Identify Your Transferable Skills to Enhance Career Mobility

Get to the heart of what you love and do well. Take ownership of your strengths and leverage them in your

career

Identify Your Transferable Skills to EnhanceCareer MobilityLesah Beckhusen, M.S.

www.skillscan.com / Lesah@skillscan.com

Assisted by Maidere Sorhondo, M.S.and Nancy Donovan, M.A.

Lesah has 25+ years of experience as a career coach and developer of assessment tools, training programs and resources to help individuals enhance personal clarity for career development.

Lesah served 23 years as a career coach at the Haas School of Business (retired 2018) and is the President of SkillScan assessments, a suite of online (Drive and Express) and print transferable skills assessments, (Advance Pack 2.0).

She earned an M.S. in Counseling and a B.A. in Psychology from San Diego State University.

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Workshop Goals and Activitiesu Clarify the role of transferable skills and strengths to:

u Enrich your current position and bridge the gap to your next moveu Evaluate new opportunities (career change & advancement)u Promote your brand in marketing documents

Activities: u Identify accomplishments that use your best skillsu Conduct a hands-on transferable skills assessment to clarify your

preferred skills/strengthsu Connect your greatest strengths to preferred tasks and

accomplishmentsu Gain tips to optimize your greatest skills in your current role, evaluate

new options and showcase skills/strengths in your resume

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Skills Defined – Ability to perform an activity in a competent manner. We use transferable skills to perform all work tasks.

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Overview

Engage in a four-step skills identification and career management process:

1. Evaluate your roles – list favorite jobs and accomplishments

2. Hands on skills assessment – identify and organize a profile of your top transferable skills

3. Connect your preferred skills to accomplishments4. Reflect upon your goals and develop action steps

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Enjoyable Roles and Accomplishments/Tasks

Ø Recall and list two - three of your favorite roles/jobs (current and past) and list accomplishments or tasks that you enjoyed performing.

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Evaluate Your Role(s)

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Sort the skill cards into one of the two categories:

YesEnjoy using and high priority

for use in work (assume basic proficiency)

NoNo/low proficiency and

minimal or no use in work

Evaluate each skill for its ideal use in the future

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Quick Transferable Card Sort

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Top Favorite Category

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Key

Orange = Relationship Yellow = Communication Blue=Mgt/Leadership

Gray = Analytical Lavender = Creative Green = Physical/Technical

2nd Favorite Category

3rd Favorite Category

4th Favorite Category

Skill

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Prioritize Your Top 4 Skill Categories

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The Skill Wheel

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Specific Tasks / Accomplishments

Preferred Skills / Skill Sets Used

Example: Developed a training manual to reduce time to onboard new staff

• Analyzed and researched training needs

• Conceptualized and synthesizedresults

• Wrote, edited and published the manual

Connect Your Preferred Skills/Skill Sets to Your Accomplishments

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Transferable Skills at the Center Point

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Transferable Skills Knowledge-based Personal Traits

Consultation: • Influence• Strategy

Communication: • Cultural sensitivity• Oral and written communication

skills• Work with multiple stakeholders• Training others

Project Management:• Managing compliance

processes• Organizational and coordination

skills• Time management skills & meet

deadlines

Training Identify staff training needs

Compliance Policies and procedures

Grant Making

Internal Revenue Rules and Regulations

Legal Knowledge

Process Improvement Skills

Computer Skills:• Word• Excel• PowerPoint• Outlook• SharePoint

• Exercise good judgement

• Culturally sensitive

• Solution-focused

• Comfortable with ambiguity

• Diplomatic/tactful

• Work on Teams

Position Analysis ExerciseCompliance Coordinator Role

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Organize tasks and accomplish-ments by Skill Headings

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Ø Enrichment – Which skills do you want to grow and expand upon in current role• What are the challenges in your organization – how can you contribute your skills?• What are the growth possibilities within your current job? Discuss with your manager

Ø Career Change – Which skills are you motivated to use and in what types of roles?• What roles are you considering? What skills and knowledge would you need to be

competitive?• How can you develop relevant skills in current job or outside of your department/organization?

Ø Advancement – What does advancement mean to you (up, lateral, increased responsibilities?

• What opportunities are most desirable to you? How do your skills align with the role?• Who can you speak with to gain insights on skills/experience needed, gaps to fill and typical

feeder positions?

Ø Retirement – Which of your top skills bring you joy?• What are your interests? What are the options for using these skills with your interests?• What actions can you take to explore the possibilities? • Consider brainstorming with colleagues and peers to get ideas

Reflect on Your Preferred Skills

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u Given the stage you are in, what steps can you take to make progress toward your goal?

u Pair up with a person next to you: share your career goal –enrichment, career change, advancement, retirement

u Show or describe your top preferred skills – the ones you are motivated to use and develop

u Share some action steps you can take and ask for input u Switch – your partner repeats the process

Given your action steps, how will you be accountable to yourself to make progress?

Action Planning

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Ø Clarify your vision of what you want, need, and have to offer (Interests, Skills, Values, Ideal Work Environment, etc.) – visit SkillScan Learning Center

Ø Identify a position(s) of interest and conduct a Position Analysis Exercise to ascertain fit and fill gaps

Ø Showcase your preferred skills and relevant accomplishments and experience in your resume

Ø Utilize UCB Career Development Services (Transferable Skills Workshop this August)

Ø Gain support for the process: Buddy up with a colleague, work with a career coach, seek out a mentor(s), discuss goals with manager

Helpful Resources

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Thank you!

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