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Home » About » Administrative Offices » Career Center » Career Exploration and Internships » Plan for the Future » Making the Most of Your Experience

Making the Most of Your Experience

How do you go about making your experience marketable? Employers look for specific skills in potential employees. You can make sure that you are gaining these important assets in your internships, organizations, class work, or immersive learning experiences. Click a link to learn more!

BSU Career Center: Career MAP  
12 Essentials for Success (Michigan State)    (PDF)
Characteristics Employers Seek in Candidates (NIU) (PDF)  
Competencies that Build Career Success (MIT Career Center)
Emotional Intelligence Information
Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace: An Interview with Dr. Michael Rock
Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace: Why It Matters More Than Personality
Emotional Intelligence Quiz  
Functional Transferable Skills Inventory (Lifeworktransitions.com)  
Gather Artifacts as Evidence of Your Competencies (PDF)
JobStart101.org
Leadership: Developing a Philosophy of Leadership   (LeadershipParadigms.com) 
NACE: What Employers Want   (YouTube Video)
PBS: Test Your E.Q.  
Qualifications Employers Seek (PDF)
Quintessential Careers: Transferable Skills  
Quintessential Careers: What Do Employers Really Want?
Transferable Skills (About.com)
Transferable Skills Examples (About.com)
Transferable Skills (Rochester Institute of Technology) (PDF)
Transferable Skills (University of Cambridge )
Transferable Skills (USC) (PDF)
Transferable Skills Worksheet (About.com)

 


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