{"id":124704,"date":"2025-02-05T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=124704"},"modified":"2025-02-02T20:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T01:10:20","slug":"today-my-major-doesnt-sound-like-a-job-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/today-my-major-doesnt-sound-like-a-job-title\/","title":{"rendered":"TODAY: My Major Doesn&#8217;t Sound Like a Job Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever been asked, \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 relevant and transferrable skillsets? On Wednesday, Feb. 5, noon &#8211; 1 p.m. in Slocum 201<strong>, <\/strong>join our discussion with 5 panelists who will share:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How they parlayed their majors into great jobs and careers &#8211; even though those majors did NOT sound like job titles.<\/li>\n<li>Tips on how to articulate transferrable skills gained from your major and other experience to prospective employers<\/li>\n<li>Ways to identify opportunities you are qualified for that require those same skill sets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LUNCH INCLUDED. Register on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/owu.joinhandshake.com\/events\/1696931\/share_preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/owu.joinhandshake.com\/events\/1696931\/share_preview&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1738631305402000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2HoJwOJrbfv6pExzS9VqOi\">Handshake<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<i>This workshop is co-sponsored by Career Connection and Bishop Elevate.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Panelists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Erika Hankins-Prantil\u00a0\u201811 &#8211; Classics &amp; Ancient Studies\/English.\u00a0<u>Position<\/u>: Sr. Project Manager, Manning Publications<\/li>\n<li>Jerri Harris&#8217;81 Psychology. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Position<\/span>: HR\/Career Development Manager<\/li>\n<li>Forrest Rilling\u00a0&#8217;11 &#8211; Theater.\u00a0<u>Position<\/u>: Communications Director, US House of Representatives<\/li>\n<li>Phillip Smith\u00a0&#8211; Math &#8211;\u00a0<u>Position<\/u>: Director, DEC OWU<\/li>\n<li>Thea Smekens\u00a0&#8211; English &#8211;\u00a0<u>Position:<\/u>\u00a0Director, OWU First-Generation Student Success<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office: Office of Career Services, Ohio Wesleyan Univ.<br \/>\nContact: mindy agin at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mbagin@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mbagin@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever been asked, \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 relevant and transferrable skillsets? On Wednesday, Feb. 5, noon &#8211; 1 p.m. in Slocum 201, join our discussion with 5 panelists who will share: [&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-124704","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\/124704","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=124704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124705,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124704\/revisions\/124705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}