WORK-BASED LEARNING & CAREER DEVELOPMENT *TRANSFERABLE SKILLS* Transferable skills are a versatile set of skills that you can apply to more than one job. These are the skills that add to your marketability as a candidate and help you assimilate from one job to another. So, for example, while you may be studying accounting and sharpening your ability to balance bookkeeping ledgers, a transferable skill could be your ability to problem solve. Similar to your own individual personality, these skills should be unique to you. You learn them during different life experiences, and even if others accompanied you to these events, they should not have acquired the same skills as you, because the individual experiences vary. Transferable skills can be soft (communication, persuasion skills), analytical (problem-solving, research abilities), technical, organisational (time management skills) and workplace skills (punctuality, reliability). List of Skills What skills do you put on your Resume or CV? You probably want to show your transferable skills and motivated skills on your resume and CV. Your motivated skills are the skills you are good at using and that you really enjoy using. In fact these are the skills that you can take with you (transfer) from job to job and from career to career. 1) COMPUTER LITERATE Develop, Organise and Complete Tasks and Projects Using Software Programs Such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. 2) PLAN, ORGANISE Define Goals and Objectives, Schedule and Develop Projects or Programs. 3) OBSERVE Study, Scrutinise, Examine Data, People, or Things Scientifically. 4) MAINTAIN RECORDS Keep Accurate and Up-to-Date Records, Log, Record, Itemise, Collate, Tabulate Data. 5) TEACH, TRAIN Inform, Explain, Give Instruction to Students, Employees, or Customers. 6) INTERVIEW FOR INFORMATION Draw Out Subjects Through Incisive Questioning. 7) CUSTOMER SERVICE Effectively Solve Problems and Challenges That Satisfy Customers. 8) ADAPT TO CHANGE Easily and Quickly Respond to Changing Assignments, Work Settings and Priorities. 9) WORK WITH NUMBERS Easily Calculate, Compute, Organise Understand and Solve Numerical and Quantitative Problems. 10) CONCEPTUALISE Conceive and Internally Develop Concepts and Ideas. 11) MEDIATE Manage Conflict, Reconcile Differences. 12) CLASSIFY Group, Categorise, Systematise Data, People, or Things. 13) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS Coordinate Events, Handle Logistics. 14) BUDGET Economise, Save, Stretch Money or Other Sources. 15) ENTERTAIN-PERFORM Amuse, Sing, Dance, Art, Play Music for, Give a Demonstration to, Speak to an Audience. 16) READ FOR INFORMATION Research Written Resources Efficiently and Exhaustively. 17) INITIATE CHANGE Exert Influence on Changing the Status Quo, Exercise Leadership in Bringing About New Directions. 18) DEAL WITH AMBIGUITY Be Comfortable and Effective with Issues That Lack Clarity, Structure or Certainty. 19) DELEGATE Achieve Effective Results by Assigning Tasks to Others. 20) MONITOR Keep Track of the Movement of Data, People, or Things. 21) PERCEIVE INTUITIVELY Sense, Show Insight and Foresight. 22) PROOFREAD, EDIT Check Writings for Proper Usage and Stylistic Flair, Make Improvements. 23) MAKE DECISIONS Make Major, Complex, or Frequent Decisions. 24) SELL Promote a Person, Company Goods or Services, Convince of Merits, Raise Money. 25) NEGOTIATE Bargain for Rights or Advantages. 26) DESIGN Structure New or Innovative Practices, Programs, Products or Environments. 27) MANAGE TIME Ability to Prioritised, Structure and Schedule Tasks to Maximise Effort and Meet Deadlines. 28) COUNSEL Facilitate Insight, and Personal Growth, Guide Advice, Coach Students, Employees, or Clients. 29) DEAL WITH FEELINGS Draw Out, Listen, Accept, Empathise, Express Sensitivity, Defuse Anger, Calm, Inject Humour, Appreciate. 30) EXPEDITE Speed Up Production or Services, Trouble-Shoot Problems, Streamline Procedures. 31) IMPROVISE To Effectively Think, Speak and Act Without Preparation. 32) MOTIVATE Recruit Involvement, Mobilise Energy, Stimulate Peak Performance. 33) USE MECHANICAL ABILITIES Assemble, Tune, Repair or Operate Engines or Other Machinery. 34) IMPLEMENT Provide Detailed Follow-Through of Policies and Plans. 35) PORTRAY IMAGES Sketch, Draw, Illustrate, Paint, Photograph. 36) ACT AS LIAISON Represent, Serve as a Link Between Individuals or Groups. 37) ANALYSE Break Down and Figure Out Problems Logically. 38) TEAM WORK Easily and Effectively Work With Others to Obtain Results. 39) SUPERVISE Oversee, Direct the Work of Others. 40) TEST Measure Proficiency, Quality, or Validity, Check and Double-Check. 41) VISUALISE Imagine Possibilities, See in Minds Eye. 42) STRATEGIZE Effectively Plan and Develop Long-Range Strategies That Successfully Accomplish Objectives. 43) INNOVATE-INVENT Create Unique Ideas or Combine Existing Ideas to Obtain a New or Unique Result. 44) GENERATE IDEAS Reflect Upon, Conceive of, Dream Up, Brainstorm Ideas. 45) WRITE Compose Reports, Letters, Articles, Ads, Stories, or Educational Materials. 46) EVALUATE Assess, Review, Critique Feasibility or Quality. 47) SYNTHESISE Integrate Ideas and Information, Combine Diverse Elements Into a Coherent Whole. 48) ESTIMATE Appraise Value or Cost. 49) MENTOR Educate, Guide, Coach or Counsel a Less Accomplished or Junior Colleague. 50) MULTI-TASK To effectively Manage a Variety of Tasks and Projects Simultaneously. 51) RESEARCH ON-LINE Able to Use Search Engines and The World Wide Web to Gather and Organise Information and Data. 52) LEADERSHIP Organising, motivating and providing direction to a group of people to achieve a common goal. WHAT ARE YOUR transferable skills and motivated skills?
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 08:06:16 +0000
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