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Skills You will Need for a Career
With today's economy, students are more worried than ever about
what kind of career awaits them. The best way to increase the odds
that the job you'll get won't involve waiting tables or flipping
burgers is to get the skills you need while you're still studying.
Here are some critical job skills that every student should master,
regardless of his or her ultimate career path:
Writing clearly and forcefully.
Writing clearly and forcefully.
Students often don't
recognize how important writing skills are in many professions:
Many students, without a trace of shame, proclaim "I can't write"
and consistently avoid courses that require them to write papers.
But the "I can't write" excuse won't stand you in good stead later
when you have to write a strategic plan for your business, write
briefs for your legal case, or pitch your advertising plan in a
report to the client. Actively seek out your courses that give you
lots of opportunities to write.
Systematizing and organizing data.
Systematizing and organizing data.
Many jobs require employees
to do quite a bit of number-crunching and to create numerous
spreadsheets and tables. Be sure you take courses that teach you
the skills to do this kind of work.
Doing research. In this Internet age, no one seems to be reading books in a library much. But there's more information out there, so being able to conduct research is even more important than before.
Presenting material orally.
Doing research. In this Internet age, no one seems to be reading books in a library much. But there's more information out there, so being able to conduct research is even more important than before.
Presenting material orally.
In many jobs, you will spend
more time than you can possibly imagine attending meetings or
giving presentations, or giving presentations at meetings. Needless
to say, when your boss asks you to comment at a meeting or give a
presentation, it's not wise to plead shyness or fear of public
speaking. College/university offers you many possibilities for
training in public speaking. Also get proficient in presentation
software, such as PowerPoint, and learn to use all its features,
including video and multimedia.
Taking notes.
Taking notes.
Maybe you like to sit back in
lecture and enjoy the passing show without bothering to write a
single note. Or maybe you write from time to time, as you focus in
on what the teacher is saying. This isn't a good idea, and it is
even less of a good idea when your boss asks you to remind him or
her in detail of what plans for the big campaign were developed at
last week's three-day retreat. Every college/university class gives
you an opportunity to become an ace note taker, so don't blow the
chance.
Meeting deadlines.
Meeting deadlines.
At college or university,
many professors will offer extensions, and incompletes for a wide
variety of justified and often-unjustified reasons. One of the most
common shocks experienced by students once they hit the real world
is that most clients and bosses expect them to meet their
deadlines, no matter how many grandparents passed away that week,
dogs got hit by cars, or friends broke up with their consolation.
Get ready for this now by taking your deadlines seriously and
meeting them, without exception.
Working on a team.
Working on a team.
Teamwork is often a key factor in job success: What worker is a
one-man band? Group projects at college/university or work with
study groups can give you valuable experience in working with a
team.
Getting along with a boss.
Getting along with a boss.
In college, the teacher is
your boss, much like how in after-college life you'll have a real
boss. Learn to get along with your teacher, whether what he or she
is saying is what you'd like to hear or not.
Multitasking and time management.
Multitasking and time management.
A college/university schedule
of four or five classes, each with different sorts of assignments
and schedules, is the perfect training ground for developing your
prowess at doing lots of things at once and balancing the time
needed for each.
Seeing a big project through to completion.
Seeing a big project through to completion.
You'll be in a position to
easily handle jobs that involve large, complex, long-term projects
if you've worked on, and completed, a major term paper, a junior or
senior thesis, or a sustained science experiment while you're at
college/university.
Creative thinking.
Creative thinking.
Try to always go beyond the most obvious points, striving for
deeper levels of meaning and more imaginative ways of expressing
them. Creativity shines through at any job interview, and beyond,
once you get your once-in-a-lifetime job
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