Career Building Workshop – Global Resumes

Event: Career Building Workshop – Global Resumes

Date: February 6, 2020, at Hagerty Hall

The Career Building Workshop at Hagerty Hall presented by Stephanie Ford was very much like the East Asian Language Skills and Global Competencies workshop I attended in the past. The workshop focused instead on language majors and how to communicate language and intercultural competencies through a resume and instead was a more general workshop pertaining to resumes. The presentation allowed us to learn how to communicate relevant skills as well as tips for polishing resumes to become more professionally acceptable for people seeking employment in a global environment. One thing that really stuck out to me from the presentation was the information on how to touch upon various types of skills that employers in our future target jobs would screen for. They broke down skills into three categories, specialized, adaptive, and career readiness competencies. Specialized skills are essentially “tools of the trade,” and relate to a general knowledge of industry regulations. Adaptive skills are those that pertain to self-management skills and personal traits, such as being energetic, diplomatic, and/or flexible. Career readiness competencies relate to the skills needed to succeed in most work environments, like leadership, teamwork, and problem-solving.

A major resource that was pointed out in the workshop was a database called GoinGlobal, which features country-specific resumes. This relates to international affairs in a major way, especially for those who are wanting to work in foreign countries and need help formatting their resumes to fit the professional standards of said country. I think this will be an incredibly useful resource for me in the future as I work towards my degree in Korean and future career goals in Korea and other countries.

 

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