Exploring Career Decisions

UNIT A: Who Am I and What Can I Become?

1.03 Understand Personal & Transferable Skills

What Are Skills?

• Skill is the ability to perform a task due to training and experience. Once you’ve learned something, it becomes a skill.

3 Types of Personal Skills

1.Mental Example: Creative writing, mathematics, memory

2.Physical Example: Gymnastics, aerobics exercise

3.Social Example: Conversation

Transferable skills are general skills used in school and in various types of jobs.

Examples include:Communication skills Listening skillsProblem-solving skillsTechnology skillsDecision-making skills

Organizing and planning skills

Teamwork skillsSocial skillsAdaptability skills

Transferable Skills

• Communication skills – speaking and writing • Listening skills – sending and receiving messages• Problem-solving skills - handling conflicts• Technology skills – computer knowledge• Decision-making skills – making wise decisions• Organizing and planning skills - time management • Teamwork skills - working with team members• Adaptability skills – adjusting to change

Transferable skills defined even more…..

• Transferable skills are the skills you've gathered through various jobs, volunteer work, hobbies, sports, or other life experiences that can be used in your next job or new career. In addition to being useful to career changers, transferable skills are also important to those who are facing a layoff, new graduates who are looking for their first jobs, and to those re-entering the workforce after an extended absence.

More Transferable Skills• Multi-task Present• written material • Present material orally • Manage time • Repair equipment or machinery• Keep records • Handle complaints • Coordinate fundraising activities Coach • Research • Build or construct Design buildings,

furniture, etc. • Manage finances

• Speak a foreign language (specify language)

• Use sign language • Utilize computer software (specify

programs) • Train or teach others Identify and

manage ethical issues • Plan and arrange events and activities • Delegate responsibility • Motivate others • Attend to visual detail • Assess and evaluate my own work • Assess and evaluate others' work Deal

with obstacles and crises

Name the Transferable Skill• …develop proficiency in writing and speaking, reading,

researching, analyzing, and thinking logically—skills needed to succeed both in law school and in the law. Regardless of major, a multidisciplinary background is recommended. Courses in English, foreign languages, public speaking, government, philosophy, history, economics, mathematics, and computer science, among others, are useful. Students interested in a particular aspect of law may find related courses helpful. For example, prospective patent lawyers need a strong background in engineering or science, and future tax lawyers must have extensive knowledge of accounting

Name the Transferable Skill…Answer• …develop proficiency in writing and speaking, reading,

researching, analyzing, and thinking logically—skills needed to succeed both in law school and in the law. Regardless of major, a multidisciplinary background is recommended. Courses in English, foreign languages, public speaking, government, philosophy, history, economics, mathematics, and computer science, among others, are useful. Students interested in a particular aspect of law may find related courses helpful. For example, prospective patent lawyers need a strong background in engineering or science, and future tax lawyers must have extensive knowledge of accounting