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Have you held a part-time job, internship, or assistantship where you learned something new? held key responsibilities? managed people, resources, time? Consider the value of this work experience to your future employer. Use the Guiding Questions listed below or in the Experiences and Skills overview to help you write your jobs/internships reflections.
When listing each job, remember to include the following:
Name of organization or company
Dates when you worked
Your position
List or description of responsibilities
Name and title of supervisor, including contact information
Tip:
Use consistent formatting for all of the list information.
Guiding Questions:
Guiding Questions:
What have you learned from your work at XYZ that your prospective employer would value?
How is your work ethic demonstrated through this job? (Consider how you balance school, activities, and a job. How do you manage your time and responsibilities?)
What have you learned about communication in different workplace contexts? How has your job required you to communicate differently with your peers and supervisors(s)?
When or how have you needed to learn something new (information or skill) to do your job well? Was this skill or information provided through training or did you have to teach yourself?
When and how have you worked as a member of a team? Did you lead, follow, encourage, direct, facilitate?
Did anything change at your workplace resulting from your contribution? How? Be specific.
When or how have you had to respond to conflict on the job (conflicts with people, time, resources, expectations, etc.). What was your response? How will you handle the next similar conflict based on your experience?
How was your performance assessed? What feedback did you receive regarding your performance? What changes did you make in how you did your job resulting from this feedback?
How will your next job/position benefit from what you learned?
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