Transferable skills

Which of these Skills Describe You?

Transferable Skills

Tip: Use these themes and skills to identify your transferable skills. (There may be some overlap between the skill themes.)

An easy way to use this resource is to:

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CIRCLE" or BOLD the skills you have
Give a number / rating to it (e.g., 1-10), where 10 is highest
Identify the top 5-7 highest rated skills
Copy these top 5-7 skills to another sheet of paper, and begin to incorporate them into your RESUME

Also - make sure to highlight your ACHIEVEMENTS (CAR stories - Challenge, Actions, Results) using the top-rated skills as a foundation/baseline.

Working effectively with people of different ages, gender, race, religion or political persuasion
Proficiency with / learning different languages
Identifying the strengths of team members
Recognizing own strengths & limitations
Clarifying team roles & performing agreed tasks
Demonstrating leadership as appropriate
Coaching, mentoring & motivating others
Giving & receiving constructive feedback
Resolving differences of opinion
Collaborating & contributing to team results

Establishing clear & attainable project goals & deliverables Defining specifications & quality standards
Planning the use of resources including time,
people, finances & materials
Risk management & contingency planning
Managing time & priorities — setting milestones
Managing tasks - delegating, coordinating, monitoring
Managing people - training, developing, motivating, giving feedback, supervising
Collecting, analyzing & organizing information
Being resourceful, taking initiative & making decisions
Establishing evaluation criteria & participating in continuous improvement
Reporting on progress & outcomes
Understanding (basic) business systems, software, tools & their relationships

Having a range of basic IT skills (e.g., Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Having a range of specialized IT skills (i.e., analysis, web design, social media, marketing, procurement, financial, supply chain, HR, etc.)
Applying IT as a management tool
Using IT to organize data
Being willing to learn new IT skills
Having the occupational health and safety knowledge to apply technology
Having the appropriate physical capacity

Identifying opportunities not obvious to others
Assessing the competitive advantage of ideas
Identifying customer or client requirements
Developing strategic goals
Being creative, initiating ideas & innovative solutions
Determining the commercial viability of ideas
Translating ideas into action
Demonstrating political, commercial, environmental, cultural awareness, sensitivities, etc.
Liaising with stakeholders & sponsors (Note: this might also be in Communication Skills)
Using a range of business communication methods
Marketing & selling a product or service

Managing own learning
Sharing knowledge & experience in the workplace
Contributing to the learning community at the workplace
Using a range of mediums to learn — mentoring, peer support, networking, information technology (IT), course
Applying learning to 'technical' issues (e.g. learning about products & 'people' issues (e.g. interpersonal and cultural aspects of work)
Having enthusiasm for ongoing learning
Being willing to learn in any setting — on & off the job
Being open to new ideas & techniques
Being prepared to invest time & effort in learning new skills
Acknowledging the need to learn in order to accommodate change