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CANDIDATE SUPPORT:
Unlocking your Stored Knowledge
Amended: November 2015
A process to identify
and understand your transferable skills
WHAT ARE TRANSFERABLE SKILLS?
THINGS YOU KNOW: PROCESSES
& PROCEDURES: RULES & LAWS:
THINGS YOU’VE DONE in BUSINESS and PLEASURE
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS ARE YOUR KEY ASSETS
WHY BOTHER?
TO HELP YOU
MANAGE (the uncertainty of?) YOUR CURRENT STATUS
POSITIVE OUTLOOK 1 - NEW HORIZON,
NOT REAR MIRROR
“where can I discover a
new opportunity?”
“whilst unemployement in my area is 10%, employment stands at 90%”
AVOID THE TRAP OF RESPONDING WITH ‘OLD’
APPROACHES
UNDERSTAND YOUR ‘HIDDEN VALUE’
THE REAL WORLD OF RECRUITMENT
THERE IS ALWAYS AN
INITIAL ‘EASY’ SIFT OF CV’s
THE ‘REAL’ EMPLOYER
KNOWS WHAT (S)HE IS LOOKING FOR
EMPLOYER HAS A
‘PICTURE’ OF THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
THE INITIAL REVIEW
CREATES PRECONCEIVED IDEAS
EMPLOYER LOOKS TO
MATCH APPLICATION WITH PERSONAL EXPECTATIONS
EMPLOYER USES ‘GUT’
FEEL
IN THE REAL WORLD OF RECRUITMENT YOU NEED TO STAND OUT
PRESENTED
PROPERLY, TRANSFERABLE SKILLS WILL:
HELP YOU GET ‘OUT OF
YOUR BOX’
ENABLE YOU TO
‘EXTEND’ YOUR KNOWLEDGE
INTERPRET YOUR
CAPABILITIES
HELP YOU FOCUS YOUR
JOB SEARCH
HELP YOU MANAGE YOUR
FUTURE CAREER
POSITIVE OUTLOOK 2 - BUILD YOUR
SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM
YOUR SELF ESTEEM - GOVERNED BY YOUR
PERSONAL EXPECTATIONS,
SO BE REALISTIC
POSITIVE OUTLOOK 3 - GEAR
YOUR THINKING TO:
“which job shall I apply for” NOT
“how am I going to find a job at my age?”
NOT “what’s going to happen?” BUT “how do I want it to be!”
UNDERSTANDING
YOUR STRENGTHS BY PERSONAL BRAINSTORMING
CREATE A
LIST/SPREADSHEET
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GET CONFIRMATION and ADDITIONAL IDEAS
FROM THOSE YOU KNOW
DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN SPECIFIC AND GENERIC
Example; PRODUCT
MANAGER FOR BAKED BEANS
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT is GENERIC, the
BAKED BEANS are SPECIFIC
GENERIC
SKILLS Examples
Product management processes
Managing internal relationships
Understanding of external (customer) relationships
Project Management
Budgeting and cash flow
Profit and Loss
Food industry
Marketing
SALES
SPECIFIC SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE ALLOW YOU
TO EXTEND YOUR CAPABILITIES Examples
Bean sourcing “because I
know this, I understand (something
about) import and export”
Can sizing “because I know this, I have an understanding of
manufacturing requirements”
AIRCRAFT WING DESIGN ENGINEER
EXTEND to TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
problem solving
creativity
profit conscious
self starter
SOFTWARE PRODUCT MANAGER
EXTEND to TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
achievement focused
understands market research
effective communicator
profit conscious
SALES MANAGER – CHEMICALS
EXTEND to TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
opportunity awareness
results oriented
understands market research
negotiation
understands H&S
broad business
knowledge
OPERATIONS MANAGER
EXTEND to TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
project and time
management
negotiator
budgetary control
partnership working
PERSONAL BRAINSTORMING Summary
TO UNDERSTAND YOUR TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
LIST YOUR JOBS
LIST YOUR SKILLS
EXTEND THE SPECIFIC
REMEMBER TO REVIEW YOUR PASTIMES and
INTERESTS
FOR SUGGESTIONS ON PRESENTING
YOUR TRANSFERABLE SKILLS CLICK HERE
Contact: Mike Saunders at experience@wrinkliesdirect.co.uk
Recruitment agency providing people
with experience and knowledge