Career Readiness
This document summarizes your education, skills, and work experience for employers.
What is a resume?
The act of building relationships with professionals to exchange information and opportunities.
What is networking?
This advanced degree typically follows a bachelor’s degree and usually takes 1–2 years.
What is a master’s degree?
A more experienced professional who provides guidance and advice to someone less experienced.
What is a mentor?
The ability to clearly express ideas verbally and in writing.
What is communication?
Employers often ask this type of question to learn how you handled situations in the past, often starting with “Tell me about a time when…”
What is a behavioral interview question?
This online platform is commonly used for professional networking and job searching.
What is LinkedIn?
Many graduate programs require this standardized exam for admission to programs outside of law or medicine.
P.S: After COVID this requirement depends on the school.
What is the GRE?
This person receiving guidance and support from a mentor is called this.
What is a mentee?
Working effectively with others to accomplish a shared goal.
What is teamwork?
This interview technique helps structure answers by discussing the Situation, Task, Action, and Result.
What is the STAR method?
These events allow professionals and students to meet employers and learn about opportunities.
What are job/career fairs or networking event?
Professors or employers may write these to support your graduate school application.
P.S: Personally ask your professor for it.
What are letters of recommendation?
Regular meetings, clear goals, and open communication are key parts of this type of professional relationship.
What is a mentoring relationship?
The ability to analyze a situation and develop effective solutions.
What is problem-solving or critical thinking?
Career advisors often warn candidates against this resume bias where individuals overestimate their abilities because they lack the experience to accurately evaluate their own competence.
What is the Dunning–Kruger Effect?
After meeting a professional contact, sending this message helps maintain the relationship
P.S: Most people don't actually do this
What is a follow-up email/message?
Many HR professionals pursue this globally recognized graduate degree specifically focused on business leadership and organizational management.
What is an MBA (Master of Business Administration)?
This form of career support differs from mentorship because the senior leader actively advocates for the protege’s advancement and visibility within the organization, sometimes paid.
What is sponsorship?
Psychologist Carol Dweck popularized this mindset describing the belief that intelligence and abilities can be developed through effort and learning.
What is a growth mindset?
This career development framework proposed by John Holland groups careers and personalities into six types, often remembered by the acronym RIASEC.
What is the Holland Code (RIASEC model)?
This sociological concept describes individuals who connect otherwise separate professional groups, often gaining unique access to information and opportunities.
What is a structural hole (or brokerage in networks)?
This funding opportunity often covers tuition and provides a stipend in exchange for teaching or research work.
What is a graduate assistantship?
This concept in mentoring describes the network of mentors, sponsors, and advisors that collectively support a person’s career development.
What is a developmental network?
This leadership framework developed by Ronald Heifetz focuses on helping organizations adapt and solve complex challenges rather than applying technical fixes.
What is adaptive leadership?