what is bentleyplus?
Many employers say college graduates often lack essential life skills like teamwork, resilience and problem-solving that are necessary for workplace success. BentleyPlus helps you build these skills alongside your classroom education, setting Bentley apart from other universities across the U.S. Through BentleyPlus, you’ll earn certificates you can showcase on your résumé and LinkedIn, giving you an edge in your career. You’ll develop abilities such as leadership, critical thinking, and well-being that not only make you more attractive to employers but also strengthen your mental health.
Earn your BentleyPlus Certificate
BentleyPlus Benefits
Master Skills Employers are Seeking
11 competencies to master, including leadership, resiliency, and wellbeing
Support From an Advisor
50+ dedicated BentleyPlus Advisors ready to support you one on one
Connect to Your Career
Partnership with our #1 rated Pulsifer Career Development Center to market your experiences in your next interview
Achievements You Can Showcase
Earn a certification and LinkedIn badge to showcase your skills
How it Works
Attend a Kickoff Session
Attend a kickoff session led by BentleyPlus staff to learn about the program and select your competencies you’ll focus on this year
Experience Bentley
Put your skills into action by participating in student organizations, attending sports practice, working at your on campus job, or anything outside of the classroom
Track Your Progress
Reflect on your progress with your dedicated BentleyPlus Advisor once a semester, and learn how you can market those skills
Celebrate Your Accomplishments
Celebrate your hard work and receive your BentleyPlus Certificate and LinkedIn badge at our end of semester ceremony
What You Will Learn
A team of professional from every department within Bentley’s Division of Student Affairs organized our out of the classroom experiences to line up with the skills, or “competencies”, employers are seeking in new hires. These competencies fall into three learning domains: Think, Develop, Act
- Critical Thinking – the capacity to objectively analyze information before making a decision
- Ethical Reasoning – the capacity to make a values-based decision
- Problem Solving – the capacity to design and implement a plan to address an identified need
- Identity Awareness – the ability to enact an understanding of how components of social identity impact the experiences of self and others
- Resilience – the ability to utilize skills and strategies to overcome and avoid challenges and failures
- Well-being – the ability to practice balance within dimensions of well-being and cultivate habits of self-care
- Work Ethic – the ability to reliably follow through on commitments
- Community Engagement – the practice of making a positive impact to communities
- Dialogue – the practice of collaboratively listening to, sharing, and discussing different perspectives and experiences with others in face-to-face interactions to facilitate deeper understanding
- Leadership – the practice of developing others’ strengths, demonstrating empathy and emotional intelligence, and delegating work to advance common goals
- Teamwork – the practice of building collaborative relationships and managing group conflict while working toward common goals
Staff and Faculty
If you are a staff or faculty member and manage a co-curricular program or experience that you would like to highlight with the BentleyPlus competencies, or you would like to learn more about the program, please complete this form or email cmulcare@bentley.edu.