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Working a Career Fair

Competencies that Build Career Success

What are Competencies?

How Are Competencies Used?

Iceberg Model of Competencies

Sample of Competencies Employers Seek

Definitions of Some Specific Competencies

Importance of Competencies

Competency Exercise

Par Exercise

Emotional Competencies

How to Develop

Next Steps

Bibliography & Web Sites

Company Research

Creating an Effective CV

Jump Start Your Job Search

Self-Assessment

Applying to Graduate School

Winning Interview Techniques

Navigating the Job & Internship Market

Negotiating Your Future

Networking 101

Online Search Strategies

Competencies That Build Ccareer Success

Competency Bibliography and Websites

Competency Bibliography

Dalton, Gene W., and Thompson, Paul H., Novations: Strategies for Career Management, Glenview, IL, Scott, Foresman & Co., 1986 [Dewey Library HD58.7.D35]

Gardner, Howard, Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, New York, New York, Basic Books, 1983

Goleman, Daniel, PhD, Working with Emotional Intelligence, New York, New York, Bantam Books, 1998.

Handy, Charles, "A Proper Education" (from the book, The Hungry Spirit), Change: The Magazine for Higher Learning, Sept./Oct. 1998 pp. 13 - 19.

Spencer, Lyle M., Jr., PhD, and Spencer, Signe M., Competence at Work: Models for Superior Performance, New York, New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1993 [Dewey Library HF5549.5.A78.S67]

Web Sites on Competencies

Emotional Competence Framework (This generic competence framework distills findings from many sources including several corporations, and the work of Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.)

Testing Your Career Competencies (assess your job readiness)

MIT Information Systems Department's Technical Competencies Assessment web site provides an example of how competencies can be used for performance evaluation and staff development.

Web site on Behavioral (Competency-Based) Interviews gives examples of interview questions that probe for competencies.

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