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Answer Upon - Graduate Job Applications - Identify Your Transferable Skills
How to write a thank you letter to use after an interview, a phone interview, or even to someone who passed your name on to a hiring manager is an art that is not taught as often as it should be by placement services and others who help job seekers with finding jobs. They always cover the basics of resume writing, interview preparation, cover letter writing, how to create a reference sheet, and even how to prepare a salary history, which isn’t even required that often, but how to write a thank you letter is a subject that should be covered. It is a necessary skill that puts the capstone on the interview o
How did you communicate this information? By writing essays, giving presentations or talks, delivering a lesson to other students, answering questions, writing a thesis? You may have devised questionnaires and interviewed members of the public, written articles for
What did they do in ancient Egypt that employers are still using with amazing success today? They analyzed handwriting.Does handwriting really show the personality of the writer? Does analyzing the writing of potential job candidates work?Answer: YES. 90% of European employers consistently use it for hiring, promotion, and interpersonal conflict. Obviously this repeat use indicates satisfaction with the results.However, for many North American employers it is still an unknown quantity. It sounds “flaky.” It sounds just plain weird.But stop to think about this f
OK - Let’s bust a bit of that jargon! What exactly are transferable skills? Quite simply, they are things you can do in one area of your life which can be used somewhere else.
Let’s take an example. As a student, did you get all your assignments in on time? Were you able to set up extensions if your work was late? Did you learn how to type quickly and use a number of computer programmes effectively? Did you hold down a part-time job and manage to juggle work with study and your social life?
If you answered yes to all, or at least some of the above, you have demonstrated an extensive range of skills, such as effective time management, negotiating and good communication skills. Now, you may not give them such grand titles, but if you were filling in a job application form, that’s exactly what you’d call them.
You’ve been picking up skills from the moment you were born. The problem is that you take most of your skills for granted. That’s something we’ve got to change! So grab a pen and paper, get yourself a cup of coffee and let’s get started.
Choose any role you’ve had in your life.
As a graduate, you’ll have spent a large part of your life so far as a student and so we’ll use that in our example. Have a go at brainstorming the skills you developed in your school or student days.
What did you come up with?
Communication Skills
You had no chance of surviving as a student - and even less chance of passing your exams - if you couldn’t communicate the knowledge and skills that you are at college to learn.
How did you communicate this information? By writing essays, giving presentations or talks, delivering a lesson to other students, answering questions, writing a thesis? You may have devised questionnaires and interviewed members of the public, written articles for
The story I am about to tell you is thought to be apocryphal, which is why I shall refrain from naming names. Nonetheless, it is a classic example of what advertising is - or, rather, should be - all about. It demonstrates that good promotional concepts, the ideas that sell product, are based wholly and solely upon (a) the product story, (b) the benefits of owning said product and (c) the image of the product in the eyes of its potential customers.Step back with me, then, about 40 years, when advertising agencies were less dependent than they are now upon market research, consumer panels, think tanks
If you answered yes to all, or at least some of the above, you have demonstrated an extensive range of skills, such as effective time management, negotiating and good communication skills. Now, you may not give them such grand titles, but if you were filling in a job application form, that’s exactly what you’d call them.
You’ve been picking up skills from the moment you were born. The problem is that you take most of your skills for granted. That’s something we’ve got to change! So grab a pen and paper, get yourself a cup of coffee and let’s get started.
Choose any role you’ve had in your life.
As a graduate, you’ll have spent a large part of your life so far as a student and so we’ll use that in our example. Have a go at brainstorming the skills you developed in your school or student days.
What did you come up with?
Communication Skills
You had no chance of surviving as a student - and even less chance of passing your exams - if you couldn’t communicate the knowledge and skills that you are at college to learn.
How did you communicate this information? By writing essays, giving presentations or talks, delivering a lesson to other students, answering questions, writing a thesis? You may have devised questionnaires and interviewed members of the public, written articles for
If you are interested in becoming a close protection operative (bodyguard) in the UK you must at least successfully complete a SIA accredited training course.Part of this course is first aid which is compulsory and is a must, this is due to the fact you may be needed to perform first aid to a principal or client and you would be first on the scene.There are many companies out there offering training some good some not so good, they range from ?1000.00 to ?3000.00 plus.Many are geared to fit around you experience and knowledge, this can be a advantage, if you have previous experience yo
You’ve been picking up skills from the moment you were born. The problem is that you take most of your skills for granted. That’s something we’ve got to change! So grab a pen and paper, get yourself a cup of coffee and let’s get started.
Choose any role you’ve had in your life.
As a graduate, you’ll have spent a large part of your life so far as a student and so we’ll use that in our example. Have a go at brainstorming the skills you developed in your school or student days.
What did you come up with?
Communication Skills
You had no chance of surviving as a student - and even less chance of passing your exams - if you couldn’t communicate the knowledge and skills that you are at college to learn.
How did you communicate this information? By writing essays, giving presentations or talks, delivering a lesson to other students, answering questions, writing a thesis? You may have devised questionnaires and interviewed members of the public, written articles for
After we've read all the advice, listened to the Job Fair lectures, and heard what our friends and co-workers tell us, it is still terribly difficult to go out and do things that are really uncomfortable.Mailing out resumes and submitting applications on line is so safe. We're not risking ourselves because it is impersonal and anonymous. We know, deep down, that the chance of a positive response is minimal but we tell ourselves that we're doing something positive about our situation.The real key to finding a great position is networking. We've all heard it a thousand times and we know in our h
Choose any role you’ve had in your life.
As a graduate, you’ll have spent a large part of your life so far as a student and so we’ll use that in our example. Have a go at brainstorming the skills you developed in your school or student days.
What did you come up with?
Communication Skills
You had no chance of surviving as a student - and even less chance of passing your exams - if you couldn’t communicate the knowledge and skills that you are at college to learn.
How did you communicate this information? By writing essays, giving presentations or talks, delivering a lesson to other students, answering questions, writing a thesis? You may have devised questionnaires and interviewed members of the public, written articles for
After hearing Daniel Pink speak about his new book A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age for the fourth time, I finally read it cover to cover (less than a day). I finally got what he's talking about when he says jobs that are high touch are here to stay. That is, jobs that builds relationships between business and client whether it's B2B or B2C. To that end, he advocates that we incorporate more storytelling into our relationships, that we make a point with a story, not just facts which everyone knows they need but still find boring. The reason is that stories are easier t
How did you communicate this information? By writing essays, giving presentations or talks, delivering a lesson to other students, answering questions, writing a thesis? You may have devised questionnaires and interviewed members of the public, written articles for on or offline publication or for a college newsletter. You’ll have taken notes and summarised information from books and lectures. Think about each subject you studied and write a list of the methods of communication you used, both oral and written and write examples of each.
Teamwork
As a student you will have been exposed to group work of some sort - I know, I’m a teacher! You may have had to research a subject to make a group presentation or for a written assignment, or perhaps you produced a class newsletter or were involved in a community project with classmates. If you have played any team sports in your spare time, you will know a lot about what it takes to work as a member of a team.
Ability to work alone and on your own initiative
Much of the work you did at college was not group work, but stuff you had to do alone and you probably had to motivate yourself to get on with it. So, how good were you at getting all the work done? You may not have liked it, but if it had to be done, chances are you did it. How did you use your own initiative? Did you devise ways in which to make remembering information easier? Did you come up with creative ideas to make your work different and interesting? Did you find a job which you were able to fit in with your studies and which solved some of your financial problems?
Ability to meet deadlines
Deadlines - You certainly had a few of these in your student days. Did you meet them? You may have learned the hard way, sitting up all night at the last minute, but most people manage to get things in on time. And if you did
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