3 Types of Skills
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Transcript 3 Types of Skills
Career Development Center
Presenter: Cam Helkowski, [email protected]
November 2011
Take inventory of what YOU offer
Major skills and abilities
Social, technical or field-specific skills
Important personal attributes (hard-working,
trustworthy, results-oriented, decisive)
Ask: Where have I successfully used these abilities,
skills and attributes?
Why Look at Transferable Skills?
Leverage skills for new opportunities
Target skills will offer the greatest personal reward
Identify areas of strength and interest
Identify areas for growth and development
Identify areas of burnout or dissatisfaction
Data for self-marketing/ personal branding
3 Types of Skills
Technical/ Work-specific skills are specific to a job and are not easily
applied in other environments or situations. These skills tend to be technical
and/or specialized.
Functional/transferable skills can be applied in most environments and
situations. They incorporate various combinations of data, people, and thing
skills. Examples of functional skills include communication, planning,
organizing, managing, analyzing, and problem-solving.
Self-management/adaptive skills (sometimes referred to as personality
traits) are related to how we conduct ourselves and are rooted in temperament.
Examples of these skills include taking the initiative, resourcefulness, being
good-natured, and reliability.
Assess Your Marketability
What Can You Provide that No One Else Can?
Transferable skills
(i.e. communication, analyzing, organizing, problem-solving,
planning, presentation)
Experience by organizational function
Accomplishments
Assess Your Marketability:
What Can You Provide that No One Else Can?
What do you know? What have you done?
Personality and character (adaptive skills)
How can you help? What value do you bring?
Education and related training
Volunteer experience
Assess Your Marketability:
Transferable Skills that Employers Seek
Collaboration and
Entrepreneurial attitude
Teamwork Skills
and creativity
Diplomacy/Influence
Understanding of multiple
perspectives
Adaptability and Flexibility
Problem-solving and
Project Management
analysis tied to the “big
Interpersonal Skills
picture”
Communication Skills
Strategic planning
Transferable Skills Categories
Communication
Research and Planning
Leadership and Management
Human Relations and Interpersonal
Communication Skills
Speaking effectively in public
Writing clearly and concisely
Expressing ideas in an open forum
Facilitating group discussion
Providing appropriate feedback
Persuading or advocating
Reporting technical information to a non-technical
audience
Interviewing for information
Editing documents
Research and Planning Skills
Generating ideas
Identifying problems
Developing alternative solutions
Identifying resources
Gathering information
Goal Setting and Evaluation
Conducting Needs Analysis
Developing evaluation and feedback strategies
Leadership and Management Skills
Recruiting and hiring staff
Providing direction, coaching and feedback
Handling details or coordinating tasks
Managing groups
Delegating responsibility
Teaching or Instruction
Counseling for performance improvement
Promoting change
Managing conflict
Human Relations and Interpersonal Skills
Developing rapport
Listening actively
Providing support for others
Motivating
Sharing credit
Counseling
Cooperating
Representing others
Perceiving feelings, situations
Asserting
In what ways have you
applied your transferable
skills?
Communicate Your Value:
Accomplishments
Achieved
Adapted
Authored
Built
Completed
Controlled
Convinced
Created
Developed
Directed
Established
Evaluated
Implemented
Improved
Initiated
Maintained
Managed
Operated
Produced
Reduced
Accomplishment Statements
Questions to get started:
• What outcomes have you been recognized for?
• Did you improve processes, procedures? How?
• Did you negotiate for savings or to generate revenue?
• Did you increase brand (think mission) awareness?
How?
• Did you come up with an idea that improved the
organization in a tangible way?
• How do you know you did a good job?
Examples of Accomplishment
Statements
Managed five program budgets totaling $$.
Improved collections procedure to capture $$$ in
unrealized revenue.
Consistently exceeded sales goals by 20%.
Completed projects on time and under budget.
Managed projects across three research centers.
Trained and supervised (department) staff.
Identified and characterized (interesting research finding.)
Wrote and was awarded foundation grant for work on…
Invited presenter at 2011 XXX conference.
Next Steps
Complete a comprehensive skills analysis
Research career areas to find a possible fit
Online
Print
People
Network to learn as much about the industry as you
can & to build key connections
Create a job search plan
Update your resume and practice interviewing
Determining Qualifications
for Specific Jobs
Print Resources
Online Resources
Online Job listing sites
Information Interviews
Trade Professional Associations
Conferences, Industry Events, Meetings
Resources
Skillscan- www.skillscan.net
Occupational Outlook Handbook- www.bls.gov/oco
O*Net- www.online.onetcenter.org