8 Core Skills Employers Want

Keep improving yourself and your career by learning new things and gaining new experiences.

• Utilize Career Services’ resources
• Attend career fairs to meet people
• Regularly update your resume
• Research your future industry and skills needed

Share information, ideas, and opinions clearly and effectively with others.

• Write research papers
• Take a speech or communication course
• Join a group like Toastmasters to practice public speaking
• Learn how to speak on the phone and how to write professional emails.

Analyze situations and make decisions based on understanding the context and using logical reasoning.

• Get involved in research projects
• Join class discussions
• Take on a leadership role in a student organization
• Challenge everything; Ask why when you aren’t sure

Work well with others to achieve shared goals.

• Team up on class group projects
• Volunteer for events like the Big Event
• Get a student or part-time job or internship where you work with others

Use your team’s strengths to reach organizational goals.

• Run for a leadership position in a campus club
• Start a new student group
• Join programs like Project Pull or SGA
• Mentor others

Show good work habits and act in a way that benefits a larger community.

• Dress for success and do well in your classes
• Attend career fairs
• Get an internship or part-time job
• Join organizations such as Women in Business, Elite Women, ExCEL Scholars

Demonstrate the awareness, knowledge, and skills to understand and interact well with people from different backgrounds.

• Study abroad
• Get to know people who are different from you, and seek to understand their point of view
• Attend events that celebrate different cultures on campus

Understand and leverage technologies ethically to complete tasks and accomplish goals.

• Build a LinkedIn prole
• Develop skills in presentation software
• Become Microsoft Office certified
• Be aware of all technology used in your future profession