College\r\ncan be the absolute best years of a person’s life; full of fun, freedom and\r\nmeaningful learning that helps you on the way to getting the career that you\r\nhave always dreamed of. However, suddenly leaving the comfort zone of college\r\nand being thrust in to the big wide world can often be a daunting and scary\r\ntime for new graduates.Though\r\nthey may be equipped for certain niche careers, they also need to have learnt\r\nand know how to apply a number of important practical life skills in order to\r\nbe able to fully embrace and adjust to this new, fully-adult life.
"},"body":{"body":"College can be the absolute best years of a person’s\r\nlife; full of fun, freedom and meaningful learning that helps you on the way to\r\ngetting the career that you have always dreamed of. However, suddenly leaving\r\nthe comfort zone of college and being thrust in to the big wide world can often\r\nbe a daunting and scary time for new graduates. Though they may be equipped for\r\ncertain niche careers, they also need to have learnt and know how to apply a\r\nnumber of important practical life skills in order to be able to fully embrace\r\nand adjust to this new, fully-adult life. To help any graduate along, here are\r\nseven skills that everybody should have mastered before they leave college.
1. Time\r\nManagement
While at college, if you happened to oversleep and\r\nmiss a class, the worst that can happen is that you have to make up for the\r\nmissed learning another time. This isn’t the case in the working world, and if\r\nyou are late to your job then the likelihood is that you are going to be out of\r\nwork pretty quickly! In the last year of your college experience, make the\r\nserious effort to never be late for appointments; it will stand you in good\r\nstead for the transition.
2. Critical\r\nThinking
Gaining a grasp of critical thinking allows you to be\r\nmore creative in both the way that you learn and the way that you tackle\r\ndifferent problems in life. You never know what your life after graduation is\r\ngoing to throw at you, so consider taking a few philosophy classes to help open\r\nup your mind and be able to use more logic, more reason and see from more than\r\none perspective.
3. Public\r\nSpeaking
The idea of public speaking can be a seriously\r\ndaunting one for the shy students among us, but the more you work on your\r\n‘voice’ while in the comfort zone of college, the more confident and successful\r\nyou will be when it comes to applying this skill in the real world. Perhaps you\r\nhave a go at a few debate classes before you graduate. It will give you heaps\r\nof experience and momentum for occasions like important job interviews.
4. Research
No matter what major you are studying, there will\r\nalways be an element of research in your learning process. Fine tuning these\r\nresearch skills is a really important and distinguishing feature to be able to\r\nboast after you graduate, as a good research mind will always have a plan B for\r\na situation and will know how to begin tackling almost any problem.
5. Software\r\nSkills
It is a sign of the times that computer and software\r\nskills are more important to have than ever before. Almost all good graduate\r\njobs these days will involve a considerable amount of computer and online work,\r\nso the more proficient you are in these areas from the get go, the more\r\nsuccessful and fast moving your career will probably be.
6. Business\r\nWriting
Business writing or formal writing, is essential in\r\nthe post graduation phase, as you will probably be spending most of your time\r\ncomposing job applications and personal statements to various companies. The\r\nmore impressive your writing is, the more chance you will have at being noticed\r\nand asked for an interview.
7. Teamwork
Though you may have been able to get through college\r\nkeeping yourself to yourself and burying your head in your books, mastering\r\nteamwork is going to be an integral part of succeeding in the real world. The\r\nmajority of careers involve interaction and collaboration with others, and you\r\ncould be the smartest person in the room, but if your attitude remains somewhat\r\nselfish with regards to work, you will struggle to succeed.
"},"authorName":"Linda Craig","authorBio":{"authorBio":"Linda Craig is an editor at AssignmentMasters. She is also pursuing a scientific career and currently writing a dissertation on Problems of Post Graduate transition to career life."},"publishedOn":"2015-12-09T11:04:06.237Z"}},"pageContext":{"id":"ed6b47da-fbd9-5a24-b953-33f908502218"}}, "staticQueryHashes": []}