Skills & Experience

Today’s employers are looking beyond degrees to the skills candidates can demonstrate. Through the Missouri Method, Mizzou students build valuable career-ready skills needed for career success. The Career Center can help you identify, strengthen, and confidently communicate those skills to employers.

Academics

Enhance your degree with hands-on research, service-learning courses, and MU study abroad programs. By engaging in these experiences, you'll push beyond the classroom to gain a global perspective, address real-world needs, and work directly with faculty on groundbreaking discoveries.

Research Opportunities Community Engaged Learning Study Abroad

Involvement

Join student organizations and engage in service activities as you explore career goals, meet new people, and impact the world around you. You may speak with an Involvement Ambassador to explore opportunities based on your interests.

Student Orgs Service Programs Involvement Ambassadors

Employment

Part-time jobs and internships are great ways to gain real-world experience and skills that employers are looking for when hiring recent grads. Besides earning money, working while in school enables you to build professional connections and potential references.

Part-Time Jobs Internships

Mizzou offers students opportunities to build entrepreneurial skills through accelerators, competitions, academic programs, mentorship, funding, and hands-on business experiences. Learn how to access resources and support to launch, grow, and scale your venture!

Programs Courses

Learning goes beyond the classroom at Mizzou. Take advantage of hands-on opportunities that build real-world skills, strengthen career readiness, and support personal growth. Learn what skills employers are seeking to be prepared for success after graduation.

Identify Your Skills Build Your Skills

Employers want evidence of the skills you can bring to the workplace. By clearly communicating your skills and experiences in your applications, you can show employers how you’re prepared to contribute from day one.

Promote Your Skills

Career readiness is a foundation of core skills that prepare college students for success in the workplace. Each day students build career readiness – in class, through activities, at internships and campus jobs, and while volunteering in the community. Use career readiness as a guide to understand what employers are looking for in applicants from every major.

Career Readiness Skills Transferable Skills

Meet with a Career Center staff member to take the guesswork out of career preparation. We can help you identify the skills needed for your intended career, create a plan to strengthen those skills, and build confidence in communicating your abilities to employers.

Undergraduates Graduate Students