Communication

Career Readiness Icons Communication

  • Able to articulate thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively in written and verbal communications.
  • Confident in public speaking skills, able to express ideas to others, and can write/edit memos, letters, and complex reports clearly and effectively.

Interprofessional Teamwork

  • Exercises sound reasoning to analyze issues, make decisions, and overcome problems.
  • Obtains, interprets, and uses knowledge, facts, and data in this process, and may demonstrate originality and inventiveness.
  • Able to generate new ideas and creative thoughts.

Leadership

  • Demonstrates personal accountability and effective work habits, e.g., punctuality, working productively with others, and time workload management, and understands the impact of non-verbal communication on professional work image.
  • Strong commitment to integrity and ethical behavior, acts responsibly with the interests of the larger community in mind, and is able to learn from his/her mistakes.
  • Leverages the strengths of others to achieve common goals and use interpersonal skills to coach and develop others.
  • Able to assess and manage his/her emotions and those of others, use empathetic skills to guide and motivate, and organize, prioritize, and delegate work.

Problem Solving

  • Exercises sound reasoning to analyze issues, make decisions, and overcome problems.
  • Obtains, interprets, and uses knowledge, facts, and data in this process, and may demonstrate originality and inventiveness.
  • Able to generate new ideas and creative thoughts.

Resiliency

  • Adapts well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or significant sources of stress.
  • Adept at mentally and emotionally managing crisis situations and able to quickly “bounce back” from difficult experiences such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems, academic difficulties and/or financial stressors.