Academic Research Builds Career Skills
Academic Research is any mentored investigation or creative inquiry aimed to contribute new knowledge or artistic expression. It’s more than just lab coats and test tubes! Research includes creative projects in the arts and humanities, too.
When you participate in a research or creative project, you learn and build research and career skills.
Transferable Skills are Superpowers
Transferable skills are like superpowers. You develop them in one area (like research) and use them in another (like a job or internship). Employers and graduate programs value these transferable skills when you’re able to talk about them.
Identify Your Research Skills
- List Your Skills: Think about what you’ve done in your research projects. What skills did you use? Write out examples of where or how you used each skill.
- Get Feedback: Share your list with your research mentor or advisors to refine it.
- Map Your Skills: Use TypeFocus or the Transferable Skills Checklist to see how your skills align with jobs.
Opportunities On Campus
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The Undergraduate Research and Creative Collaborations Office helps students find topics, mentors and funding for an original research or creative project in close collaboration with leading faculty.
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Get involved in campus clubs to start trying out careers and develop skills. You'll find lots of research-related clubs on CampusGroups. Check out groups like Brandeis Encourages Women in Science and Engineering (BEWiSE), the Brandeis Science Research Connection Club, and the Neuroscience Club.
Meet With Hiatt
The Career Team helps Brandeisians discover who they are, what they want and how to get there, through career and affinity hubs providing individualized career support.
Meet with us to talk about how maximize your research experience for your next opportunity. We can help with application materials, searches, and more. Review team member profiles to discover more about our staff.