So many of us want to transform our lives, start to make exciting memories, move to a new place, build friendships that last a lifetime, and learn things we never thought we could master. We want the skills necessary to start the next steps in our lives and careers. At Elton we've built a college that serves you entirely. Your instructional team (your coach, professors, mentors, and colleagues) are motivated to make sure the next stage of your life is a success.
WHAT'S YOUR OUTCOME?
Be Ready for Your Next Step
Whether you want to get a competitive job, go to grad school, or make yourself into a YouTube digital nomad, our career services team is prepared to help you realize your dreams. Everyone at Elton can count on grad school application advising, interview preparation, and industry-specific mentoring.
At Elton we don't wait until graduation to start your career. With the help of your coach, professors, and mentors, you'll decide when you ought to start working. You can earn credits for what you learn on the job. Whether it is as an assitant to a photographer, a software intern in a software company, a research assistant at a lab, or an office manager for a marketing firm, students at Elton can learn more on the job than their peers in traditional school can learn in a dozen semester-long courses.
Many consider the process of becoming hireable in today's economy to be shrouded in mystery. So let us explain how it works.
1. Develop Yourself
Today's economy runs on communication and teamwork. Developing a clear sense of your purpose, values, and goals, serves as the foundation of being an excellent teammate and communicator.
2. Develop a Hard Skill
Every professional, whether you are an artist or a banker, needs to master at least one hard skill, such as data analysis, design, finance, project management, performance marketing, writing, coaching, sales, or software engineering.
3. Finish Your Degree & Build a Portfolio
A degree opens doors, but to walk through them you have to demonstrate real and tangible skills. A portfolio of impressive work and projects demonstrates your real abilities and is as important today as a resume.
4. Connect With Mentors
People become aware of jobs primarily through their professional contacts. And evidence shows that if you have a reference into a company your chance of being hired there goes up 10x. Elton mentors, faculty, and contacts will give you the network you need to succeed.
Even a few months into your time at Elton University, you will have more clarity about what you want to do, and you will have already started to build experience, a network, and a portfolio around your future. At Elton, our career services team has found that these three are what can get you an impressive job in today's knowledge- and creativity-based economy.
What is a hard skill or a soft skill? Hard skills are the technical skills that are required to add value in today's economy. Soft skills are the interpersonal skills required to be a successful teammate in any organization. At every program at Elton University you will learn both the hard and soft skills that will make you a competitive candidate in today's job market.
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