COMPETENCY TYPES
These are foundational skills needed in virtually every professional role, including communication and teamwork.
What are CORE competencies?
This academic activity most directly mirrors real-world team dynamics by requiring collaboration toward shared goals.
What are GROUP PROJECTS?
This type of language begins a resume bullet with words like "led," "developed," "analyzed," or "designed."
What is an ACTION VERB?
This is the first of three columns in the Competency Mapping Worksheet.
What is ACADEMIC ACTIVITY?
This is the term for skills, behaviors, and knowledge that enable individuals to perform tasks effectively in professional settings.
What are PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES?
These job-specific skills vary by industry — a nurse's clinical documentation skill is an example
What are FUNCTIONAL competencies?
This academic activity cultivates skills in analytical reasoning, evidence-based argumentation, and data interpretation.
What are RESEARCH PAPERS?
This professional language strategy adds team sizes, page counts, time frames, and rankings to a resume bullet.
What is QUANTIFYING RESULTS?
This is the second column of the Competency Mapping Worksheet — it names the skill the activity built.
What is PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCY?
This academic activity builds communication, organizational skills, and audience adaptation — described with the resume bullet "Designed and delivered a 15-minute multimedia presentation on renewable energy policy."
What are PRESENTATIONS?
This type of competency includes strategic thinking, decision-making, and motivating others.
What are LEADERSHIP competencies?
This academic experience provides the most direct exposure to real-world professional environments, including professional etiquette and industry-specific software.
What are INTERNSHIPS?
Instead of "Wrote a report on climate change," this strategy produces: "Researched and authored a 10-page report on climate change impacts in coastal cities, earning top marks."
What is FOCUSING ON OUTCOMES?
This is the third and final column of the Competency Mapping Worksheet.
What is RESUME/INTERVIEW LANGUAGE?
Name the FOUR academic experiences discussed in Lesson 1 that build professional competencies.
What are GROUP PROJECTS, PRESENTATIONS, RESEARCH PAPERS, and INTERNSHIPS?
Name all THREE types of professional competencies covered in Lesson 1.
What are CORE, FUNCTIONAL, and LEADERSHIP competencies?
Name the FOUR competencies that group projects specifically build, as stated in the lecture.
What are COMMUNICATION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, COLLABORATION, and ACCOUNTABILITY?
This final professional language strategy involves matching your resume language to keywords and priorities in the job posting.
What is TAILORING TO THE JOB?
A student who wrote a research paper on urban planning uses this as their Resume/Interview Language column entry in the lecture example.
What is "Analyzed demographic data and urban development trends to propose sustainable city planning solutions in a 15-page report"?
The primary purpose of identifying professional competencies from academic experiences, as stated in the Lesson 1 Knowledge Check.
What is TO DEMONSTRATE JOB READINESS AND INCREASE COMPETITIVENESS IN THE WORKFORCE?
This is how professional competencies benefit employers beyond the initial hiring decision — they also serve these two functions.
What are MANAGING PERFORMANCE and INFORMING PROMOTION DECISIONS?
The resume bullet from the lecture that demonstrates competencies built through a group project, including team size, project scope, and audience.
What is "Led a team of five students in a semester-long marketing campaign project, coordinating efforts and presenting results to a faculty panel"?
Name all FOUR professional language strategies for translating academic work discussed in Lesson 1.
What are: (1) Use strong action verbs, (2) Quantify results, (3) Focus on outcomes, (4) Tailor to the job?
Explain the purpose and three-column structure of the Competency Mapping Worksheet as described in the lecture.
What is: A tool to document academic experiences by matching them to professional competencies and translating them into resume/interview language, using three columns: Academic Activity | Professional Competency | Resume/Interview Language?
This is how effective professional language in a resume, as described in the lecture, builds trust with hiring managers by demonstrating two specific qualities.
What are CREDIBILITY and PROFESSIONAL IMPACT?