Missouri State University Career Guide - Flipbook - Page 10
CAREER READINESS COMPETENCIES
Career & Self Development
Leadership
Proactively develop yourself and your career
through continual personal and professional
learning, awareness of your strengths and
weaknesses, navigation of career opportunities,
and networking.
Recognize and build upon personal and team
strengths to achieve common goals.
Ways to grow this skill: Attend career
development workshops and events and complete
professional education or training. Utilize the
Career Center resources!
Communication
Clearly and effectively exchange information,
ideas, facts and perspectives.
Ways to show this skill: Discuss papers,
presentations, and group projects as well as
describe customer service roles.
Critical Thinking
Professionalism
Understand and demonstrate effective work
habits and act in the interest of the larger
community and workplace.
Ways to grow & show this skill: Complete
projects by deadlines and be on time to
obligations. Talk about how you prioritize when
juggling competing priorities and tasks .
Teamwork
Build and maintain collaborative relationships
Critical Thinking: Identify and respond to needs
based on an understanding of situational context
and logical analysis of relevant information.
to work toward common goals while
Ways to show this skill: Describe anything that
requires an action plan with specific steps to solve
a problem such as research papers, class or
organization projects and service learning.
Ways to grow this skill: Participate in group
projects, sports, and student organizations
where responsibility is shared.
Equity & Inclusion
Demonstrate the awareness, attitude, knowledge,
and skills required to equitably engage and include
people from different cultures and backgrounds.
Ways to grow this skill: Engage in study abroad or
volunteer experiences that will broaden your
perspectives. Solicit and use feedback from multiple
cultural perspectives to make inclusive and equityminded decisions.
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Ways to grow & show this skill: Share examples
oflead roles in organizations or class projects.
Take initiative on additional responsibilities in
jobs, volunteer work or internships.
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appreciating diverse viewpoints and shared
responsibilities.
Technology
Understand and leverage technologies ethically
to enhance efficiencies, complete tasks and
accomplish goals.
Ways to show this skill: Share examples of how
you've learned new technologies or used
technology to improve efficiency in school or
work projects.
