"I am a big believer in post-secondary education. It adds a lot of value to those newer to the workplace. My post-secondary education was in communication and journalism. The courses in this program helped me to develop stronger business relationships through professional correspondence. I also learned persuasive writing skills which have proven to be incredibly helpful when working on client proposals and in negotiations."

Focus on some of the relevant topics you learned while attending your courses. Go deeper than any subject you studied, but what you learned from your college experience that prepared you for your career. Explain how they helped you and talk about some of the interesting things you learned.

Some ideas for you:

- If you have experience working on group projects, share how you improved your listening and communication skills when working on a challenging project.

- If you learned to use a new type of software or type of equipment, you will need to know in this new job, talk about what you know and how you will apply this new knowledge.

While attending post-secondary studies, you likely learned some core skills that would be transferable to any position. Think about what you learned in your highest levels of education and how that knowledge applies (or will apply) to your work. Some of these skills could include:

- Time Management
- Creative Thinking
- Proposal Writing
- Public Speaking
- Presentation Building
- Independent Learning
- Academic Research
- Self-Motivation

Perspective and attitude are everything. Describe your college experience as the first stage of your journey on your career path. Detail how that facilitated your trajectory and the unexpected twists and turns it may not have fully prepared you for.

"Now that I've told you about my formal education, I am always learning, and see education as never-ending. As Einstein said, the more I learn the more I realize how little I know. There are so many things those courses just didn't cover, so beyond my formal education, I consider myself self-taught in a lot of ways. One question leads to another and pretty soon, I realize I just ingested a whole course load of education on my own in a week."