Co-Curricular Transcript
Document your experiences on your Co-Curricular Transcript to make yourself more marketable to employers and graduate schools and utilize this tool to manage your leadership Development. You should identify the skills you are learning from your participation in co-curricular involvement.
Employers are looking for individuals with demonstrated ability to lead and work cooperatively in a team environment through project teams and collaborative partnership environments.
"The number one reason people lose their first real job is not a lack of technical skills, it is because they can’t get along with other people." National Job Service
"Communication skills and working in a team were listed as abilities that were missing in newly graduated students." National Alliance of Business
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS SURVEY *University of Minnesota - Duluth
"Employers very consistently cite the following as important. Good communication skills are first, both verbal and written. Honesty and integrity are second, teamwork skills are third, interpersonal skills fourth and a strong work ethic fifth. Employers are looking for people who can work together, which is one reason communication is the top skill, year in and year out. They look for all the getting-along skills." National Association of Colleges and Employers as reported in the New York Times on 8-4-02
"Surveys of employers put work ethic, communications, information gathering and people skills at the top of the list, followed by analytical and problem solving skills. These capabilities apply across all fields." Syracuse University
