{"id":117,"date":"2018-10-24T17:16:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T17:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2019-05-13T10:57:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T14:57:56","slug":"what-employers-want","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/careers\/what-employers-want\/","title":{"rendered":"What Employers Want"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"prpl-button-row\"><span class=\"prpl-button\"><a href=\"\/chss\/student-services\/career-development\/meet-with-a-career-counselor\/\">Meet with a Career Counselor<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Analytical\/Critical Thinking<\/dt>\n<dd>Employers want GSWS graduates because of their ability to critically examine and question issues that are usually overlooked\u2014a skill which ultimately makes their work much more thorough and well thought-out.<\/dd>\n<dt>Creative Problem Solving<\/dt>\n<dd>Employers want workers who find creative ways to solve problems, so they look for GSWS graduates, who have demonstrated creative solutions in classroom settings.<\/dd>\n<dt>Research and Writing Skills<\/dt>\n<dd>Because employers desire workers who know how to effectively research, synthesize, interpret and apply information, GSWS grads are ideal job candidates because they possess these skills along with proven writing skills.<\/dd>\n<dt>Verbal and Communication Skills<\/dt>\n<dd>GSWS graduates fulfill employers\u2019 expectations of hiring young leaders who can effectively communicate their professionalism, intelligence and critical thinking skills to specific audiences.<\/dd>\n<dt>Teamwork<\/dt>\n<dd>Many employers seek employees who can compromise and work collectively with others. With their backgrounds in discussion-based classes, GSWS grads are ready to be such team players.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<div class=\"contact-info\"><div class=\"contact-info-header\"><span>Contact CHSS Career Services<\/span><\/div><div class=\"contact-info-body\"><dl><div class=\"contact-info-group\"><dt>Location:<\/dt><dd>Dickson Hall 436<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"contact-info-group\"><dt>Phone:<\/dt><dd><a href=\"tel:973-655-3658\" class=\"a11y-phone-number\">973-655-3658<\/a><\/dd><\/div><div class=\"contact-info-group\"><dt>Email:<\/dt><dd><a href=\"mailto:chsscareer@montclair.edu\">chsscareer@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analytical\/Critical Thinking Employers want GSWS graduates because of their ability to critically examine and question issues that are usually overlooked\u2014a skill which ultimately makes their work much more thorough and well thought-out. Creative Problem Solving Employers want workers who find creative ways to solve problems, so they look for GSWS graduates, who have demonstrated creative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":234,"parent":105,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-117","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions\/357"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}