'25 BC Strategy Session Purpose to Paycheck-Translating Civic Impact Into Marketable Skills.pdf

This presentation guides student leaders from the network to explore how their engagement aligns with their sweet spot - integrating personal, career, college, and post-graduate interests. They engage in deeper reflection and articulate their sweet spot using oral and written communication skills. Additionally, they take home ideas for how to strengthen these elements in their own programs and campuses.

1. Purpose to Paycheck:
Translating Civic Impact
into Marketable Skills
A Strategy Session
For Student Leaders
October 11th | 4:30-5:45 PM

2. Facilitator Introductions

3. Intro
Activity

4. Find someone
from the same
class year

5. Pair Share
Name
Major
Service Site

6. Find someone with a similar
career Interest

7. Pair Share
Name
Who/what you want
to be (career goal)

8. Session Goals
• Reflect on your career aspirations
• Describe your service experiences & how
they contribute to your growth (Oral &
Written Communication)
• As a student leader, advance the integration
of critical reflection in your Program

9. Context

10. National Context

11. Highlight # 1

12. Highlight # 2

13. Highlight # 3
Most
employers
use skill-
based hiring
practices

14. Highlight # 4
“In the immediate future, the most valuable work skills will be those that machines can't
yet perform, like soft skills, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center of about
1,400 technology and education professionals.”
Increasing
need for
soft skills

15. Similar Trend @ Global Level
Survey of 1,000 Global Employers representing more than
14 million workers across 22 industry clusters
Core Skills 2025 - 2030

16. Spectrum
Activity

17. Top 7 Skills
Communication
Empathy
Leadership
Professionalism
Problem-Solving
Teamwork
Agility (Technology+)

18. Spectrum: Self Assessment
Need More Somewhat Ready
Exposure to Opportunities & Confidence

19. Reflections
Purpose to
Paycheck

20. Finding Your Sweet Spot
Service &
Engagement
Academic &
Other Learning
Who You Are &
Who You Want to Be

21. Example: Katie BeckFound a
Community Theater
Company Bethel AME Church
(Civil Rights
Movement) Theater
Arts
Major

22. Example: Halle GenslerMental health
challenges,
Independent
Student Women, Gender,
Sexuality Studies &
Civic Engagement Community Service
Director, Newman
Civic Fellow,
Highlander
Fellow

23. Reflections On . . .
Your College
Experiences
& Career
Readiness

24. Reflection Question
Who You Are &
Who You Want to Be
Who You are: Briefly describe
two personality traits,
talents, or strengths you
bring to help build a
community within Bonner or
beyond. 
Who You Want to Be: How will
these talents play a role in
your professional life?

25. Reflection Question
Academic & Other
Learning
What has been one of your
most meaningful learning
experiences to help you
progress towards your career
goal - a course, a course
project, an internship, a faculty
/ staff mentor etc.? Why?

26. How do your service & engagement roles contribute to
your career goals?
What support do you need (e.g. mentors, wellness
coaches, conference presentations, internships) to
reach this goal?
Service
&
Engagement
Reflection Question

27. Integrating
Reflection in
Your Program

28. Current Status
How is reflection
currently integrated
in the program? Is it
formal or informal?
Is it part of any of the
following:
Orientation, All
Group, Cohort-based
meetings, POL,
Service Trips etc.,)?

29. Group Discussion cont…
•How might you adapt these
reflection prompts to
advance the integration of
reflection practices in your
program?
•Orientation
•All Group
•Cohort-based meetings
•POL
•Service Trips etc.,
•Identity: Personality
traits or strengths you
bring to build a sense
of community
•Learning: Your most
meaningful (or favorite)
learning experiences
•Engagement:
Connection between
your CE & Career

30. Individual Plan
•Check if there is a career exploration course /
training offered at my institution
•Visit career services website for training & other
opportunities
•Meet with an alum, a site supervisor, or a faculty
for informational interview
•Develop / update a resume
•Request a faculty to invite a practitioner from my
field as a guest presenter to learn more about the
field
•Schedule a meeting with career advisor for
feedback on written reflections (connect my
community engagement and other learning
experiences)
30 - 60 - 90 Days
•Create a LinkedIn profile
•Add my current Bonner position to my
resume
•Add my “Summer of Service” and other
campus leadership roles to my resume
•Develop an ePortfolio showcasing my
projects (courses and Bonner work)
•Look for opportunities for leadership roles
(peer mentor, BLT, campus organizations)
•Choose course projects (e.g. Capstone
courses) where I can integrate community
engagement work

31. Program Plan
•Recruit and/or meet w/ Alumni Advisors
•Plan career-focused events (e.g. alumni
networking)
•Collaborate with Career Services to
plan a nonprofit career fair
•Collaborate with Writing Center to help
students refine their statement of
purpose, cover letters etc.
•Integrate career-focused training
(resume, internship search) in Bonner
meetings
•Review current Bonner meetings
calendar for career-focused topics
•Bring this workshop back to your
Bonner meeting
•Meet staff to explore opportunities for
integrating Bonner reflections
•Ask a professional to lead a career
workshop for your program
•Develop a list of alums, site supervisors,
faculty etc. interested in serving as
mentors
30 - 60 - 90 Days

32. •Career exploration course
•Career services
•Informational interview
•Resume & LinkedIn
•Reflections (ePortfolio)
•Community Engaged Projects
•Leadership Opportunities
Individual Program
•Bonner Meetings
•Bonner Reflections
•Alumni Engagement
•Career Fair
•Networking Events
•Guest Presenters
•Campus Collaborations
Worksheet

33. Resources &
Closing

34. Bonner Wiki - Career Section

35. Bonner Wiki - Reflection Section

36. Bonner Alumni LinkedIn Group

37. Bonner Learning Community