Step Six: Transferable Skills

Transferable Skills

A Tool to Discover Your Transferable Skills

A skill is a learned or acquired behavior, activity, competency, or proficiency. When writing a resume, applying for a job, going for an interview, preparing for college or growing a business, your transferable skills provide a clear picture of who you are.   Employers, schools and customers are looking for people who have good transferable skills. (careerplans4all.com)· Transferable skills show your hard, soft, interpersonal and general skills that make you successful in any environment.

Transferable skills are a product of our talents, traits and knowledge. These skills determine how you respond to new activities, work situations or jobs.

Transferable skills are also non-job specific skills that you have acquired during any activity or life experiences. To be successful in the school, workplace or entrepreneurial activity, you have to possess transferable skills. (careerplans4all.com)

Since Transferable Skills are important not just for students but for everyone, we need to understand the meaning behind transferable Skills.

According to our career experts, the top four transferable skills are –

• Hard skills

• Soft skills

• General skills

• Interpersonal skills

For more information, read the Meeting the Transferable Skills Challenge article!

See our Transferable Skills Scale tool!

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