Skills, strengths, and/or experiences that make a new tech. comm. graduate “market ready” (the more of these you can show on your resume or at the interview, the higher up in the selection process you will reside):

  1. Internship (paid or non-paid).
  2. Relevant paying jobs while in enrolled at college or university (i.e., school newspaper or other publications).
  3. Volunteer projects (non-paying—pro bono)—such as for local church, community, professional organizations.
  4. Knowledge and/or working experience with basic authoring tools, and other concepts: Adobe Suite, MS Office, or any other content and visual development tools content management systems (CMS), XML.
  5. Any formal education, working experience, or personal trait/ability that shows a comfort level to adapting to new technology: classic science, computer technology, life sciences, and so on.
  6. Working environment skills and abilities: effective writing and verbal communication, problem-solving, focus to detail, multi-tasking, ability to work independently–with minimal supervision.