WHAT COMES NEXT? What can you do better than when you arrived at the beginning of the term? What did...
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WHAT COMES NEXT? • What can you do better than when you arrived at the beginning of the term? What did you put into it? • The purpose of the 4K class… Did it happen in here? • Why do courses like this matter? 60% (college) x 25% (writes well) x (40% speaks well) X 20% (a specialized skill) = 3%... 1 x second skill = .5% (which is still a lot of people if your competition is global)
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WHAT COMES NEXT?• What can you do better than when you arrived at
the beginning of the term? What did you put into it?
• The purpose of the 4K class… Did it happen in here?• Why do courses like this matter? 60% (college) x
25% (writes well) x (40% speaks well) X 20% (a specialized skill) = 3%... 1 x second skill = .5% (which is still a lot of people if your competition is global)
Get ready for a different world• 2013 PISA scores… lowlights:
More PISA bad news…
Get ready for a different world• 2013 PISA scores… lowlights:
Get ready for a different world• If you fall, you will get left in the dust:
What employers want
Recession-level Unemployment
Recession-level Salaries
Within the Soc Sci
Jobs
Sector
GRAD SCHOOL? • Average pay boost of approx 50% for PSC and INR… but
think about causality… Only the really smart ones go, right… Nope: 46% percent of 2010
• Which one? PSC, law school, public policy/administration, applied politics, MAT, area studies, theology environmental affairs, economics*, international affairs*
• What test stands in your way? GRE, LSAT, GMAT• What kind of school record matters? GPA, rigor of
schedule, very strong writing samples, activity depth & intensity, study abroad, internships
• How long does graduate school take? Is it really worth it?
GRAD SCHOOL?
START GETTING A PROF. JOB NOW• What kind of jobs do social science majors get? – Working for an interest group… low pay, long hours, great
experience– Working for the government has big ups… salary isn’t one of
them– Analytical and problem solving position– How about my job?
• Start writing a good résumé… right now. And get Linked-in, business cards, thank you cards, and a clean FB page
• Skills that can get you through the door matter even more! SPSS, Excel, Access,
• You must get an internship! Better yet, get two of them… Even if you are going to grad school (credit vs. non-credit)
• What do we hear from our graduates about what matters most in getting and keeping a great job? Network, skills, constant movement, and more education
