The most Important Job Skill

Think about all you have been learning on this job.  In preparation for our field trip to the Career Center, discuss what you have learned on the job and how you could sell your qualities and skills to a future employer.  What will you include on your resume about this position to sell yourself for a job after college. After you write your description, find some article, video, or other electronic tidbit to illustrate one of the things you have learned from being on this job.

            The world is inhabited by 7.1 billion people. Regardless of your field, position, or job you will be interacting with a portion of these people. Furthermore, more times than not that portion of people will include a large discrepancy between communication styles. As the Program Assistant for the College of Business and Economics Residential College I've become the line of communication between students and resources they need around campus; in doing so, I become increasingly proficient in communication with other people from multiple groups. This is a lifelong skill, that needs to be worked on consistently. The Program Assistant position has kick started me through the first steps of a lifelong improvement cycle. Brian Tracy, an entrepreneur, public speaker and foremost expert on business communication sees communication as, “skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life.” After this first semester alone, I can see the drastic improvement in my communication, in just about every aspect. I can articulate my words more efficiently, I have a deeper understanding of my own non-verbal’s and how they make others feel and I have gained insight on how to motivate, support and lead my peers. The experience and knowledge I have pulled from this position have no price tag. These skills will assist me now and as I improve on them for the rest of my professional career.

http://www.coursepark.com/blog/2011/01/top-10-skills-employers-are-looking-for/

A brief article that outlines the top ten most desired traits in employees. Yep, you guessed it, communication is #1.