CMU Career Guide 2016-17 Career Guide | Page 16

YOUR SKILLS Reflecting on your experiences is a great way to begin the process of finding and applying to opportunities. In order to better understand and present your whole story, you will also want to focus on the relevant skills, talents, and qualifications you gained from all of your experiences. In general, nearly every experience can help you develop skills in any of the three categories below: INDUSTRY/DEGREE SPECIFIC SKILLS: Technical, content knowledge, coursework, etc. TRANSFERABLE SKILLS: Teamwork, verbal and written communication, organization, etc. FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS: 16 Stop by Ronan 240 for walk-in resume and cover letter critiques. TOP 10 Timely, genuine, hardworking, passionate, positive, resilient, flexible, selfless, etc. TRANSFERABLE SKILLS EMPLOYERS LOOK FOR, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND EMPLOYERS: Communicating with others Working well on a team Problem-solving Organizing and prioritizing work Processing information Analyzing data Obtaining job-related technical knowledge Understanding computer programs Writing and editing Influencing others