>> My name is Ashley Patterson.
I'm a UConn grad from 2008 and right now I am the internship resources consultant
with the University of Connecticut Center for Career Development.
I work with students to make sure they're prepared
for their internships whether it's a resume critique, interviewing skills.
Helping them to understand the internship search process
and getting them ready to meet with employers.
>> Transferable skills.
>> So I help students recognize what transferable skills they have especially our
students who are in the liberal arts.
I was an English and journalism major so I understand that there's a lot
of great research techniques, interpersonal communication skills
that students learn throughout their liberal arts career especially but in all majors.
And I help them identify those skills like being a team player, leadership, communication,
and help them express that to employers that these are great skills
that they can take with them to any organization.
My day varies depending on the academic season.
So when school starts, we're trying to get students prepared for searching for internships
for the spring because they're probably already set for the fall.
Whether we have career fairs, it gets a little bit busier, internship fairs.
We do expedition programs where you take students out of the classroom
and to visit employers and that's usually in the spring and that gets busier.
It slows down a little bit in the summer because it's really our planning season.
Then kicks right back up for the fall.