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January 18, 2023 by JenniferJane

How to Identify Your Skills for Personal Development

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You can help your own personal development, and employers will find you if you identify your skills when you’re between jobs. There are different types of skills, and some are listed here.

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Compare Against Current Requirements

If you are looking to improve your existing set of skills to move towards a career goal, it helps to understand what employers in specific sectors are looking for. Job search sites like Lensa are excellent for going through job descriptions. There, you can find information that should help you figure out the technical, soft, and personal skills needed for a given role.

With this important information, you can work on getting better at these skills before applying for a new job.

Identify Your Skills with Personal Traits

As a person, you have a lot to offer a new job that is about you. Personal qualities like having a good sense of humor, being kind, and being able to adjust to new situations can help you figure out what kind of work you should do.

So, the more you know about yourself, the more likely it is that you will find a job that fits you. Because of this, your personality affects how you work in the workplace and how you respond in different situations. This can help you with specialized roles.

Identify Your Skills on a Technical Level

Technical skills are the specialized knowledge and skills needed to do certain jobs. Most of the time, this means using certain tools and programs in the real world. Like how to work with your hands, use power tools, and program a computer.

Almost every sector, from IT and the banking industries to medical care and teaching, needs people with different kinds of technical skills. Most of the time, these are skills that people learn through experience and study.

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Understanding Soft Skills

Soft skills are a mix of personality traits and how to get along with other people. Back in the day, soft skills were often looked over. Today, though, most employers put a lot of weight on hiring people who are a good “fit” for the company. Because of this, it’s just as important to work on your soft skills as it is to have the right technical skills.

And these might be enough to get you a job. Employers look for people who can deal with conflicts, solve problems, and coordinate.

What Are Transferable Skills?

Some people often find it hard to identify transferable skills. Transferable skills are, in essence, all the skills you can use from your old job to help you do well in your new job. Most of the time, these are soft skills like being able to clearly explain your ideas to others, solve problems that come up out of nowhere, or work well with others on a team. But any technical skills you have, like knowing how PC networks work, will be useful if they are related to the new job.

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It can be a challenge to identify your skills when there are so many requirements these days. You can compare your transferable skills against the technical, soft, and personal skills for a job.

Filed Under: Every Day Boss, Feature Tagged With: Employment, Job Hunt

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