Transferrable skills

Situation or Experience---------------- Skills Acquired

• Experiment fails, and you keep trying until you find something that works---------------- perseverance, diligence, trouble-shooting, problem-solving shooting, problem-solving

• You work with labmates or collaborators to accomplish a research goal-------------------------- team-work, collaboration

• You balance classes, teaching, and research -------------------time management, multi-tasking

• You've got multiple experiments running at once ------- multi-tasking, organizational skills, time management

• You need a tool that is expernsive, but instead you rig something up that works just as well creativity, cleverness, resourcefulness

• , You mentor an undergrad or younger grad student ------------mentoring skills, leadership management

• public speaking, presentation skills, You give presentations at group meetings, conferences, research symposia-------------------communications

• You write and edit a journal article, or grant proposal-----------writing skills, communications

• You edit and offer feedback on a lab mate's journal article draft---------------writing, editing, critical thinking

• You had a question and you sought out a professor- or expert in the field for advice------------------inquisitiveness, resourcefulness,curiosity

• You perform a literature search on a new research topic--------------research, information gathering event planning, team work,

• You help organize or participate in a science outreach event-------------------organizational skills, leadership

• You acquire a truck-load of data and then spend weeks analyzing the data and drawing conclusions-----------------data analysis, critical thinking

• You attend a meeting where you devise a plan for future research-------------strategic planning, team work, endeavors with your colleagues collaboration

• You met a researcher from another university and discussed potential research collaborations--------------networking, collaboration, idea generation, creativity

• Someone did something that really ticked you off, but you handled it in a professional and mature way

• You were tempted to throw in the towel but you kept at it---------------people skills, team work, communication, professionalism perseverance, diligence

• You were tempted to throw in the towel and left grad school because it wasn't what you wanted and needed ---------------confidence, self-awareness, exploration

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http://cenblog.org/just-another-electron-pusher/2011/04/the-beauty-of-transferrable-skills-how-grad-school-prepares-you-for-careers-off-the-beaten-path/

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