When should you start thinking about your career?

As I have said before, I think it's unusual that an eighteen year old would know exactly what she wants to do for the rest of her life.  Some do, but most students will change  their college majors several times before graduation, and new graduates don't tend to stick with the same job as long as their parents and grandparents did. But I do believe this article makes some good suggestions about what even a college freshman can do to jump start their future. "First-year students who make a point to read, learn, and attend as many programs as they can will find themselves ahead of the curve by their junior and senior years," says Whitney Purcell, assistant director of career development at Susquehanna University. "They are ready to apply for competitive internships and job posting, rather than trying to play 'catch-up' in their last semester of college and feeling ill-prepared for a competitive job market."

So before you head off to college, you might want to read this article.  Your school's career center should be a must stop sooner than later.