Counseling and Career Center

How to make the most of your degree (Career Enhancement Skills)

Bachelor's Degree - The beginning requirement for most professional employment or professional service opportunities. This gives you a broad liberal education and a specific specialization in a major and/or minor or selected electives. But, you will need more.

Basic Knowledge - Your General and Religious Education and your major will help you gain excellent skills in these areas. Take advantage of your General Education requirements!

• good math skills
• excellent writing skills
• oral communication
• interpersonal competence
• problem-solving abilities
• critical thinking skills
• high moral and ethical standards

Work Experience (Any experience or even better, work experience more specific to what you want to do professionally.)

• part-time or full-time work, summer work, volunteer work, etc.

Foreign Languages

• speak, read, and/or write

Computing and Information Skills (N-179 ESC, (801) 422-6270 )

• computer literacy which includes word processing, spreadsheet skills and INTERNET experience

Extra-Curricular/Leadership Experience (3400 WSC, (801) 422-3901

• church
• volunteer
• student government
• community
• other

Internships/Co-op (3215A WSC, (801) 422-3337)

International Experience (204 HRCB, (801) 422-3686 and (801) 422-6192)

• study abroad
• international internships

Knowledge of Employers (Contact BYU Career Placement Services, 2410 WSC, (801) 422-3000, for information about companies, corporations, and organizations.)

The Ability to Sell Yourself to Prospective Employers

• confidence
• people skills/ interviewing skills/networking ability
• knowledge of employers
• ability to help employers see how your experience fits with what they need
• résumé and cover letter
• letters of recommendation
• informational interviews, etc.