2. • You have plenty of them! You just might not realize it…
• Most people get hung up on „marketable‟ or technical
skills
• Transferable skills are just as valuable and come from a
variety of places and experiences including GE classes
• Transferable skills allow you to succeed
Skills
3. • Pick a partner to work with
• Spend 10 minutes interviewing that person to figure out what
their transferable skills are
• Questions to ask:
• What activities over the last month required demonstration of a
skill—any skill?
• What activities at home required use of a skill?
• What activities at work required use of a skill?
• What activities at school required use of a skill?
• What activities with friends/family during leisure time required
use of a skill?
Exercise
4. • Is your future professional life a matter of planning or
chance?
• How to ensure it‟s the former not the latter?
• Arm yourself with information and plan!
Work and Career
Planning
6. • Imagine
• Create a definition of success
• Look “back” on a successful career
• Describe your career in detail
• List the careers that interest you most
Brainstorming Career
Options
7. • Timeline
• Chart
• List
• Priorities
• Whatever works for you; Make a mental picture of the
steps you‟ll need to follow in order to be successful in the
career chosen
Plan!
8. • Graduate top of class in a major that will help me with both
qualitative and quantitative thinking
• Do well on LSAT
• Get admitted to a top tier law school with a scholarship
• Get on law review and graduate in top 10% of class
• Work in a law firm briefly in order to gain corporate
experience
• Continue education in order to develop soft, transferable skills
(communication, critical thinking, problem solving)
• Get hired by major media/technology company with stock
options and future high-growth model
• Work for 15-20 years and retire
Example
9. • Career placement office counseling (talk to someone!)
• Take an assessment (Good ones like Career Liftoff cost
money)
• Explore websites like ONet (http://www.onetonline.org/)
• Internships
• Service learning
Self-Discovery Steps
