Are You Career Ready?

Sample Behaviors

• Show an awareness of own strengths and areas for development.
• Identify areas for continual growth while pursuing and applying feedback.
• Develop plans and goals for one’s future career.
• Professionally advocate for oneself and others.
• 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.
• Seek and embrace development opportunities.
• Voluntarily participate in further education, training, or other events to support one’s career.

Becoming Career-Ready at Pitt-Greensburg

• Take an interest inventory or career-related assessment to determine how interests can translate into career options
• Shadow or do an informational interview
• Gain experience in your major (e.g., internship, volunteer work, research, student teaching, part-time job)

Sample Behaviors

• Understand the importance of and demonstrate verbal, written, and non-verbal/body language, abilities.
• Employ active listening, persuasion, and influencing skills.
• Communicate in a clear and organized manner so that others can effectively understand.
• Frame communication with respect to diversity of learning styles, varied individual communication abilities, and cultural differences.
• Ask appropriate questions for specific information from supervisors, specialists, and others.
• Promptly inform relevant others when needing guidance with assigned tasks.

Becoming Career-Ready at Pitt-Greensburg

• Public Speaking Class
• Capstone (Written Component & Presentation)
• Comp and Business Writing (English-related) classes
• Completing an internship or experiential learning opportunity to enhance your professional skills and gain practical experience in your field of study
• Clubs/Organizations: The Insider, Pendulum, Creative Writing Club, Lambda Pi Eta

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.
• Proactively anticipate needs and prioritize action steps.
• Accurately summarize and interpret data with an awareness of personal biases that may impact outcomes.
• Effectively communicate actions and rationale, recognizing the diverse perspectives and lived experiences of stakeholders.
• Multi-task well in a fast-paced environment.

Becoming Career-Ready at Pitt-Greensburg

• Research/Capstone Projects
• Volunteer or Intern with the Center for Applied Research
• Decision Making with Excel
• Ethics/Philosophy Classes
• Laboratories

Sample Behaviors

• Solicit and use feedback from multiple cultural perspectives to make inclusive and equity-minded decisions.
• Actively contribute to inclusive and equitable practices that influence individual and systemic change.
• Advocate for inclusion, equitable practices, justice, and empowerment for historically marginalized communities.
• Seek global cross-cultural interactions and experiences that enhance one’s understanding of people from different demographic groups and that leads to personal growth.
• Keep an open mind to diverse ideas and new ways of thinking.
• Identify resources and eliminate barriers resulting from individual and systemic racism, inequities, and biases.
• Demonstrate flexibility by adapting to diverse environments.
• Address systems of privilege that limit opportunities for members of historically marginalized communities.

Becoming Career-Ready at Pitt-Greensburg

• Allies Training
• Study Abroad
• International Student Mentor
• Greensburg Experience More (GEM)
• Foreign Language Class
• Clubs/Organizations: Diversity Student Coalition, Gender & Sexuality Club, Spanish Club, Christian Fellowship, Active Minds

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.
• Use innovative thinking to go beyond traditional methods.
• 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.
• Plan, initiate, manage, complete and evaluate projects.

Becoming Career-Ready at Pitt-Greensburg

• Greensburg Experience More (GEM) program
• Emerging Leaders
• ROTC
• Military Science Courses
• Leadership/Officer Role in a Student Organization
• Leadership Conference - Fall Semester
• Commuter Mentor
• Community Assistant
• Athletics/Intramurals
• Student Government Association

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.
• Be present and prepared.
• Demonstrate dependability (e.g., report consistently for work or meetings).
• Prioritize and complete tasks to accomplish organizational goals.
• Consistently meet or exceed goals and expectations.
• Have an attention to detail, resulting in few if any errors in their work.
• Show a high level of dedication toward doing a good job.

Becoming Career-Ready at Pitt-Greensburg

• Professional Impressions career event
• Complete a mock interview
• Research/Teaching Assistant
• Volunteer CFAR
• ROTC
• Complete an internship, volunteer experience, or employment opportunity adhering to the company or organization guidelines.

Sample Behaviors

• Listen carefully to others, taking time to understand and ask appropriate questions without interrupting.
• Effectively manage conflict, interact with and respect diverse personalities, and meet ambiguity with resilience.
• Be accountable for individual and team responsibilities and deliverables.
• Employ personal strengths, knowledge, and talents to complement those of others.
• Exercise the ability to compromise and be agile.
• Collaborate with others to achieve common goals.
• Build strong, positive working relationships with supervisor and team members/coworkers.

Becoming Career-Ready at Pitt-Greensburg

• Sports or Intramural Opportunities
• Class Group Projects
• Active Roles in Student Organizations
• Capstone (collaborative project)
• Theater
• Laboratories

Sample Behaviors

• Navigate change and be open to learning new technologies.
• Use technology to improve efficiency and productivity of their work.
• Identify appropriate technology for completing specific tasks.
• Manage technology to integrate information to support relevant, effective, and timely decision-making.
• Quickly adapt to new or unfamiliar technologies.
• Manipulate information, construct ideas, and use technology to achieve strategic goals.

Sample Behaviors

• Digital Studies course
• IT-related course
• Internships such as Video Production or Sports Information
• Club Leadership/Involvement: Digital Advertising