Just about every career or occupation that you enter throughout your working life will require you to possess a combination of career skills. Some of these skills can be more innate, a natural part of a person’s personality, while other skills can be learned and added to throughout our lives. Our skill set can be enhanced as a result of the experiences we gain throughout our education, our various employments and even simply through life in general.
As we now enter the third decade of the 21st Century, the nature of the world of work has changed greatly from that of only a generation ago and it will continue to evolve at a more rapid pace as technology improves. Unsurprisingly, as the nature of work has changed, so too have the skills that are needed to succeed. There is an obvious demand for technology related skills to serve these new and emerging industries. However, the more ubiquitous that technology has become in today’s world, the more important that the ‘softer’ and traditional skills such as communication and emotional intelligence have become, as computers and artificial intelligence just cannot perform these most human functions.
There are a huge array of skills and these can be categorised into different groups for conveinence. All of these skills are portable - that is they are transferrable from one career area to another. Some of the most typical transferrable skills that employers look for and value are Communication, Organisation, Teamwork, IT Literacy and Adaptability skills. Use the links on this page to explore further.