{"id":119327,"date":"2024-02-19T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=119327"},"modified":"2024-02-19T08:07:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T13:07:04","slug":"feb-21-noon-my-major-doesnt-sound-like-a-job-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/feb-21-noon-my-major-doesnt-sound-like-a-job-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Feb. 21 @ Noon &#8211; My Major Doesn&#8217;t Sound Like a Job Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever been asked,<em>\u00a0\u201cWhat will you do with THAT major?\u201d<\/em> When a job or internship says \u201copen to students in all majors,\u201d do you stress about how to demonstrate that the skillsets you got from your major are relevant and highly transferable? Our 5 panelists will share how they parlayed their majors into great jobs and careers &#8212; even though those majors did NOT sound like job titles. They will also share tips on how to articulate transferrable skills gained from your major to prospective employers and suggest ways to identify opportunities you are qualified for that require those same skillsets. Slocum Hall, Room 201. Register on Handshake. LUNCH INCLUDED.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists:<br \/>\nDenise Brenner &#8217;00 &#8211; Psychology &#8211; Position: Housing Operations Accountant<br \/>\nErika Hankins-Prantil &#8217;11 &#8211; Classics &amp; Ancient Studies\/English &#8211; Position: Sr. Project Manager, Manning Publications<br \/>\nPhillip Smith &#8211; Math &#8211; Position: Director, DEC OWU and Entrepreneur<br \/>\nTenique Dennis &#8211; General Studies and Humanities &#8211; Position: OWU Associate Director of Admission<br \/>\nThea Smekens &#8211; English &#8211; Director, First-Generation Student Success<\/p>\n<p>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office: Office of Career Services<br \/>\nContact: Mindy Agin at <a href=\"mailto:mbagin@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mbagin@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever been asked,\u00a0\u201cWhat will you do with THAT major?\u201d When a job or internship says \u201copen to students in all majors,\u201d do you stress about how to demonstrate that the skillsets you got from your major are relevant and highly transferable? Our 5 panelists will share how they parlayed their majors into great jobs and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-owu-connection-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119327"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119337,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119327\/revisions\/119337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}