Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job How to Identify and Talk About Your Transferable Skills, with Zach Moore
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Jun 26, 2024 In this conversation with Zach Moore, a Career Pathways Manager at College Possible, he shares his expertise on identifying transferable skills crucial for career transitions. Zach encourages listeners to view job descriptions as 'cries for help' and emphasizes the importance of critical thinking and problem-solving. He offers practical strategies for recognizing skills patterns and tailoring personal stories to align with job requirements. Also highlighted is his work empowering low-income students to leverage their skills for workforce success.
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Three Skill Categories
- Consider skills in three categories: hard skills (knowledge), human skills (behavior), and transferable skills (what you do).
- Transferable skills apply across industries, like data analysis, coaching, or public speaking.
Employer Priorities
- Employers value transferable skills, especially those related to a liberal arts education, like critical thinking and problem-solving.
- They prioritize these over specific software knowledge, believing they can teach the latter.
Show, Don't Tell
- Show, don't just tell: use stories to demonstrate transferable skills, even if from seemingly unrelated industries.
- Be specific about your contributions, not your team's, and focus on how you used the skills.
