What are transferable skills? They are the core skills you develop that can be transferred to your next job. Employers usually have a high a regard for these core skills which can be defined as:
* Organisational skills - managing your work and team in an efficient manner.
* Organisational skills - are you good at planning and organising your work and team?
* Organisational skills - good at organising your work, detailed analysis, and research and development skills.
Examine your present role and how much it has to do with your current job in the industry now. You will see much of your experience can be applied to other roles and industries unless your work is highly skilled and specialised on some very niche industry.
Trainers, for example, are useful in most businesses as it is always important to find someone with the ability to train others to work more efficiently. A good organiser requires project management skills which are in wide demand. Most skills are transferable, so it is important to emphasise this to prospective employers.
* Identifying your transferable skills
Examine the skills needed in different roles and spot the similarities between them. Do your research on established jobs boards like monster or telcojobs.eu. Compare your skills to other roles and you will find that your skills will be in demand across a range of roles.
This is a good exercise for finding the skills you use that you might not have noticed. These skills may be hardly noticeable to you but are essential skills to other prospective employers. In fact you'll generally find that you have the skills for a much wider range of jobs than you thought you had.
It is vital to show prospective employers that you have good management skills and a good technical ability as well as being able to identify achievements in your career that you can show are transferable skills. Keep your CV updated with every success and achievement and in your role as this will vastly improve your chances of success when you want to change career.
Make sure your CV lists your most important skills before the fold where is stands out as well as your selling points. When changing roles, it is important that with your CV you are able to convince the prospective employer why you would make a better choice of employee in the job or industry. Your CV is like a statement to sell yourself and impress quickly so you will stand out immediately in the interview. - 15254
* Organisational skills - managing your work and team in an efficient manner.
* Organisational skills - are you good at planning and organising your work and team?
* Organisational skills - good at organising your work, detailed analysis, and research and development skills.
Examine your present role and how much it has to do with your current job in the industry now. You will see much of your experience can be applied to other roles and industries unless your work is highly skilled and specialised on some very niche industry.
Trainers, for example, are useful in most businesses as it is always important to find someone with the ability to train others to work more efficiently. A good organiser requires project management skills which are in wide demand. Most skills are transferable, so it is important to emphasise this to prospective employers.
* Identifying your transferable skills
Examine the skills needed in different roles and spot the similarities between them. Do your research on established jobs boards like monster or telcojobs.eu. Compare your skills to other roles and you will find that your skills will be in demand across a range of roles.
This is a good exercise for finding the skills you use that you might not have noticed. These skills may be hardly noticeable to you but are essential skills to other prospective employers. In fact you'll generally find that you have the skills for a much wider range of jobs than you thought you had.
It is vital to show prospective employers that you have good management skills and a good technical ability as well as being able to identify achievements in your career that you can show are transferable skills. Keep your CV updated with every success and achievement and in your role as this will vastly improve your chances of success when you want to change career.
Make sure your CV lists your most important skills before the fold where is stands out as well as your selling points. When changing roles, it is important that with your CV you are able to convince the prospective employer why you would make a better choice of employee in the job or industry. Your CV is like a statement to sell yourself and impress quickly so you will stand out immediately in the interview. - 15254
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