CAREER TRAJECTORY

The (3rd) Pillar of Potential serves to promote early career/post-graduation planning between Sophomore and Junior year to increase our brother’s post-graduation success and life goals.  The third Pillar: Career Trajectory: Declaring your Potential will occur in overlapping stages within our curriculum; Planning Stage- inclusion of faculty and staff to assist in developing essential soft-skills and introduction to essential career related items (resume building, presenting, etc.), Experiential Learning Stage- utilizing soft-skills and career related knowledge in internships or research in undergraduate institutions (RUI), Action Steps Stage- taking next steps to secure employment or postbaccalaureate (sic) degree programs by strengthening resumes, interviewing skills, attire/grooming, and public speaking abilities.   
 
To this end, MSI-Fullerton aims to provide the following services; a). graduate school preparation, b). the “Brotherhood Closet” for professional/business attire, c.) the use of Gallup’s “Strengths Finder 2.0” tool, and d). career related soft-skills workshops lead by local and national experts.  In addition, it is our goal for our Brother 2 Brother peer mentor’s to guide our MSI-Success Brothers in developing a career portfolio and secure post-graduation opportunities such as career/graduate school related internships during at least (2) semesters. 
 
As it related to career trajectory research by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) found that internships are a crucial aspect for landing a career after graduation (Saltikoff, 2017, May 1).  NACE continues to share that more than half 53% of all 2015 college graduates who secured internships while enrolled reported their current employment was directly related to the internships they held or internship networks they sustained (Saltikoff, 2017, May 1).  However, regarding degree attainment in postbaccalaureate (sic) programs research finds that men of color particularly Black and Latino men; low academic achievement rates in tandem with their underperformance on required standardize test, the GRE, Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT), Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), and additional test limit MOC access to professional or graduate degree programs (Harper & Palmer, 2016).