{"id":1370,"date":"2014-05-09T14:58:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T18:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/blog\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2014-05-09T14:58:31","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T18:58:31","slug":"savvy-seniors-yes-you-do-have-career-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/savvy-seniors-yes-you-do-have-career-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Savvy Seniors: Yes, YOU do have Career Experience!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/images\/Blogimages\/ssexperience.jpg\" alt=\"Seniors with whiteboards indicating where they got career experience\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last week, we saw so many of you at the Senior Celebration at the bookstore where you were picking up your caps and gowns and sitting for formal graduate portraits. \u00a0We asked you to share career related experiences you had during your time at UVM.<\/p>\n<p>This is what happened:<\/p>\n<p><em>Career Counselor<\/em>: Would you like to share a career related experience you had during your time at UVM?<\/p>\n<p><em>UVM Senior<\/em>: Oh, I don\u2019t think I have anything to share\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>But then after a brief conversation, everyone did have something to share! \u00a0We loved hearing about all the great things you\u2019ve done on campus, around Burlington, nationwide and around the world.<\/p>\n<p>So as you\u2019re polishing that resume, looking for jobs, or talking yourself up in your next interview, remember that these are all great ways you\u2019ve gained experience during your time at UVM:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Internships<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Study Abroad<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Research<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Service-Learning<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Class projects<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Part-Time Jobs<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Summer Jos<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Leadership Experiences<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Volunteering<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Campus Clubs and Organizations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So what do you say about these experiences? Employers across industries are all interested in communication, organization, and leadership skills. \u00a0Everyone is looking for people to join their team who are able to collaborate, are self-directed and have strong work ethics. Reflect on your experiences and try to articulate what you\u2019ve done so you can tell a potential employer how those experiences helped you build relevant skills. (See this great list of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/%7Ecareer\/?Page=actionverbs.html\">action verbs<\/a> for ideas.)<\/p>\n<p>Want some more individualized help with your job search? We are open all summer and we do help alumni!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s to the Class of 2014!<\/p>\n<p><em>~Kala<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, we saw so many of you at the Senior Celebration at the bookstore where you were picking up your caps and gowns and sitting for formal graduate portraits. \u00a0We asked you to share career related experiences you had during your time at UVM. This is what happened: Career Counselor: Would you like to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/savvy-seniors-yes-you-do-have-career-experience\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Savvy Seniors: Yes, YOU do have Career Experience!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":832,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127021,16890,129667,1],"tags":[116804,131420,132056,542,53474,6870,135871,46457,569,137426],"class_list":["post-1370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-exploration","category-event","category-job-searching","category-uncategorized","tag-advice","tag-career","tag-career-path","tag-events","tag-experience","tag-inspiration","tag-job-search","tag-jobs","tag-photos","tag-savvy-seniors","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"career","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/author\/career\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}