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Skills Recruiters Want and How Your Student Can Achieve Them

The top skills and traits employers seek in a job candidate

  • Communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Related work experience
  • Honesty/Integrity
  • Teamwork skills
  • Organizational skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility and adaptability
  • Analytical skills
  • Computer skills
  • Motivation and initiative
  • Multicultural awareness
  • Professionalism
  • Leadership and management skills

Ways your student can acquire these skills

  • Campus Involvement. Through student organizations, departmental activities and student leadership positions, students develop skills in interpersonal communication, public speaking, teamwork, planning and organization and leadership.
  • Athletics. Student athletes learn discipline, persistence, teamwork, time management and the ability to take constructive criticism.
  • Internships and related part-time jobs offer a wide variety of benefits for students. They:
    • help student gain real world experience and skills
    • help students decide on a career path
    • help students recognize their strengths and areas that need improvement
    • help students build contacts and career networks
    • help improve a student’s GPA
    • help students make a smoother transition into the world of work
    • help students land a job
  • Class projects build skills in research, multi-media, teamwork, negotiation, mediation, delegation and public speaking.
  • Community Service, Volunteer Opportunities and Service Learning allow students to explore various career options, meet a wide variety of people who can become part of their career network, practice skills they have learned in the classroom and develop interpersonal communication, teamwork, organizational, and leadership skills.
  • Classes. Regardless of major, all students can benefit from taking courses outside their major that will help them develop work-related skills in computer software, public speaking, presentation skills and basic economic theories.

/ Center for Career Planning

The Center for Career Planning is located on the corner of Grove and Home streets near the center of campus behind "The Rock."

Office Hours
M-F: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Contact
Ryan Brechbill, Director
e / rbrechbill@otterbein.edu

Ashley Strausser, Associate Director/Internship Coordinator
e / astrausser@otterbein.edu

Marilyn Williams, Admin. Asst.
e / mwilliams@otterbein.edu
p / 614.823.1456
f / 614.823.3052

Mail
Center for Career Planning
1 South Grove Street
Westerville, OH 43081

 

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