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Employability Grid
The following grid will help you identify some of the
areas in which students are lacking and for which
employers have cited as important in new hires
(Source: Job Outlook 2014 Spring Update, National
Association of Colleges and Employers).
Before you create your resume, apply for a job, or go
to an interview, look at your experience using this grid.
If you find deficiencies in your skills and abilities you
can set goals for personal development..
Employers want new hires that can communicate and
work well with the team. They want to see
commitment to the job and initiative to find new and
better ways of doing things.

Skills
Ability to make decisions and solve
problems

Courses (projects, research,

thesis, ...)

Jobs/Co-ops/
Internships

Service/Volunteer
Work

Clubs /
Organizations

Global Health

Publix Supermarkets, coin drive for breast cancer,

UAB Intern (OT,PT) toy drive, and food drive

Public Speaking

Publix Supermarkets, coin drive for breast cancer,

UAB Intern (OT,PT) toy drive, and food drive

Ability to obtain and process

information

Health Info. Systems

Publix Supermarkets, coin drive for breast cancer, HOSA

UAB Intern (OT,PT) toy drive, and food drive

Ability to plan, organize and

prioritize work

Global health and public

speaking

Publix Supermarkets, coin drive for breast cancer,

toy drive, and food drive
UAB Intern (OT,PT)

health info systems

Publix Supermarkets,
UAB Intern (OT,PT)

Ability to verbally communicate with

persons inside and outside the
organization

Ability to analyze quantitative data

Technical knowledge related to the
job

global health

Proficiency with computer software

programs

N/A

Ability to create and/or edit written

reports
Ability to sell or influence others
Consistently demonstrate a high level
of professional behavior

english 101 & 102

N/A

global health, health info

systems

HOSA

HOSA

HOSA

coin drive for breast cancer, HOSA

toy drive, and food drive

Publix Supermarkets, coin drive for breast cancer,

UAB Intern (OT,PT) toy drive, and food drive

HOSA

Publix Supermarkets,coin drive for breast cancer,

UAB Intern (OT,PT) toy drive, and food drive

HOSA

Publix Supermarkets, coin drive for breast cancer,

HOSA
UAB Intern (OT,PT)
toy drive, and food drive
Publix Supermarkets,
coin drive for breast cancer, HOSA
UAB Intern (OT,PT)
toy drive, and food drive
Publix Supermarkets,coin drive for breast cancer,
toy drive, and food drive
UAB Intern (OT,PT)

HOSA