Ideally, it should be the start of your first semester even before university. But that is very ironic as the university is supposed to be the place for you to explore your interest and opportunity.
I don't suggest students picking a 'when' but rather pick a 'how' and 'what' to get ahead of themselves. For a typical non-specialist major students (Not Medic, Nursing, etc), this is my suggestion for a job-ready profile:
(Year1): Explore yourself. Participate in any interesting competition, society. Get some concrete part-time work that able to help you to learn some skill set. Get something interesting ready for your year 1 summer, stay out of comfort zone, no need to go for the normal internship program, strike for some volunteer project, research work and anything might get you to experience different working environment and culture.
(Year2): Start to attend some company information session in the campus, get a sense of what companies and career options out there and what kind of people they're looking for. Get a list to nail down your scope of interest. Look for a more concrete internship that may eventually be your career option, preferably on a SME or the best with overseas exposure.
(Year3): Year 3 summer will be an important milestone to define your potential grad job. As year 3 summer is probably the last chance to note something down on your CV before the hiring season start as soon as your early Year 4. Leverage your experience from year 1 and year 2 to define your interest and aggressively look for a professional internship program that may fit your ideal grab work (most probably your year 3 intern will be your full-time work).
(Year4): This will be your holy-grail year of looking for opportunity and defining yourself. At this point you should be able to leave your academic studies behind and focus on investing yourself by attending as many interviews as you could, gain exposure and experience to understand the procs and cons of different jobs as well as get a sense of your strength and weakness throughout the process.
Good luck :)Ideally, it should be the start of your first semester even before university. But that is very ironic as the university is supposed to be the place for you to explore your inter...
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