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Professional Applications of Interfaith Skill Sets and Competencies
Better understand the exciting ways in which interfaith skill sets and competencies are applicable in professional settings.

College and university students, staff, faculty, and administrators alike are grappling with the professional applicability of various academic programs and co-curricular activities. As interfaith initiatives continue to take shape in the curriculum and the co-curriculum, IA is invested in supporting colleges and universities as they consider how interfaith work can translate into job opportunities, career preparedness, and career satisfaction. Through three recent research initiatives, IA has come to better understand the exciting ways in which interfaith skill sets and competencies are applicable in professional settings, both from the perspective of young professionals and their employers.
This resource summarizes research findings into the following five learnings:
- Employers from diverse professional sectors express the value of employees who are
equipped with interfaith skill sets and competencies. - There is a lack of expertise and training within the workforce about how to directly address
religious and philosophical diversity, despite the fact that employers find this skill set to
be important. - While participating in curricular or co-curricular interfaith programs, undergraduate students
develop professionally useful skill sets that are both transferable and interfaith-specific. - Students are able to leverage these skill sets in their résumés in order to make themselves
more competitive in the job market, as well as put their interfaith training to use in their
careers and graduate studies. - Interfaith skill sets are applicable across a diverse range of professional sectors, and
interfaith training can also help students discern which career paths to pursue.
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