Generally speaking, transferable skills are skills that can be used across different work settings. For example, identifying problems, attention to detail, and meeting deadlines, would all be transferable skills. You have been gathering these skills, and many others and using them interchangeably in both your medical and school placements.
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Include the essential information schools are looking for in your school-based resume.
Every year graduate SLP students are in the final stages of completing their degree, updating their resume, and starting their job search. As you fine-tune the school externship section of your resume, think about viewing your resume through the lens of the school district employer. For example, many interviews for school SLP positions are with a Special Education Director or other administrator and may or may not include an SLP. The administrator will be looking for special education and school-based terminology and buzz words beyond speech and language theory, therapy techniques, and intervention strategies.
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