Mastering Workplace Skills
What skills do you have? Do you know how to present them during an interview or on your resume? Do you know what employers are looking for?
Here's the scoop. Employers are looking for 2 types of skills.
- Work content or HARD skills that are unique to the occupation, i.e., a Carpenter has specific skills that are very different from an Accountant. Carpenters measure, cut, build. Accountants calculate, audit, analyze. You get the idea right?
- Self-management or SOFT skills are in greater demand than job seekers believe, i.e., teamwork, communication, attitude, reliability. Every employer wants employees to have these skills, and they make hiring decisions based on you having them! If you ignore them, you will not get hired.
6 soft skills everyone needs and employers look for:
Technical skills may get you an interview, but these six soft skills will get you the job.
Portable or TRANSFERABLE skills are those HARD and SOFT skills that you can take with you from one situation to another, from one job to another.
