丝·斯科特之后的职业、公民和个人生活中取得成功吗.

Career agility and adaptability are built via self-discovery and career exploration. At Agnes Scott, 100 percent of students complete SCALE during which students interview leaders, shadow teams within a workplace and learn about career options.

You are the author of your future, but our intentional approach is designed to drive your intellectual, social and professional growth and mobility. 简单地说，通过SUMMIT，我们的专业成功计划将为您做这些事情:

• Build career agility through the process of encouraging your self-discovery and the exploration of possibilities
• Open doors by connecting you to real-world learning via conversations with professionals, shadowing, internships and research
• Connect you to faculty and professional mentors
• 准备好成为当今雇主所寻求的那种变革型、包容性的领导者
• Break down any barriers to professional success, particularly for those from under-represented groups
• 进一步发展在文科教学中培养的对雇主有吸引力的技能, such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, writing, speaking, research and teamwork, while folding in unique aspects of SUMMIT to include digital literacy, numeracy, leadership and global fluency.
• Offer you early career support services that begin in your first year and extend beyond graduation to include Mentoring Circles, a small-group mentoring program for young alums.

HOW IT WORKS: DISCOVER. EXPLORE. CONNECT. ENGAGE.

Year One - Discovery begins as soon as you set foot on campus.

From your first-year SUMMIT leadership immersion experience, Legacy, to your SUMMIT Global Journeys immersion, you are developing a stronger sense of your strengths, skills and interests. You will tap into relationships with your board of advisors - faculty, SUMMIT顾问和职业教练-发现和讨论成为您未来基石的可能性.

具体的职业成功计划嵌入第一年激发探索和早期职业成功:

• SUMMIT 110: Academic Foundations Lab, and SUMMIT 120: Career Exploration Launch Lab are mandatory, 在第一年的秋季和春季提供为期七周的课程序列，重点是学业成功, professional growth and financial wellness. 从2025届开始，100%的一年级新生将参加SUMMIT 110和SUMMIT 120.
• SUM 110 lab, offered in fall of a student's first year, 专注于一个成功的智力过渡到大学，并增加他们对艾格尼丝·斯科特的独特的文科学位的价值的理解, 将全球学习和领导力发展与专业和职业探索相结合.
• SUM 120 lab, offered in the spring of a student's first year, 是由职业教练和职业同行提出的，他们打破了普遍存在的职业神话，并教第一年如何使用职业研究和评估工具, 为高影响力的职业经历和建立专业简历预算和获得资金.
• 职业关系网首先是进入热门平台，比如我们的“从专业到职业”校友小组活动，以及进入像“科技女性”这样的协会, Public Relations Society of America and Georgia Bio. 

“sum110让我即使在大流行期间也能享受作为一名大学生的前进. And in SUM 120, I loved learning about myself, personally and professionally. This course has opened me up to so many opportunities...”

Kaliyah '24, dual-degree engineering major, on her experience participating in the SUM 110 and 120 pilot

Year Two - Exploration beyond even who you thought you wanted to be.

职业教练为你准备探索所有的职业道路，并在第一年和第二年的领导经验中学习. Leading everywhere means you don't shy away from a challenge. You’ll build the competency to achieve goals, facilitate change, and create a meaningful future for yourself and the world around you. We help you identify and grow the career competencies you need for success.

在第二年继续向职业能力发展的具体职业成功计划包括:

• Sophomore Class Atlanta Leadership Experience (SCALE) - Designed to prepare all students to engage professionally and succeed "at work," SCALE is a weeklong externship that takes advantage of Agnes Scott's central location to Metro Atlanta. During SCALE, 学生团队与社区合作伙伴的专业领导者进行互动, nonprofit or public service organizations in the Atlanta area - to see and learn from leadership and professionalism in action.
• As students begin to declare a major, they are introduced to Career Communities, led by Career Coaches, and they select a community to join. 职业社区将学生、校友和雇主聚集在一起，打开通往现实世界学习的大门. Current Career Communities include: Health, Sustainability and Sciences Career Community; Nonprofit and Arts Career Community; Technology, Media, Business and Communication Career Community; and Government, Education and International Relations Career Community.
• Agnes Advantage funding 从二年级的夏天开始是否有机会支持每个专业的无薪实习和研究机会, acting as a means to eliminate barriers to success, particularly for first-generation, Pell-eligible and other under-represented minorities. Over $150,000 in funding is provided to 50-75 students per year, 这是超过50%的苏格兰人在大三时完成实习或进行研究的主要原因吗.

Through the SUMMIT Career Connect network, Scotties have the chance to engage with over 400 alumnae professionals, 三分之二的毕业生表示，校友对他们实现毕业后目标的能力产生了积极影响.

Year Three - Connections made, both physically and intellectually, spur growth and mobility.

Career Communities continue to open doors to internships, research and a diverse array of professional networks. 你的大三经历将你专业的学术内容与SUMMIT的数字素养目标联系起来，并让你接触到塑造工作世界的新兴内容和技术.

Specific professional success initiatives that help establish further connections:

• Applied Career Experiences (ACEs) - offered during the college's annual Peak Week, these 1-credit, week-long courses include interdisciplinary content, relevant digital technology and professional connections, and are designed to bridge academic preparation and postgraduate success. Topics are informed by student interest and trends in evolving professional skill sets, among other things. Some example topics have included: "Raw Data to Insights," "Persuasive Images" and "How to Ask and Listen: Social Research Practices in Action."
• Coordinated through the college's Office of Internship & Career Development, 学校提供各种各样的交流和学习机会，包括校园招聘会, employer information sessions, professional development workshops and alumnae networking, such as through our vast SUMMIT Career Connect network 400多名校友自愿参加职业小组、简历审查、工作见面会等活动.

Career Communities in Action

Technology, Business, Media and Communications Career Community

"As a member of the Technology and Business Career Community, 我与职业教练Jan Brottman会面，分享了我在亚特兰大联邦住房贷款银行暑期实习的最新经历. From then on, Jan's emails kept me in the loop; she proactively shared relevant information about fairs and interview prep, and cheered me on as I went through the process. I am now excited to have an offer with Infosys where I will work with an Agnes Scott alum." - Felicia Jacques '21, Business Management and Africana Studies double major

四年级:为职业和生活做好准备并不会随着毕业而结束.

“Ringing the Bell” to celebrate offers of professional success is just one piece of engaging your future. 我们的早期职业成功计划将帮助您从本科学习过渡到下一步, whether it's graduate school, an international service corps opportunity or a job offer. 与其他校友的关系和正在进行的专业课程将使你充分和成功地参与提升世界的机会, no matter what continent you call home.