Chapter three skill sets
sometimes when we are asked what our strengths are, we tend to think “knowledge-based skills.” These are the skills you’ve acquired from experience and education. While these skills are important, the next person to be interviewed may be equally qualified in these skills. There are two other categories that are very important when you are trying to establishing your uniqueness in interviews. These are your transferable skills and your personal traits.- Knowledge-based skills are skills
learned through experience or education, such as computer programs,
graphics, languages, and writing
- Transferable skills are portable—you can take them with
you to almost any job. Examples are communication, listening,
decision-making, judgment, initiative, planning, and organizing.
Chances are that you are probably taking for granted some of
the skills that make you unique.
- Personal traits are qualities that
make you who you are— flexibility, integrity, friendliness,
dependability, good attitude. These skills cannot be taught,
even though some employers would like to teach them, and they
should be valued as important.
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