Program Benefits

Exposure to:

• Design Your Life Exploratory  Lab - walk away with a career and life road map to success
• StrengthsFinder 2.0 - a strengths-based assessment and overview to help identify your strengths as a first-generation college student
• First-generation Alumnus, Employer,  Faculty Panel/Networking
• Access to an Alumni Mentor
• Receive a Launch Your Career Workbook with activities to build your networking skills to access the hidden job market and take a readiness assessment to identify ways to improve or enhance your readiness skills
• 1-1 Coaching sessions with the I Am First Career Coach

 

Additional Benefits:

• Scholarship Award Opportunity - A  $250 scholarship will be awarded to a select number of students who fully complete the program and additonal program requirements, to further explore and execute their goals
• Access to interest and career inventories offered by the Career Center
• Community through Canvas and Social Media

 

Program Qualifications:

• Identify as a first-generation college student - See application for definition
• Currently enrolled as a 1st/2nd year undergraduate student - Fall Semester Cohort only
• Currently enrolled as a transfer, 3rd, or 4th year undergraduate students - Spring and Summer Semester Cohort only
• Complete entire program application
• Submit resume - The Career Center offers “Drive-Thru Services” M – F to assist you with your resume related questions. 
• Note**Program admittance is limited to 50 students. 

 

Time Commitment:

Full commitment to attend all sessions is required. Two or more missed sessions will disqualify students for being eligible for a scholarship award and a Career Readiness Completion Certificate granted by the Career Center.

• Program Timeframe :   
  • • • Fall Semester Applications typically open during the month of May- June.
      • Spring Semester Applications open typically open during the month of November - December.
      • Summer Applications open typically during the month of April.
• All sessions are hybrid. There will be 5 sessions in-person and 4 sessions will be virtual. 

Timeline:

Application submission

Deadline to Apply -Spring Semester Applications will be opening soon. Keep an eye out for an email. 

Student Orientation (Mandatory): TBA

For additional questions regarding the I Am First program contact Stephanie Reyes at sreyes@fullerton.edu