As a recruiter who works in the Bay Area near San Francisco California, I interview people for jobs all the time. I've also been a manager at some very prestigious companies such as, Apple, WebTV, and Microsoft. I have seen firsthand how ill prepared young people are who come into the workplace. PhD's from Berkeley, MIT and Stanford and MBAs from Harvard are some of the smartest people around, yet some of them can't communicate their ideas or know how to manage their time!
10 Things Employers Want You To Learn In College is a wonderful book with a list of skills that you need to be successful in your career.
I'm realistic. I doubt if you will actually buy this book or take the time to check it out at the library. So I'm going to give it to you in bits and pieces and hope you think about these things as you're working on your career plan. But I do hope you get this book and use it as a guide and reference. If you do learn these skills, you will have a much better chance of getting the jobs you want and moving more quickly on your career path than someone who has the same academic background as you. In fact, I'll put myself out on a limb here by saying that , if you embrace and utilize these skills, you will probably impress your co-workers and bosses enough that you may surpass your colleagues who match your academic achievements. Think about it!
Here are the 10 Skills Groups:
More to follow on each of these groups.
