Reflection Guide: Taking Your Experience With You
You likely have many stories from your time abroad, but how do they relate to future academic and career opportunities? Use this reflection guide to discover and document relevant experiences you can use as you develop cover letters and personal statements and prepare for interviews.
| Tell Your Stories | Take Them Further |
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Most Memorable Experience(s) |
Your Take-Away/What You Learned |
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Biggest Challenge(s) |
How You Overcame Them/Skills Used or Developed |
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Most Surprising Lesson(s) |
How Your Perspective Changed/Your New View |
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Meaningful Relationship(s) With People Who Are Different From You |
How Your Perspective Changed/What You Learned |
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Most Proud Moment(s) |
How You Achieved Them/Strengths or Skills Used |
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Developed in collaboration with University Career Services. For more information on interviewing and other job search activities, visit careers.unl.edu.