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Transferable Skills: Job Skills That Go With You Wherever You Go!

Skills That Go Where You Go

Transferable skills need a lot of thought when considering changing careers. After all, it is one of the more important decisions one can make. We have to consider our families, our living and financial situations, our competitive advantage in the new field, etc.

Making a career change typically means starting over in a new and untried field and you have to invest your time and energy, make sacrifices and prove yourself as a credible professional in your chosen new field.

Transferable Skills And Career Change

You have to be highly motivated to sustain the drive that is necessary to be successful. After you convince yourself that changing careers is the right thing to do, you still have to convince your potential employers to give you the job you are seeking.

Transferable skills, those skills that can be utilized in numerous fields, are the key to a successful career change. Consider your qualifications to date. What experience have you acquired that can be transferred across industries? When you link your skills with your personal qualities you will have a winning package that ensures your career change goes smoothly.

Transferable skills, your list of job skills, include verbal and written communication, people management, customer relations, organization and project management, development of new processes, generation of new ideas or concepts. Follow the link for a more informative list of the top skills that employers want.

Such skills are your employability skills and as such can be adapted to all organizations. You should analyze your skills and utilize them to showcase your suitability for the job you are seeking.

For example, if you would like to ditch the humdrum 9-to-5 desk job for a more hectic, unpredictable job as say, a police officer, let your potential employer know that your previous experience in leading by motivation makes you a perfect candidate for the job (even if that marketing project you managed has nothing to do with community relations) and keeps your career options wide open.

Making a list of all your professional experiences and the qualifications needed for the job you are seeking will help you in determining which skills are transferable to your new career. Once you define your transferable skills, use a functional resume to assure most (if not all) of the qualifications needed for the new job are met in your resume.

In addition to your resume, use your cover letter or email to let your potential employer know why you are changing careers, and that your new interest is not a passing one. Make sure that your resume reflects your newfound interest in a genuine and professional manner, and you are sure to have a successful career change.

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