This assignment now moves you away from internal processes and controllable factors to your external environment and issues you cannot control -- and how these forces can affect your future career.

Follow: The steps of the market research process and develop a detailed short-term (one month) plan to identify and research key employers.

Conduct: research on at least five employers that interest you in terms of a job or internship. Use our Guide to Researching Companies, Industries, Countries.

Read and react: 15 Myths and Misconceptions About Job-Hunting.

Read: The Ten Keys to Success at Job and Career Fairs.