Start Building the Skill-Set Employers are Looking For

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Start Building the Skill-Set Employers are
Looking For
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• For students, the future is paved with
  possibilities, but you will need academic prowess
  and certain skills to reach your full potential.
  A college degree and even a strong resume isnt
  always enough to impress employers. You will need
  to demonstrate or prove that you can demonstrate
  the skills of a stellar employee. Things like
  strong leadership, self-discipline, good
  teamwork, excellent communication and
  organization, are all skills that employers look
  for and value. Plus, the stronger your skills,
  the stronger your performance. Here's how new
  graduates or those who will soon be graduating
  can demonstrate these skills to potential
  employers.

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Demonstrating Strong Leadership

• Truthfully, employers want their employees to
  succeed. And the most successful employees are
  those who are strong leaders. Not only do leaders
  make the best employees, they also help take
  pressure off management and are generally strong
  assets to a company. If youre a leader, you will
  eventually be given more responsibility and
  progress faster in your role. To demonstrate your
  leadership skills, you can provide information
  about previous leadership roles, such as managing
  group projects at school, participating in
  student groups, like student government or even
  performing volunteer work.

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Demonstrating Self-Discipline

• Generally, employers want employees that are
  disciplined, self-starters. These types of
  workers are easy to manage (they self-manage) and
  are beneficial to an organizations productivity
  and bottom line. Being self-disciplined and
  taking initiative are also important
  characteristics for leaders to possess.
  Self-disciplined people are more productive and
  it's easier to teach them new ideas and
  structures.

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• To show your self-management skills, provide an
  outline of how you managed your time and
  assignments at college or university.
  Specifically, explain how you balanced a work,
  school and social life, and give examples of
  major projects that required you to have strong
  self-management skills.

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Demonstrating Teamwork

• Most job roles require some form of teamwork or
  frequent collaboration with other departments.
  Whatever the case, eventually, you will need to
  demonstrate your ability to work with your
  co-workers. You will also need to prove that you
  can work well with others and take and give
  direction. To demonstrate these abilities before
  landing the job, emphasize your work on group
  projects, highlighting how you communicated, as
  well as how you handled group conflict and
  indecision. If you have past work experience,
  simply outline how you worked with others in
  those positions (especially internships).

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Demonstrating Excellent Communication Skills

• Good communication is tantamount to success in
  many areas of life, especially in your career.
  Wherever you work and whatever you do, you will
  need to know how to communicate with others. Most
  likely, you will have daily interactions with
  either your boss, colleagues or clients, and its
  essential to know how to explain concepts, relay
  messages, engage in concise, professional written
  correspondence, present structured, relevant
  arguments and deliver compelling presentations.
  Since college and university offer plenty of
  opportunities to exercise communication skills,
  you should be able to confidently demonstrate
  them to potential employers.

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Demonstrating Organization Skills

• Organized employees are generally more
  productive and more likely to manage their time
  well. Moreover, good organization skills show
  that you take pride in and value your work. They
  also make it easier to categorize your work and
  sort finished and unfinished projects
  accordingly. Demonstrating these skills can be
  tricky, however. To show your future employer,
  explain how you organize your daily schedule and
  important tasks or projects.

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