{"id":5146,"date":"2018-02-05T21:35:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T21:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/?p=5146"},"modified":"2018-02-27T18:14:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T18:14:51","slug":"reflect-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/2018\/02\/05\/reflect-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflect&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Here are the Top 10 attributes that employers seek. What are YOUR top 3?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Problem-solving skills<\/li>\n<li>Ability to work in a team<\/li>\n<li>Communication skills (written)<\/li>\n<li>Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Strong work ethic<\/li>\n<li>Analytical\/quantitative skills<\/li>\n<li>Communication skills (verbal)<\/li>\n<li>Initiative<\/li>\n<li>Detail-oriented<\/li>\n<li>Flexibility\/adaptability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Reflect on your experience and think of examples that demonstrate these attributes and skills. Consider how you might articulate them on a resume or cover letter.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naceweb.org\/about-us\/press\/2017\/the-key-attributes-employers-seek-on-students-resumes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s the full list of 20 Key Attributes, plus 12 other influential attributes.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your Puget Sound liberal arts education helps develop many of these attributes. That&#8217;s why a wide range of organizations recruit students with liberal arts degrees, regardless of major.<\/p>\n<p>Become familiar with your own top attributes and skills. Practice talking about situations where you successfully put them to use. Come interview time, you&#8217;ll be better equipped to describe your qualities to employers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best way to predict your future is to create it.\u201d Take a moment to reflect on your experiences. Watch for patterns and clues to what drives you. How do you want your future to look?<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit | Kris Hay<br \/>\n\u00a9 2018 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/about\/offices-services\/ces\/\" target=\"_blank\">Career and Employment Services,<\/a> University of Puget Sound<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the Top 10 attributes that employers seek. What are YOUR top 3?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":246,"featured_media":5147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[31,35],"class_list":["post-5146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reflection","tag-interviewing-tips","tag-liberal-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5146"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5183,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5146\/revisions\/5183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}