Explore UA Career-Ready Skills
Proactively develop oneself and one’s career through continual personal and professional learning, awareness of one’s strengths and weaknesses, navigation of career opportunities, and networking to build relationships within and without one’s organization.
- Show an awareness of one’s own strengths and areas for development.
- Identify areas for continual growth while pursuing and applying feedback.
- Develop plans and goals for one’s future career.
- Professionally advocate for oneself and others.
- Display curiosity; seek out opportunities to learn from those with similar and different lived experiences.
- Assume duties or positions that will help one progress professionally.
- Establish, maintain, and/or leverage relationships with people who can help one professionally.
- Seek and embrace development opportunities.
- Voluntarily participate in further education, training, or other events to support one’s career.
- Complete career assessments to identify strengths and areas for development
- Seek out opportunities to learn: Conduct career conversations or informational interviews, request feedback from supervisors and peers
- Network with alumni and friends of the university using LinkedIn
- Learn more about Career and Self-Development on LinkedIn Learning. Below are links to a few videos to help you get started.
- Join Offices of Career Connections on HogSync and participate in campus activities posted on HogSync that are tagged with an OCC career-ready skill to complete the U of A Career-Ready badge
Clearly and effectively exchange information, ideas, facts, and perspectives with people inside and outside of an organization.
- Understand the importance of and demonstrate verbal, written, and non-verbal/body language, abilities.
- Employ active listening, persuasion, and influencing skills.
- Communicate in a clear and organized manner so that others can effectively understand.
- Frame communication with respect to different learning styles, individual communication abilities, and cultural differences.
- Ask appropriate questions for specific information from supervisors, specialists, and others.
- Promptly inform relevant others when needing guidance with assigned tasks.
- Striving to consider all viewpoints impartially and without bias.
- Create and deliver a presentation for a class, organization, or group.
- Take a Public Speaking class.
- Learn more about Communication on LinkedIn Learning. Below are links to a few videos to help you get started.
- Write stories, blogs, papers, advertisements, or press releases.
- Proofread all online and written communication to avoid errors.
- Listen, listen, listen. Put away your cell phone and give full attention to who is talking.
- Join Offices of Career Connections on HogSync and participate in campus activities posted on HogSync that are tagged with an OCC career-ready skill to complete the U of A Career-Ready badge
Identify and respond to needs based upon an understanding of situational context and logical analysis of relevant information.
- Make decisions and solve problems using sound reasoning and judgment based on evidence.
- Gather and analyze information from an array of resources and individuals to fully understand a problem.
- Proactively anticipate needs and prioritize action steps.
- Summarize and interpret data accurately, while remaining humble and mindful of your limited perspective and the potential for errors that could influence outcomes.
- Effectively communicate actions and rationale, recognizing the unique perspectives and lived experiences of the intended audience.
- Multi-task well in a fast-paced environment.
- Activate your mind - read, play mind games or puzzles, journal, etc.
- Become a self-critic. Evaluate what you hear, what you read, and the decisions you make.
- Learn more about Critical Thinking on LinkedIn Learning. Below are links to a few videos to help you get started.
- Join a debate team.
- Get involved in undergraduate or graduate research or complete a project in class that requires you to solve a problem or analyze options.
- Join Offices of Career Connections on HogSync and participate in campus activities posted on HogSync that are tagged with an OCC career-ready skill to complete the U of A Career-Ready badge
Engage with people with different lived experiences & demonstrate flexibility, collaborative thinking and adaptability to create accessible practices in which everyone is included, valued and respected.
- Actively seek and integrate feedback from individuals who have varied lived experiences to inform decisions.
- Intentionally spend time examining your own perspectives and decision-making processes to deepen self-awareness and better understand one’s own decision making.
- Demonstrate curiosity and humility about different ideas and new ways of thinking, by being open to learning from others.
- Seek global cross-cultural interactions and experiences that enhance one’s understanding of people with different lived experiences and that lead to personal growth.
- Demonstrate flexibility by adapting to new and varied environments.
- Actively contribute to developing practices that thoughtfully support the needs of others.
- Work to actively develop an environment of belonging.
- Participate in a cultural student organization
- Participate in a Multicultural Center event
- Minor in cultural studies or a world language
- Study Abroad
- Use GoinGlobal to find job or internship opportunities in another country
- Become a Cross-Cultural Mentor
- Attend a cultural event or workshop that's outside of your own life experience
- Join Offices of Career Connections on HogSync and participate in campus activities posted on HogSync that are tagged with an OCC career-ready skill to complete the U of A Career-Ready badge
Recognize and capitalize on personal and team strengths to achieve organizational goals.
- Inspire, persuade, and motivate self and others under a shared vision.
- Seek out and leverage a wide scope of resources and feedback from others, to inform direction.
- Use innovative thinking to go beyond traditional methods.
- Willingness to consider new ideas and perspectives, even when they challenge one's own beliefs.
- Serve as a role model to others by approaching tasks with confidence and a positive attitude.
- Motivate and inspire others through encouragement and mutual trust.
- Plan, initiate, manage, complete and evaluate projects.
- Join a UA leadership development program such as Leadership Academy, or Lead Hogs.
- Take on a leadership role in an on-campus organization such as ASG.
- Learn more about Leadership on LinkedIn Learning. Below are links to a few videos to help you get started.
- Become an S.I. Leader, Conversation Club Leader, or Resident Assistant.
- Take the lead on a class project.
- Serve in leadership role in an internship, volunteer project, job, research project, or Greek Life committee.
- Join Offices of Career Connections on HogSync and participate in campus activities posted on HogSync that are tagged with an OCC career-ready skill to complete the U of A Career-Ready badge
Knowing work environments differ greatly, understanding and demonstrating effective work habits, and acting in the interest of the larger community and workplace.
- Act fairly with integrity and accountability to self, others, and the organization.
- Maintain a positive personal brand in alignment with organization and personal career values.
- Be present and engaged.
- Demonstrate preparedness and dependability (e.g., report consistently for work or meetings).
- Prioritize and complete tasks to accomplish organizational goals.
- Consistently meet or exceed goals and expectations.
- Pay attention to detail, resulting in few if any errors in their work.
- Avoid arrogance or overconfidence in one’s own abilities.
- Show a high level of dedication toward doing a good job.
- Be on time to every class, meeting, job, and commitment. Punctuality is key.
- Invest in professional workplace attire. Rent professional attire for free from Boss Hog Outfitters.
- Learn more about Professionalism on LinkedIn Learning. Below are links to a few videos to help you get started.
- Complete an internship to learn workplace culture and ethics in your industry.
- Take a UA course on ethics or professionalism.
- Take initiative on projects or tasks without being told.
- Join Offices of Career Connections on HogSync and participate in campus activities posted on HogSync that are tagged with an OCC career-ready skill to complete the U of A Career-Ready badge
Build and maintain collaborative relationships to work effectively toward common goals, while appreciating multiple viewpoints and shared responsibilities.
- Engage in active listening by attentively considering others' perspectives, reasoning, and emotions, asking relevant questions, and allowing them to speak without interruption.
- Effectively manage conflict, interact with and respect individual personalities and life experiences; meet ambiguity with resilience.
- Be accountable for individual and team responsibilities and deliverables.
- Employ personal strengths, knowledge, and talents to complement those of others.
- Exercise the ability to compromise and be agile.
- Recognizing the limits of one’s own knowledge and building teams that include multiple perspectives.
- Collaborate with others to achieve common goals.
- Build strong, positive working relationships with supervisor and team members/coworkers.
- Work with others on a class project, while in an internship, or during a volunteer effort where responsibility is shared.
- Join a student organization or team on campus where you can help achieve a common goal.
- Learn more about Teamwork on LinkedIn Learning. Below are links to a few videos to help you get started.
- Join a musical group or act in a play.
- Handle difficult conversations with respect.
- Ask offices on campus to collaborate with you to host an event.
- Join Offices of Career Connections on HogSync and participate in campus activities posted on HogSync that are tagged with an OCC career-ready skill to complete the U of A Career-Ready badge
Understand and leverage technologies ethically to enhance efficiency, complete tasks, and accomplish goals.
- Navigate change and be open to learning new technologies.
- Use technology to improve efficiency and productivity of their work.
- Identify appropriate technology for completing specific tasks.
- Manage technology to integrate information to support relevant, effective, and timely decision-making.
- Quickly adapt to new or unfamiliar technologies.
- Manipulate information, construct ideas, and use technology to achieve strategic goals.
- Take a UA technology course through Global Campus.
- Learn more about Technology on LinkedIn Learning. Below are links to a few videos to help you get started.
- Learn technology or software through a class or research project.
- Complete training in industry programs or software through an internship or volunteer opportunity.
- Join Offices of Career Connections on HogSync and participate in campus activities posted on HogSync that are tagged with an OCC career-ready skill to complete the U of A Career-Ready badge
