3 pages., Via online journal., Increased global trade coupled with diversified employment opportunities demand college graduates possessing well-developed professional skills. Recent survey results identified the importance of professional skills among candidates seeking employment, with communication being recognized as the most important skill or quality when selecting candidates. The ability to work within a team structure, solve complex problems, and organize and prioritize work also ranked high among industry employment needs. Despite a rigorous focus on discipline-oriented knowledge and skills, development of professional skills in students of horticulture may be overlooked or not fully developed. Teaching methods can be modified to incorporate development of professional skills and discipline-oriented knowledge to enhance student employment preparedness and directly address industry needs.
USA: Agricultural Editor's Office, College of Agriculture, University of Missouri, Columbia.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28305
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Estimated date of publication., 15 pages., Includes brief statements by alumni working in varied parts of this career field: Cordell Tindall, Ovid Bay, Cletus D. Stephens, Verlon C. Meyer, Robert E. Rees and George Logan.
Page 26 in Ag and Food Employer Guide for Students and Professionals from AGCareers.com. Special supplement to September 2011 issue of Agri Marketing magazine. 40 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 183 Document Number: C37306
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See C37280 for original, Page 27 in Fred Myers, Running the gamut: writings of Fred Myers, journalist and 50-year members, American Agricultural Editors' Association. Fred Myers, publishers, Florence, Alabama. 125 pages.
Pages 30-31 in Ag and Food Employer Guide for Students and Professionals from AGCareers.com. Special supplement to September 2011 issue of Agri Marketing magazine. 40 pages.
