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Identifying Transferable Skills Participant Workbook Use this workbook in conjunction with the JVS e-learning course available at: http://s.zoomerang.com/s/skillsonline Workshop Objectives: To define transferable skills and the role of transferable skills in job search To provide tools for identifying transferable skills To demonstrate matching transferable skills to a job posting Defining Transferable Skills Slide 5: Draft a definition for transferable skills. Slide 6: Choose one of the definitions for transferable skills and write it here.

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Identifying Transferable Skills

Participant Workbook

Use this workbook in conjunction with the JVS e-learning course available at:

http://s.zoomerang.com/s/skillsonline

Workshop Objectives:

• To define transferable skills and the role of transferable skills in job search

• To provide tools for identifying transferable skills • To demonstrate matching transferable skills to a job posting

Def in ing T rans ferable Sk i l l s

Slide 5: Draft a definition for transferable skills.

Slide 6: Choose one of the definitions for transferable skills and write it here.

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Too l 1 : Us ing a Sk i l l s Char t

Slide 13: Using a Skills Chart

Too l 2 : Match ing Sk i l l s to Job Descr ip t ion

Slide 24: Matching Skills to Job Description: Teresa

Job Description Teresa’s Skills

Community Outreach Specialist:

• Develop and implement outreach plan with clear objectives, metrics and timelines

• Developed semester-long education plans with clear objectives, metrics for

evaluation and weekly deadlines

• Identify and create intra-agency and inter-agency partnerships through committees

• Served on educational committees, developing partnerships with colleagues in

other grade levels to ensure

smooth student transitions

• Serve as spokesperson at community events serving people from diverse backgrounds

• Met with parents and students of various socio-economic and cultural backgrounds

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Too l 3 : Use a l i s t o f act ion verbs

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Matching the Job Description: Practice 1

Slide 36: Rewrite Ronald’s experience.

How could Ronald rewrite his experience to match the job duty?

Too l 4 : Te l l Your S tory w i th PAR

Slide 38

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Matching Requ i rements w i th Sk i l l s

Slide 47: Extracting Key Skills from Job Description

Slide 48: Matching Charlene’s Skills to Key Skill Requirements

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Matching the Job Description: Practice 2

Using a job description that you’re interested in, identify three key skill requirements, and your matching skills. If you don’t have a job description handy, use the sample job description on the next page.

Job Title: ___________________________________________

Job Description Your Skills

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Sample Job Description: Director of Programs

Position Overview First Graduate is a college success program that helps students finish high school and become the first in their families to graduate from college.

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director of Programs will be responsible for the rigorous assessment and ongoing development of a multi-faceted program that embodies excellence. Additionally, the Director of Programs will serve on the management team of the organization, working collaboratively on fiscal management, personnel management, policy implementation, and fundraising to ensure sound organizational development. Qualities That We Seek

• Experienced and effective educator, with extensive knowledge of the college access and success landscape both locally and nationally

• Inspirational leader, able to motivate and manage staff to deliver on high standards of success and provide guidance and support through organizational transitions.

• Innovative and resourceful creator of programs, with a compelling and coherent vision for sustained programmatic success.

• Effective and engaging collaborator, who thrives within a team leadership concept and is not afraid to push or be pushed.

• Thoughtful and passionate spokesperson of First Graduate’s mission, values and methods. Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years of management experience in the field of education or youth development

• 5 years experience in managing effective educational programming (strong preference for

• college access and success experience)

• 5 years experience managing programmatic partnerships, especially public and private k-12 schools (experience with San Francisco schools preferred)

• Demonstrable expertise on effective pedagogy, urban education systems, and outcomes-based program evaluation (advanced degree in education or child development preferred)

• Excellent communication and writing skills

• Undergraduate degree (advanced degree preferred)

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F requent ly Asked Quest ions

I don’t want to waste my time applying for jobs for which I can’t compete effectively. How much of

a match should there be between the skills the employer is asking for, and the skills I can offer? Is

50% enough?

You’re right to be strategic about your job search. Since creating a targeted resume and cover letter takes considerable time and effort, you should only do so where you have a good likelihood of success.

There’s no magic percentage that equals a strong match. An employer who is evaluating you based on your resume or online profile will generally look for:

• A strong match to whatever skills are most vital in the job. You can’t know for sure what the employer will consider most vital, so you should make your best guess based on what you see in the job description.

• A convincing presentation of the candidate’s potential value to the employer. If you can create a strong, fact-based presentation, showing how you can accomplish something of clear value to the organization, you are likely to be considered.

I saw a job posting, worked hard to create a targeted resume and cover letter, and sent my

response. Now what?

You might be rewarded for your hard work with an invitation to interview for the position – or maybe not. In any case, you have gained a valuable piece of information – you know about an employer who is apparently hiring for positions for which you might qualify.

Now – utilize your network and your research skills to learn more about that employer and generate a great answer to the question, “How can I be of value to this organization?” Continue to learn about the organization through your contacts, through social media such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, and through the organization’s web site and publications. And most of all, network your way towards gaining internal advocates within, or allied to, that organization. The JVS course, Successful Networking Techniques, discusses this in more detail.

You’ve provided several different ways to identify transferable skills. Which one should I use?

Some of these tools – the skills chart, the verb list, PAR stories - are particularly useful when you’re creating your “master” resume or your online profile. From your master resume, you can create resumes and cover letters that are customized for different opportunities.

Those same tools may be helpful when you’re targeting a resume or cover letter for a particular position or opportunity, or preparing for an interview.

When targeting or customizing, it’s always worthwhile to match the skills that you’ve identified as key, based on your analysis of the job description is always recommended.

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Next Steps Input the transferable skill language into your:

� Resume � Cover letter � Interview preparation

Resources - JVS � Visit our site

www.jvs.org

� Career Gateway www.gatewaytocareers.com

� Visit us: JVS

225 Bush Street, West Lobby, Suite 400

San Francisco CA 94104

(415)391-3600

� Transferable Skills course online: http://s.zoomerang.com/s/skillsonline

� Email us: [email protected]

Other resources ♦ Gatewaytocareers.com

♦ www.myskillsmyfuture.org

♦ www.iseek.org/careers/skillsAssessment

♦ www.careerinfonet.org/skills

♦ www.vcn.org: see how your skills transfer to a career in healthcare