Transferable Skills: Transforming Your Work History into Your Future
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I’ve heard so many people, both young and old, say I can’t get a better job because I don’t have the experience or the right skills.
Do you not? Really? Are you sure about that?
This is where Transferable Skills come in.
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What are transferable skills?
Well, as the sentence hints at basically it is being able to transfer one skill from one situation and apply it to another.
All jobs have something in common, even schooling gives you quite a lot of transferable skills. This is the reason we go to school! More on this in a future post.
So let me give you an example. You have worked at McDonald’s or any fast-food chain and now you want to work in a bank. How are the skills you learned from what’s considered a pretty low-skilled job transferable to work in a bank as a cashier (teller)?
Cash Handling
McDonald’s: Managed cash registers dealing with customer payments and ensuring correct change was given.
