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I’m a huge fan of the University of Connecticut Women’s basketball team. So, forgive me while I indulge in a quick brag by mentioning that they just won their eighth NCAA championship last week. Count ’em: eight!

As a counseling intern, I was surprised at the amount of teaching my supervisors wanted me to do with clients. Examples include teaching communication skills to couples, assisting people with making small talk so that they could reduce their loneliness, brainstorming ways to structure and to focus for people with attention problems, and much more.

As I said in my last column about effective resumes, every part of your job application should tell a good, honest story. The point of the exercise is not to tell your whole employment story; tell only the part of it that shows that you’re a great fit for the position.