Professional Development Core Competencies

Core Competency

  Developed Skills

• Positive health and wellness
• Work-life balance
• Financial preparedness
• Stress management
• Time management

• Ethics
• Academic writing
• Patents and copyright
• Building research teams
• Respect for human and animal subjects 

• Building and managing teams
• Leadership skills
• Increasing knowledge of diversity
• Project management
• Entrepreneurial Skills 

• Public speaking
• Structuring theses and dissertations 
• Social media presence
• Grant writing

• Networking
• Career exploration
• Utilizing SDSU's Jacks
• Career Link
• Interviewing
• Writing cover letters and resumes 

• Student preparation
• Student engagement
• Organization for learning
• Student-instructor relationships