MSteele- Leverage Your Transferable Skills

7/28/2019 MSteele- Leverage Your Transferable Skills

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Presented by Markell Steele, M.Ed.

Futures in Motion, Inc.

Transition to Industry Symposium


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Skills = Possibilities


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Take inventory of what YOU offer Major skills and abilities

Social, technical or field-specific skills

Important personal attributes (hard-working,trustworthy, results-oriented, decisive)

Ask: Where have I successfully used these abilities,skills and attributes?


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Why Look at Transferable Skills? Leverage skills for new opportunities

Target skills will offer the greatest personal reward

Identify areas of strength and interest Identify areas for growth and development

Identify areas of burnout or dissatisfaction

Data for self-marketing/ personal branding


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3 Types of Skills Technical/ Work-specific skillsare specific to a job and are not easily

applied in other environments or situations. These skills tend to be technicaland specialized.

Functional/transferable skillscan be applied in most environments andsituations. They incorporate various combinations of data, people, and thingskills. Examples of functional skills include communication, planning,organizing, managing, analyzing, and problem-solving.

Self-management skills(sometimes referred to as personality traits) arerelated to how we conduct ourselves and are rooted in temperament. Examplesof these skills include taking the initiative, resourcefulness, being good-natured, and reliability.


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Assess Your MarketabilityWhat Can You Provide that No One Else Can?

Transferable skills(i.e. communication, analyzing, organizing, problem-solving,planning, presentation)

Experience by business function

Accomplishments

(i.e. improved, created, built, managed, wrote)


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Assess Your Marketability:

What Can You Provide that No One Else Can?

What do you know? What have you done?

Personality and Character(hard-working, trustworthy, results-oriented, decisive)

How can you help? What value do you bring?

Education and related training

Volunteer Experience


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Transferable Skills Collaboration and

Teamwork Skills

Diplomacy/Influence

Adaptability and Flexibility

Project Management

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Entrepreneurial attitudeand creativity

Understanding of multiple

perspectives

Problem-solving andanalysis tied to the bigpicture

Strategic planning


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Business Functions *Research and Development:

Discovery Research, Preclinical Research, Bio/Pharma Product Development,Project Mgmt., Clinical Development, Reg. Affairs, Medical Affairs

Commercial Operations:Business Development, Corporate Communications, Product Support, Sales,Marketing

Operations:

Operations/Manufacturing/Facilities Mgmt., Quality, ITServices:

Mgmt. Consulting, Venture Capital & Banking, Law, Recruiting, HumanResources

* Career Opportunities in Biotechnology and Drug Developent by Toby Freedman


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Communicate Your Value:

Accomplishments Achieved

Adapted

Authored

Built Completed

Controlled

Convinced

Created Developed

Directed

Established

Evaluated

Implemented

Improved Initiated

Maintained

Managed

Operated Produced

Reduced


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Transferable Skills CategoriesCommunication

Research and Planning

Leadership and Management

Human Relations and Interpersonal


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Skills Inventory Exercise


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Communication Skills Speaking effectively in public

Writing clearly and concisely

Expressing ideas in an open forum Facilitating group discussion

Providing appropriate feedback

Persuading or advocating

Reporting technical information to a non-technicalaudience

Interviewing for information

Editing documents


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Research and Planning Skills Generating ideas Identifying problems Developing alternative solutions

Identifying resources Gathering information Goal Setting and Evaluation Conducting Needs Analysis

Developing evaluation and feedback strategies


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Leadership and Management Skills Recruiting and hiring staff Providing direction, coaching and feedback Handling details or coordinating tasks

Managing groups Delegating responsibility Teaching or Instruction Counseling for performance improvement

Promoting change Managing conflict


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Human Relations and Interpersonal Skills Developing rapport

Listening actively

Providing support for others

Motivating

Sharing credit

Counseling

Cooperating

Representing others

Perceiving feelings, situations

Asserting


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In what ways have you

applied your transferableskills?


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Accomplishment StatementsQuestions to get started:

What outcomes have you been recognized for?

Did you improve processes, procedures? How?

Did you negotiate for savings or to generate revenue?

Did you increase brand awareness? How?

Did you come up with an idea that made the companymoney?

How do you know you did a good job?


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Examples of Accomplishment

Statements Managed 5 program budgets totaling $5m.

Improved collections procedure to capture $50,000 in

unrealized revenue. Consistently exceeded sales goals by 20%.

Completed projects on time and under budget.

Managed projects across 3 research centers.

Trained and supervised research staff.

Identified and characterized abc gene.

Wrote and was awarded Foundation grant for work on

Invited presenter at 2009 Conference.


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Next Steps Complete a comprehensive skills analysis

Research career areas to find a possible fit

Online Print

People

Network to learn as much about the industry as you

can & to build key connections Create a job search plan

Update your resume and practice interviewing


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Determining Qualifications

for Specific Jobs Print Resources

Online Resources

Online Job listing sites Information Interviews

Trade Professional Associations

Conferences, Industry Events, Meetings


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ResourcesSkillscan- www.skillscan.net

Occupational Outlook Handbook- www.bls.gov/oco

O*Net- www.online.onetcenter.org

www.biospace.comwww.careersbiotech.com

www.biotechcareercenter.com/careers.html

www.biotechinstitute.org/careers

Career Opportunities in Biotechnology and Drug Developent byToby Freedman

MSteele- Leverage Your Transferable Skills

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