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The
Professional Development Transcript (PDT)
is a tool provided by the MSOE Career
Services Department to help you plan and keep track of your skills and experiences. In addition to
your technical background, employers look for the following skills:
• Critical thinking/problem solving
• Communication
• Leadership
• Ability to work in a team
• Relationships
• Comfort with diversity
• Global interactions
The purpose of the PDT is to have you do an ongoing self-assessment, identify strengths and
challenges and serve as a guide to develop strategies to improve in these seven skill areas
enhancing your overall professional development. It is a self-generated and maintained document
that you can use to prepare for interviews for employment or acceptance to graduate school.
The PDT will allow you to:
1) Select activities or experiences you have been involved in
2) Identify the skills related to that activity
3) Reflect and record how you developed or applied those skills
Create and access your Professional Development Transcript at
https://resources.msoe.edu/pdtProfessional Development Transcript