Skills

Before you dive head-first into job posting platforms, taking stock of your existing skills will help you assess your starting point.

How will this really help you in your job search? Thanks to the internet, your job search will also require you to isolate a list of keywords related to your skills, experience, and the type of job or organization you’re targeting. Having a bank of these keywords and phrases will help improve search terms and filters you use on job platforms during both passive and active searching.

Hard Skills: Job-related knowledge and abilities you can perform

Soft Skills: Personal qualities that enable you to thrive in workplace environments

Use the table below to document your skills all in one place:

Upskilling Ideas

The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, along with other Georgetown entities offer countless opportunities to build concrete skills outside of the classroom while you’re a student. There are also SO many free tools online. Take stock of your Skills To Grow list above and track where you might attend a workshop or event series to learn these skills.

We highly recommend starting with GU’s LinkedIn Learning access and Lauinger Library workshops

Keywords

Organizations uses all kinds of language in their job titles and descriptions to attract candidates that they think will be a great fit for their open roles. The charts below will help you keep a list of the keywords used to describe similar functions or requirements, along with job titles with different names that essentially serve the same purpose.

| Job Keyword/Function | Keyword Synonyms | | --- | --- | | Clients | Stakeholders Partners Customers | | Copy-write | Author Edit | | Analyze | | | | | | | |