By recognising your strengths and experience, you will start to understand more about your skills and how they can benefit the company you will be working for. These are often referred to as Transferable Skills because they are skills that are needed and used in more than one profession.
Here are some examples of Transferable Skills:
Communication
- Active listening
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Confidence
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Non-verbal communication
- Responsiveness
- Public speaking
Dependability
- Punctuality
- Integrity
- Work ethic
- High-achiever
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Honesty
Teamwork
Organisation
Adaptability
Leadership
- Delegation
- Interpersonal skills
- Conflict resolution
- Project management
- Team building
- Risk-taking
- Goal setting
Decision-making
Initiative
- Self-motivation
- High-achiever
- Process improvement
- Eagerness
- Goal setting
Technology literacy
- Troubleshooting
- Programming skills
- Point of sale software
- Customer relationship management software
- Productivity software
What to do next?
Once you have an idea of what your transferable skills are, you can add them to your resume. Take a look at our resume template here, and contact us if you would like some help.