{"id":20370,"date":"2017-10-04T11:39:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T16:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/?page_id=20370"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:40:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:40:30","slug":"how-do-you-prepare-a-benefit-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/questions\/tell-me-about-yourself\/how-do-you-prepare-a-benefit-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you prepare a benefit statement?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h3>How do you develop content for a benefit statement?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Write down your accomplishments and 3-5 skills for each accomplishment<\/li>\n<li>Identify transferable skills that show how the organization will benefit from your work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Example<\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Accomplishment:<\/strong> completed independent research on gender role-typing in two year olds<br \/>\n<strong>Skills used:<\/strong> (a) worked independently; (b) conducted research using varied sources; (c) interviewed subjects using a self-designed questionnaire<\/p>\n<h3>How do you write and practice a benefit statement?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Write out a benefit statement using your Accomplishments and Skills Used as a guide<\/li>\n<li>Tailor the statement to fit the particular role and the organization<\/li>\n<li>Rewrite, edit, and polish the statement until you are comfortable with it<\/li>\n<li>Practice delivering the statement until you can say it comfortably and naturally<\/li>\n<li>Know the statement well enough so that you can use it under pressure. \u00a0However, be careful not to sound as if you are reciting a speech!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stolaf.joinhandshake.com\/appointments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make an appointment on Handshake<\/a>\u00a0with a Piper Center coach to review your statement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Note<\/h6>\n<p>If you decide to \u201cwing\u201d your benefit statement (give a short summary without written preparation)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You will likely ramble and lose the interviewer\u2019s attention, and<\/li>\n<li>You may also forget key information about your background, qualifications, and experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"cta\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/interview-guide\/questions\/general-questions\/\">What general questions might an interviewer ask?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you develop content for a benefit statement? Write down your accomplishments and 3-5 skills for each accomplishment Identify transferable skills that show how the organization will benefit from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8275,"featured_media":0,"parent":19657,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20370","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20370"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41058,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20370\/revisions\/41058"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}