Transferable Skills Developed On-Campus: Analytical/Critical Thinking

By admin, on October 19th, 2011

Did you realize that you can gain analytical and critical thinking skills from campus jobs?

Employers want candidates that can think critically. You’ve gained analytical skills in the classroom, but did you realize that you’ve also gained them through on-campus employment? Here are some examples of resumes phrases describing analytical skills gained through common campus jobs.

ANALYTICAL/CRITICAL THINKING

Library worker

  • Offered suggestion for creating Facebook group for library workers, helping to encourage community-building
  • Helped problem solve solution for scheduling conflicts among student staff

Food service/catering worker

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Got Skills? – Identify skills you want to use at work?

By admin, on October 15th, 2011

What skills do you want to use in the workplace?

Just like it’s important to identify which special interests you may want to incorporate into your work, it’s equally important to consider which skills you might want to use.

There are numerous skill assessments that exist, some of which may be available for you to take, (sometimes at no cost), at your campus career center. You can also assess your skills informally by asking yourself questions like, “What do I know?” and “What can I do?” Answers to “What do I know?” are sometimes called Knowledge Skills or Hard Skills. These are skills that you learn from a particular context, such as classes for your major, and apply within the same or very similar contexts.
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