职业准备4年计划

全国大学协会 & Employers (NACE) defines career readiness as the demonstration of 8 core competencies that broadly prepare the college-educated for success in the workplace and lifelong career management.

At Alfred University, undergraduate students can use this 4-year plan to get career-ready. You can start anytime, but it’s best to work on your career readiness early and often. Career counselors and advisors at the 职业发展中心 are ready to work with you! 使用以下方式预约 Handshake.


Proactively develop oneself and one’s career through continual personal and professional learning, 对自己的长处和短处的认识, navigation of career opportunities and networking to build relationships within and without one’s organization.

Sample Behaviors

  • 展示自己的优势和发展空间.
  • Identify areas for continual growth while pursuing and applying feedback.
  • 为自己未来的职业生涯制定计划和目标.
  • 在专业上为自己和他人辩护.
  • Display curiosity; seek out opportunities to learn.
  • Assume duties or positions that will help one progress professionally.
  • Establish, maintain, and/or leverage relationships with people who can help one professionally.
  • 寻求和拥抱发展机遇.
  • Voluntarily participate in further education, training, or other events to support one’s career.

Year 1

  • 与职业顾问会面
  • 做一个职业评估

Year 2

  • 寻找实习、合作或暑期工作经验

Year 3

  • 申请APEX资助
  • Take a professional development course like Career and Professional Success
  • Attend a graduate school fair, research program options or take a practice exam

Year 4

  • 加入一个专业组织
  • 讨论薪资和福利谈判

清晰有效地交换信息, ideas, facts, and perspectives with persons inside and outside of an organization.

Sample Behaviors
  • 理解并展示语言的重要性, written, 非语言/肢体语言, abilities.
  • 运用积极的倾听、说服和影响技巧.
  • Communicate in a clear and organized manner so that others can effectively understand.
  • 考虑到学习方式的多样性, 不同的个人沟通能力, 文化差异.
  • Ask appropriate questions for specific information from supervisors, specialists, and others.
  • Promptly inform relevant others when needing guidance with assigned tasks.

Year 1

  • 完善或更新你的简历

Year 2

  • 学会写有效的专业信函
  • 进行信息采访

Year 3

  • 完成一次面试练习
  • 参加社交活动

Year 4

  • 在模拟面试周磨练你的技能

Each Year

  • 保持专业文件的更新
  • 发展个人品牌和电梯演讲

Identify and respond to needs based upon an understanding of situational context and logical analysis of relevant information.

Sample Behaviors
  • Make decisions and solve problems using sound, inclusive reasoning and judgment.
  • Gather and analyze information from a diverse set of sources and individuals to fully understand a problem.
  • 主动预测需求并确定行动步骤的优先级.
  • Accurately summarize and interpret data with an awareness of personal biases that may impact outcomes.
  • 有效地沟通行动和基本原理, recognizing the diverse perspectives and lived experiences of stakeholders.
  • 能在快节奏的环境中同时处理多项任务.

Year 1

  • Explore interests and values; set career goals

Year 2

  • 参与研究和创造机会

Year 3

  • 展示一张海报或项目

Year 4

  • List research, projects, presentations and creative work on your resume

表现出意识, attitude, knowledge, and skills required to equitably engage and include people from different local and global cultures. 参与积极挑战现行制度的反种族主义活动, structures, 以及种族主义政策.

Sample Behaviors
  • Solicit and use feedback from multiple cultural perspectives to make inclusive and equity-minded decisions.
  • Actively contribute to inclusive and 公平的做法 that influence individual and systemic change.
  • 提倡包容, 公平的做法, justice, 为历史上被边缘化的社区赋予权力.
  • Seek global cross-cultural interactions and experiences that enhance one’s understanding of people from different demographic groups and that leads to personal growth.
  • 对不同的想法和新的思维方式保持开放的心态.
  • Identify resources and eliminate barriers resulting from individual and systemic racism, inequities, and biases.
  • 通过适应不同的环境来展示灵活性.
  • Address systems of privilege that limit opportunities for members of historically marginalized communities.

Each Year

  • Attend cultural events, visiting speakers and Institute for Cultural Unity programs

Any Year

  • 参加社会公正研究课程
  • 出国留学或实习

Recognize and capitalize on personal and team strengths to achieve organizational goals.

Sample Behaviors
  • Inspire, persuade, and motivate self and others under a shared vision.
  • Seek out and leverage diverse resources and feedback from others to inform direction.
  • 用创新思维超越传统方法.
  • Serve as a role model to others by approaching tasks with confidence and a positive attitude.
  • Motivate and inspire others by encouraging them and by building mutual trust.
  • 计划,启动,管理,完成和评估项目.

Year 1

  • 参加贾德森领导力中心的课程和工作坊

Year 2

  • 申请女子领导学院(不限性别)

Year 3

  • 在校园社团、组织或团队中担任领导角色

Year 4

  • 在简历中加入领导和服务经验

Any Year

  • Take service learning/leadership courses
  • Give back: volunteer, register, vote and participate in community events

了解不同的工作环境, 理解并展示有效的工作习惯, 并为更大的社区和工作场所的利益而行动.

Sample Behaviors
  • Act equitably with integrity and accountability to self, others, and the organization.
  • Maintain a positive personal brand in alignment with organization and personal career values.
  • 出席并做好准备.
  • 证明可靠性(e).g.,工作或会议报告一致).
  • 优先考虑并完成任务以实现组织目标.
  • 始终如一地达到或超越目标和期望.
  • Have an attention to detail, resulting in few if any errors in their work.
  • 对做好工作表现出高度的奉献精神.

Each Year

  • 参加社交活动或招聘会

Any Year

  • 完成一段应用学习经历
  • 参加礼仪晚宴
  • Visit Cheryl’s Closet for free professional clothing and accessories

Build and maintain collaborative relationships to work effectively toward common goals, 同时欣赏不同的观点和共同的责任.

Sample Behaviors
  • 仔细倾听他人, taking time to understand and ask appropriate questions without interrupting.
  • 有效管理冲突, 与不同的人互动并尊重他们, 用韧性面对模棱两可.
  • Be accountable for individual and team responsibilities and deliverables.
  • Employ personal strengths, knowledge, and talents to complement those of others.
  • 锻炼妥协和灵活的能力.
  • 与他人合作实现共同目标.
  • Build strong, positive working relationships with supervisor and team members/coworkers.

Year 1

  • 参加校园俱乐部、团队或社区组织

Year 2

  • 完成一个小组或服务项目
  • 寻求合作机会

Year 3

  • 参加研讨会或会议

Year 4

  • Highlight teamwork experience and skills on your resume and in interviews

Understand and leverage technologies ethically to enhance efficiencies, complete tasks, 完成目标.

Sample Behaviors
  • 驾驭变化,开放学习新技术.
  • Use technology to improve efficiency and productivity of their work.
  • 确定完成特定任务的适当技术.
  • 管理技术以整合信息以支持相关工作, effective, 及时决策.
  • 快速适应新的或不熟悉的技术.
  • Manipulate information, construct ideas, and use technology to achieve strategic goals.

Year 1

  • 设置握手配置文件

Year 2

  • 创建你的LinkedIn个人资料

Year 3

  • 建立网站或作品集(艺术职业)

Year 4

  • Update LinkedIn & 其他专业社交媒体账号

Each Year

  • 添加软件技能和/或证书