Transferable Skills

You have numerous talents and skills! Lets take a few minutes to determine all the
abilities you do have to offer any employer.
This chart below, listing a great many skills, is a terrific starting point. Its comprehensive
but not exhaustive, so do record any specialties or unique talents you possess. You
likely have technical skills or specialty talents not listed here so be sure to add them to
your list.
Be complete and thorough as you proceed through this list. When finished, youll be
amazed by the number of skills you possess and can sell to an employer. Check off
every skill you have.

SKILLS YOU COULD OFFER AN EMPLOYER

POSSESS

TYPE OF SKILL
Written skills that effectively communicate in correspondences/reports/emails
Writing proposals, manuscripts, manuals
Writing - articles, publications, newsletters
Write technical materials
Work with animals
Word-processing skills
Visualize ideas or future trends
Visionary
Using multimedia equipment
Use sophisticated equipment, instruments
Use active listening skills to draw people out and help express their thoughts
Updating files
Understanding technical manuals, terminology
Tutor others
Trouble-shooting
Treating ill people
Training others to perform a task
Tolerate interruptions, inconveniences
Time management
Testing others
Terminate employees
Taking risks
Take accurate measurements

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TYPE OF SKILL
Tabulate information or data
Systematizing
Systematize
System planning
Survey land
Survey for information or opinions
Supervising others
Supervising installations
Supervising construction projects
Streamlining costs, systems or procedures
Strategic planning
Speak, write, understand another language
Sort objects, materials, or papers
Singing
Showing attention to details
Setting up demonstrations, shows, exhibits, displays
Setting realistic objectives for self and others
Set up systems, services, or programs
Set quality standards
Selling products or services
Self-motivating/self-starter
Screen applicants
Scheduling others
Run financial simulations
Resourcefulness
Research
Repairing mechanical devices
Rehabilitate people
Regulate things
Reduction of costs
Redesign tools or equipment
Reconcile financial records
Read and use reference materials
Quality improvement
Quality assurance

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TYPE OF SKILL
Purchasing products or services
Public speaking
Providing financial analysis
Providing customer-service
Providing community services
Proposing solutions or making recommendations
Proofread
Promoting products or services
Promoting events
Promote efficiency in others
Project management
Program Management
Producing publications
Producing new products or programs
Producing films or videos
Process improvement through the examination, streamlining, development or
design of more efficient or effective ways to perform a task or function
Problem-solving
Print project coordination
Preparing budgets and/or budget management
Possess manual dexterity, eye-hand coordination
Policy-making
Playing music
Planning events
Planning and coordinating meetings
Planning agendas
Plan large scale projects or designs
Persuade others
Performing or acting
Conducting needs assessments
Performing lab work
Perceiving the needs of others
Paying bills
Painting objects
Originate procedures, policies or systems

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TYPE OF SKILL
Organizing work flow for others
Organizing programs
Organizing processes or systems
Organizing people
Order supplies
Operating equipment or machinery
Observing people
Observe and monitor data or things
Negotiation skills to arrive jointly at decisions, conclusions or solutions
Negotiating contracts
Multi-tasking
Monitor machines, equipment, processes
Mobilize resources and people
Merge or combine ideas or systems
Merchandising of product(s)
Mentor others
Mediating between groups
Measure boundaries, sizes, or weights
Managing people and being responsible for them and their work
Making presentations
Making people laugh
Making business deals
Make models
Make layouts
Make connections and bring people together
Legal expertise
Leading an organization
Leading a project
Leading a department or business unit
Keep secrets or confidential information
Justify decisions, or conclusions
Investigating problems
Inventing new products
Interviewing others
Interpret and translate a different language

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TYPE OF SKILL
Interior decorating
Instructing or teach others
Install equipment
Inspecting products/ physical objects
Inform or give out information to others
Influencing others
Index or organize data or information
Improvise
Improvement of a condition, situation, product or process
Improve tools, machines, or equipment
Implementation
Imaginative, with many innovative ideas
Illustrate or depict a product
Identify and seize on opportunities
Hiring employees
Highly creative in applying theory to develop or design new things
Help build or improve the quality of a staff through training, counseling,
guidance, and goal objectives
Have undertaken careful, original, systematic study, research and
investigation in some field of knowledge to discover or establish facts or
principles
Handling contracts and agreements
Handling complaints
Handling community relations
Handle routine or boring tasks
Global thinking
Fundraising
Focusing on project, task, or problem at hand
Fixing or repairing equipment
Financial planning
Fill orders or requests
Facilitating meetings
Expedite, speed up
Execute, implement, get something done
Examining products or processes
Examining and evaluating complex data

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TYPE OF SKILL
Evaluating inventory controls
Estimating space requirements
Estimate cost, distance, size, etc.
Establish policy or procedures
Establish priorities sorting tasks according to order of importance or urgency
Enforcing regulations
Effectively hear what the speaker is attempting to communicate
Editing written words
Drawing or painting a picture or design
Drafting
Doing cost analysis
Dispense medicines
Directing work flow
Direct the process, resources and work to achieve desired results
Diagnosing problems
Developing marketing campaigns/plans
Developing ideas from the thought concept through to completion
Developing financial forecasts/projections
Develop prototypes
Develop and maintain financial tracking systems
Detect problems or errors
Design/plan marketing campaign
Designing buildings
Designing products
Design flyers, brochures, booklets, etc.
Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills
Demonstrate how to do things
Delegating tasks to others
Decorating interiors
Debating an issue
Dealing creatively with colors, spaces, shapes, dimensions, ceramics, art
Curriculum development
Critique or review others work
Credit analysis
Creating multimedia products, presentations or designs

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TYPE OF SKILL
Creating graphs and charts
Creating displays
Creating advertising materials or designs
Counsel others
Corporate promotions
Copywriting
Cope with deadlines and high stress, pressure
Coordinating services
Control costs
Construct or assembling things
Construct buildings
Conduct statistical analysis
Conducting quality assurance
Conduct scientific research
Conducting market research
Conceptualize ideas
Composing music
Complete projects or tasks on schedule
Compare objects
Committee work
Collect money
Collaborate with others on a project
Coach others towards improved behavior or performance
Classifying and record data/information
Cash/money management
Calculating/counting/taking inventory
Calculating numerical data
Build things with tools and equipment
Build a cohesive, highly productive team that meets goals on time
Budget time or resources or materials
Bring enthusiasm and energy into group
Being a detail orientated person
Authorize checks/treasury responsibility
Authoring a book
Audit or balance financial information

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TYPE OF SKILL
Assigning specific duties to workers and supervise those actions
Assess the performance of equipment
Assess a persons performance using equipment
Assemble or collect materials
Approve layouts or designs
Appraisal of property
Applying what others have developed
Analyzing data
Allocate or dispense resources
Advising others
Adjust, arrange, or adapt information
Adapt tools, machinery, and equipment
Adapt to changing situations and needs
Act as liaison, go-between, or intermediary
Accounting
Able to translate ideas into written or visual form for others
Able to summarize and make a brief, concise statement presenting the
substance or general idea or main points of a subject
Able to serve as an agent or representative for others; authorized to work and
speak on their behalf to accomplish desired results
Able to refer or direct people to appropriate sources of aid and/or information
Able to recruit new employees, membership, subscribers, etc.
Able to prepare either a formal or informal report describing the results of a
particular occurrence
Able to prepare a coordinated, timed plan for procedure on a project, which
entails making arrangements for events and processes as well as making
sure goals or promises are delivered on time
Able to interest others in and/or sell ideas, goods, programs, projects or
services
Able to influence the thoughts and actions of others and get results
Able to influence attitudes and ideas of others in favor of a desired point of
view
Able to give instructions or lessons enabling others to learn (via explanation,
demonstration and/or supervised practice)
Able to give clear verbal and/or written directions
Able to exchange ideas, information and opinions with others to formulate
policies and programs

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TYPE OF SKILL
Able to examine a piece of work carefully and detect flaws or errors
Able to evaluate a persons performance
Able to direct or lead the way to a particular goal or objective
Able to determine or interpret work procedures for a group of workers
Able to determine a goal or goals to be worked toward
Able to design and outline the framework of a new program
Able to bring a program or plan into existence
Able to appraise or determine the quality of, the worth of, and/or the
effectiveness of a program or organization
Ability to motivate workers

This list contain more functional skills you can carry over to your new career.

FUNCTIONAL TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

F
UNCTIONAL TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
Administration
Advising/Coaching/Counseling
Financial Analysis
Data Analysis
Systems Analysis
Arbitration/Mediation
Artistic Skills
Budget Management
Computer Skills (specify)
Web Design
Coordinating Events
Creating new processes
Creating systems
Creating new programs
Creating new policy and procedures
Customer Service
Data Collection
Delegating
Developing Ideas
Documenting Records

Repairing equipment (specify)

Team building
Negotiation skills
Accounting skills
Organizing
Performing
Planning
Problem Solving
Process Improvement
Program/product design
Program/product developing
Program implementation
Program management
Product management
Product launch
Mediation skills
Sales
Promotion
Public speaking
Purchasing

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FUNCTIONAL TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

F
UNCTIONAL
TRANSFERABLE
SKILLS
Evaluating
programs,
problems, systems
Forecasting
Hiring
Inspecting products or services
Interpreting
Leadership
Managing people
Marketing
Graphic design
Operating equipment (specify)
Computer skills: (specify)

Recruiting
Referral screening
Reporting
Representing others
Research
Scheduling
Supervising
Tracking
Teaching/training/presentation
Writing
Technical/Specialized skills: (specify)

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