1. Discover your strengths 1. Communicate these strengths to others (resume) 1. Seek opportunities

What have I learned during my years in grad school? ‘I have learned to be very effective – I can pull off a presentation on almost any area on a very short deadline.’ ‘I won’t have people fool me. I can tell if people know what they are talking about. Through constant interaction with students I have developed a very good sense of how committed someone is to a project or a goal. ‘I won’t have people fool me. I can tell if people know what they are talking about. Through constant interaction with students I have developed a very good sense of how committed someone is to a project or a goal.’ ‘I have learned to be persistent – I have learned to deal with negative feedback and failure and not let it bring me down.’ ‘Philosophy has helped me become both a critical and a strategic thinker. It has helped me become a critical thinker because it shaped my ability to identify important questions and raise issues in organizational environments, issues that people with a more technical training are not always aware of, e.g. ‘Why do things have to be done this way?’ It has helped me become a strategic thinker because it has pushed me to think hard about how things could be done otherwise.’ ‘Philosophy has helped me become both a critical and a strategic thinker. It has helped me become a critical thinker because it shaped my ability to identify important questions and raise issues in organizational environments, issues that people with a more technical training are not always aware of, e.g. ‘Why do things have to be done this way?’ It has helped me become a strategic thinker because it has pushed me to think hard about how things could be done otherwise.’

Higher level skills can be acquired more easily Personal skills tend to be harder to change

CV vs. Resume CV Audience: Fellow academics or researchers in your field of study When used: For academic positions and research positions in government and industry Length: highly flexible (3-10 pages) Goal: Present a full history of your academic credentials; teaching: research; awards and services Focus: Representing your academic achievements and your scholarly potential Contents: Full list of professional and educational history Essential: List of publications, presentations, teaching experience, education, training, honors, grants Specificity: CV’s need less alteration to fit each specific job opening References: Usually listed at the end of the CV Resume Audience: General audience of employers seeking to hire for a variety of positions When used: Positions in business and industry and the non-profit sector Length: pages Goal: Present a snapshot of your skills and experience that communicates the ability to perform the job you seek Focus: representing experiences: job-related, extracurricular and volunteer, accomplishments, and skills you’ve used Contents: summary of experiences and skills most pertinent to position Essential: Skills and experiences related to the job you seek Specificity: Resumes should be adapted to fit each specific job you are applying References: Usually not listed on a resume

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Questions and Activities Take 5 minutes to create or re-create 2 resume bullets describing one of your recent achievements