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Transferable Skills
- 1. Career Network Transferable Skills Analysis
- 2. Overview Getting Started Building Your Skills List Using: Previous Work Experience Education Volunteer Experience Hobbies and Other Interests Using Resources to Create a Complete List Job Descriptions Trusted Colleagues O*Net Online Quantifying Skill Strengths Applying Result to Your Career Search Conclusion
- 3. Transferable Skills Analysis More than Meets the Eye Employee Trainer Policy Writer Mid-Level Manager Outreach Coordinator
- 4. Ms. Deborah Gibson Building Your Skills List
- 5. Building Your Skills List Work Experience = KSAs EXPERIENCE: Senior Marketing Manager, XYZ Corp. (2002-2008) Print Ad Business Development Team Leader, XYZ Corp. (1998-2002) Print Ad Team Member, XYZ Corp. (1994-1998)
- 6. Building Your Skills List Educational Accomplishments = KSAs Education: Shows that you have the discipline to follow through on goals. Shows that you are capable of learning. Great for finding hidden skills and traits.
- 7. Building Your Skills List Educational Accomplishments = KSAs Your Transcripts: Think about your degree program or correspondence courses – can you identify any hidden skills? Its important to link your hidden skill traits your work history and the job announcement.
- 8. Building Your Skills List Volunteer Efforts = KSAs…Maybe Volunteering: Fills gaps in unemployment history. Puts you in position to take advantage of networking opportunities. Builds new skills. Finding the right volunteer opportunities is vital.
- 9. Building Your Skills List Hobbies and Other Interests = KSAs Hobbies: Don’t list these activities on your resume – use the skills. Good for brainstorming skills for your list. Brainstorm other career opportunities.
- 10. Using Resources:Job Descriptions Ms. Deborah Gibson EXPERIENCE: Marketing Manager, XYZ Corp. (1998-2008) Created and developed an enhanced customer relationship management program resulting in continued business with top level clients; proven dedication to life-long learning; driven and loyal to the organization and its goals.
- 11. Using Resources:O*Net Online www.onetonline.org Deborah, Experienced Marketing Manager K: Sales and Marketing; Customer/Personal Service; English Language; Administration and Management; Communications and Media; Computers and Electronics S: Active Listening; Critical Thinking; Persuasion; Social Perceptiveness; Speaking; Judgment and Decision Making; Coordination; Operations Analysis A: Verbal Comprehension; Verbal Expression; Deductive Reasoning; Written Comprehension; Fluency of Ideas; Inductive Reasoning; Problem Sensitivity
- 12. Using Resources:O*Net Online O*Net Online www.onetonline.org
- 13. Qualifying/Quantifying Skills Numbers Matter Using Numbers: Using numbers helps managers understand how effective you can be. Numbers communicate facts. Helps you confirm your abilities.
- 14. Qualifying/Quantifying Skills Power Words! Power Words: Accomplished Budgeted Innovated Controlled Designed Established Generated
- 15. Transferable Skills Analysis:Finding a New Career Find the hidden “YOU” market. Employee Trainer Policy Writer Mid-Level Manager Outreach Coordinator
- 16. Choosing a New Path Transferable Skills Analysis: Finding a New Career
- 19. Sources http://www.acap.army.mil/veterans/job_assistance/assess_abilities.cfm http://www.careerchoiceguide.com/transferable-skills-analysis.html http://www.volunteercrossing.com/article/1360052/Finding-a-Job-through-Volunteer-Work/ http://www.careerowlresources.ca/resumes/Res_Frame.htm?res_power.htm~right http://www.workforceexplorer.com/
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- Employers want people who are contributors — individuals who fit in with the company culture and can get the job done. Whether or not an employer recognizes these qualities in you depends on how effectively you identify the qualities the employer is seeking and show yourself to be the perfect match for the job. Showing how your skills, education and training, experience and work ethic fit the company's requirements starts with an extensive inventory.A transferable skills analysis is simply a thorough list of all of the skills and qualifications that you can offer an employer. Knowing this information about yourself is crucial if you intend to make a career change. In fact, you'd probably be surprised by the jobs you could apply to if you just started thinking about yourself (as realted to your career) as a set of skills that you can offer an employer as opposed to a job title. Lets look at an example of Deborah Gibson, we will refer to this example throughout our workshop.
- This is Deborah. Deborah is Senior Marketing Executive for XYZ Corporation. After completing her Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing from WSU, Deborah found herself in the print ad department of XYZ. Her insight and innovative approaches to problem solving and customer relationship management made her the perfect candidate for XYZ’s new manager training program. She matched her Bachelor’s degree with a Master’s degree in Marketing and graduate certificates in change management and organizational leadership. XYZ was hit hard by the economic crisis of 2008. Her division was cut in half and she was offered a reasonable severance and promise that her job would be waiting for here when things got better. Despite the success of her career in marketing Deborah is having a tough time finding work. She feels she is overqualified and that label is keeping her from applying to lower level positions in her field. The competition with other Marketing Managers in her field is fierce. She feels all her hard work and dedication is lost. What is Deborah to do? Can you think of any possible transferable skills that may come from working as a Senior Level Marketing Manager?
- Each one of these job descriptions holds different sets of skills – break them down thoroughly and you’ll be surprised with the number of skills and traits derived from your EXPERIENCES not EXPECTATIONS. EXPECTATIONS are the things that you do because management expects an outcome.EXPERIENCES are the things that take place as you meet those expectations. While some correlations exist between employees’ expectations experiences differ and so do skills. Focus on putting yourself back in these roles and imagine yourself re-working your day to day activities. What was your typical day like? Who did you serve? How did you serve them? Who did you supervise? How did you assist them in meeting their expectation? What accomplishments can you qualify and quantify? The key is hone in on your skills base for each job and create a comprehensive list – honesty is the best policy to ensure you can back skills with examples.
- Education is very valuable for conducting transferable skills analysis. Not only does education show that you have the discipline to follow through on the goals you’ve set for yourself, but it shows that you know how to learn.It important to remember that while you may not have a a focused degree, “education” is not limited to college level education. List all of the skills and knowledge you have demonstrated or developed through education. You may have completed an internship while in school, don't forget to include skills demonstrated in this setting as well. A great place to start gathering information for educational skills is your transcripts.
- A job that is asking for a level of organization communication that focuses on quality verbal and written communication skills can definitely be substantiated by a course in College level writing – of course you want to make sure that good grades are a part of that equation as well.A Test & Measurement Course could be used to prove an understanding of human learning theory. A first aid course offers…….first aid skills – its important to link as much of this information as possible to the job announcement while incorporating work experience into the equation as well. Again, the goal here to develop a list of transferable skills that can be used to develop targeting resumes in your career search.
- Volunteering is a great way to build transferable skills and fill gaps of unemployment with marketable experiences. Since the volunteer jobs can help you in finding a job in the future, it is important to find the right volunteer job wherein you can use your skills and abilities. Industries like film, medicine, and broadcasting have more volunteer jobs that can give you good experience to put on a resume. So always look for a volunteer opportunity where you can get the training related to whatever job you are interested in.
- I am strongly against including lists of hobbies and other interests on your resume – UNLESS you have gained skills that can be used on constructing your transferable skills list. Example: Largest train-set in the village doesn’t work. But, listing your dedication to finishing large projects – and incorporating this trait into another aspect of your skills derived from your work experience or education is fine. To be clear, hobbies and other interest are key for the brain storming activities of building your skills list – but does not in anyway make you qualified for a job – unless that job is directly related to your hobby. Sales associate for a hobby store for instance.
- Lets go back to Deborah our example. Here is an excerpt from here resume. There are several “hidden” knowledge, skills and abilities that Deborah can use to market herself to start a new career in a growing industry. Your job descriptions are full of explanatory and qualitative evidence that you can use to show that you are capable of doing more than what your job titles suggest. Harvest this information and you’ll find that your transferable skills list will be more thorough and robust.
- The first logical step in building a transferable skills list is to use your job history. Here, we’ve used Deborah’s experience as a Marketing Manager with XYZ to highlight her knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) from O*Net Online.
- Lets visit O*Net Online and continue our discussion about how to use Deorah’s other job titles to perform transferable skills analysis.Print Ad Business Development Team Leader, XYZ Corp. (1998-2002)Print Ad Team Member, XYZ Corp. (1994-1998)
- Use numbers! Number help hiring managers understand your capabilities. Take the following two sentences and determine which sounds more effective:Directed the work activities of three subordinates.-OR-Directed the work activities of three employees in business outreach, increasing business contacts and outreach productivity by 25% over the span of 9 months.
- Action verbs are useful for communicating to an employer the extent to which you performed a tasks or the level of responsibility held in particular positions. Used wisely, the can separate the content of your resume from the competition. As always, just be sure you can support the experience on your resume with practical examples during an interview. Some great action verbs are:Accomplished, budgeted, conducted, controlled, designed, established, generated, innovated, influenced – a complete list can be found at www.careerowlresources.ca
- I offer that if there is a hidden job market – those 80% of jobs that are NOT posted online – then there is a hidden YOU market. Opportunities to change careers, venture into new industries, and take advantage of growing sectors of steady and long term employment.
- The following careers are considered in demand according to WorkForce Explorer:Accountants and AuditorsBusiness Operations SpecialistCivil EngineersCustomer Service RepresentativesEducational, Vocational, and School CounselorsEmployment, Recruitment, and Placement SpecialistExecutive Secretaries and Administrative AssistantsInformation and Record ClerksLibrary AssistantsManagement AnalystMedical SecretariesOffice ClerksRecreation WorkersTeacher AssistantsTraining and Development Specialists
- With the tools used in today’s workshop you have the opportunity to capitalize on new opportunities. Your resume has the opportunity to say more about you than what you are currently saying. Give it a shot – make a skills list, find a career opportunity off the beaten path – and plug in to something new. Transferable skills allow you to do more with what you’ve accomplished thus far in your career.