Blog Post 4 - Translating my College Experience into Employer-Desired Experiences

  1. During my education, I have been able to learn many technical skills. For instance, during several of my classes I have used computer programs such as MATLAB and Java, which have allowed me to solve complex problems. By learning these programs, I have developed a skill that is useful in many areas of employment, as they transfer to several tasks - whether the tasks be extremely computationally intensive and difficult to solve without a computer's assistance, or mundane/routine and would be useful/cost-saving to automate. 
  2. In several of my classes, I have had the opportunity to be involved in projects which required collaboration in group sizes which allowed for interpersonal development among myself and my peers. Given these occurrences, I have developed the skill of working in teams effectively. This skill is especially useful in environments where solving complex issues requires teams to be able to work together efficiently.
  3. Another technical skill I have developed during my education is mathematical reasoning and application. For the former, I have cultivated the ability to think extremely rigorously about issues that are not typically easily understood without prior training. Consequently, this will allow me to solve complicated issues in an effective manner. For the latter, having the ability to apply mathematical techniques in any area of employment is crucial whenever there is data, or some other phenomenon needing to be understood on a fundamental level in order to accomplish some given task. 

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