{"id":24,"date":"2025-01-28T08:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:01:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:01:01","slug":"competencies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/competencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Competencies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Competencies\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<h2 id=\"what-are-career-competencies\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are Career Competencies?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did you know, as a student, you are developing competencies during your journey at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A competency shows an employer that you can perform specific tasks. You may have seen competencies on job descriptions or discussed them during job interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<div class=\"cu-section cu-section--white w-screen ml-offset-center px-4 md:px-6 lg:px-12\"><div class=\"cu-max-w-child-5xl space-y-6 md:space-y-10   cu-prose-first-last\"><figure class=\"cu-figure not-prose  max-w-full\"><div class=\"not-prose overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-lg max-w-full rounded-none\"><div class=\"relative none overflow-hidden w-full pb-[56.25%] border border-cu-black-100\"><iframe title=\"Videos Embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Haee0NOuJh8\" class=\"cu-embed-iframe\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A competency consists of 3 elements:&nbsp;<strong>Skills, Knowledge, and Attributes\/Attitudes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A skill<\/strong>&nbsp;is the ability to do something well through practice and using one\u2019s knowledge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Knowledge<\/strong>&nbsp;refers to something you have learned through experience or education. It may include things like facts, theories, policies, and procedures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Attributes or Attitudes<\/strong>&nbsp;are personal characteristics or traits that a person brings to a task or a situation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/01\/Umbrella-04-400x400-1.png\" alt=\"Umbrella labelled &quot;competencies&quot; with three labels below: &quot;knowledge,&quot; &quot;skills,&quot; and &quot;attitudes\/attributes&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-114\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/01\/Umbrella-04-400x400-1.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/01\/Umbrella-04-400x400-1-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/01\/Umbrella-04-400x400-1-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/01\/Umbrella-04-400x400-1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"transferrable-skills\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transferrable Skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Competencies are acquired through different aspects of one\u2019s life and can help bridge transferable skills from the classroom and into the workplace. For instance, if you wrote a research paper or essay for a course, you are developing communication competency, as illustrated below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/01\/Umbrellapoint_Com-400x400-1.png\" alt=\"Umbrella\" class=\"wp-image-115\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/01\/Umbrellapoint_Com-400x400-1.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/01\/Umbrellapoint_Com-400x400-1-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/01\/Umbrellapoint_Com-400x400-1-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/01\/Umbrellapoint_Com-400x400-1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For more insight on the specific transferable skills you are gaining from your program, refer to&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/students.carleton.ca\/degree-to-future\/\">Your Degree, Your Future.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A competency consists of 3 elements:&nbsp;Skills, Knowledge, and Attributes\/Attitudes. Transferrable Skills Competencies are acquired through different aspects of one\u2019s life and can help bridge transferable skills from the classroom and into the workplace. For instance, if you wrote a research paper or essay for a course, you are developing communication competency, as illustrated below. 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