When doing assignments, keep in mind that everything matters and it all adds up! Some tasks may feel intimidating or unnecessary, but all assignments contribute to your professional development and what you do in the spring will build on what you started in the fall.

What will you find on your assignments?

Anatomy of assignments

• Purpose and why you’re doing this
• Connection to NACE career competencies or the workplace relevance
• Instructions and prompts
• Time to spend on assignments: to help you plan your time, we give an estimate of how long it should take. Schedule it in!
• Feedback: Who is giving it, and the rubric (if applicable). We will also tell you the minimum score you need to receive for the assignment to be considered complete.

Feedback

• You can submit BEFORE the deadline and get feedback early
• Use the feedback to edit, we can give more after that if you ask
• Review previous written feedback or comments as you edit
• Review the rubric to see what you need to do to reach the next level or what is missing from your response

Building Skills and Habits

These assignments are professional development and hands-on experience with reflective skills you’ll need as a professional. Doing these assignments will help you build reflective habits that you can carry into grad school and jobs. Being able to constantly reflect on your growth as a professional will help you in the future as you start your career, grow in leadership roles, and seek new positions.

Completing assignments on time, following all directions, and including all requested information is a key skill for the workplace. Your future employer will expect that you can complete tasks and projects on time and with detail. We have those same expectations now to help you practice managing your time and reading the instructions carefully.

Our assignments are designed to prepare you for next steps. You can use them to:

• decide on and prepare to apply for other experiences after LHSI
• give thoughtful future interview answers with real stories of what you learned
• draft grad school personal statements or job cover letters
• have a well-rounded reflection of who you are as a student and professional to share with recommendation letter writers