Identifying Your Skills
Job-Specific Skills
Job-specific skills are skills that you use to perform a particular
task. These skills are often gained from specialized training and
education or experience on the job. For example, mechanics need
knowledge about how mechanical systems and engines work. They must be
familiar with the tools of the trade and have the ability to perform
specific tasks, such as overhauls, installing parts, etc. Most jobs have
specific skills that are necessary to the job.
Job-specific skills may also be gained through volunteer work,
hobbies or home management, and training.
Transferable Skills
Transferable skills are skills that are not unique to a particular task
and that you can transfer or use from one job or career to another.
Transferable skills usually involve doing something with people, data or
things and can be ranked according to their complexity. More complex
skills often require greater initiative, creativity and problem solving.
The more complex the skill is, the less competition there is for jobs
and greater the compensation will be.
Some examples of transferable skills are supervising, analyzing,
problem solving and organizing.
Your Job/Career Objective
If you know what your knowledge, skills and abilities are, you will be
able to develop your job/career objective. Your job/career objective is
a simple (usually one or two sentence) statement of what you want to do.
It is important to define your job/career objective so that you can
focus your job search. It is also important to correctly state this on
your resume and
appropriate areas of job
applications. View the
Career Objective on your Avjobs Applicant Resume and Online
Job Application to insure it is what you want employers to read and
know about your goals. You should have provided this information during
the initial set up of your account. You should re-visit your objective
and update it as necessary. Your objective can be updated in 2 different
places:
From the navigation menu:
 1
Resume > Personal Information >
Career Objective: (This information will appear at the top of your
Resume)
- or -
2
My Account > Applicant Details > Please provide a
short Bio about yourself and your
career interests.
The job/career objective tells employers what you can do and what
you to do. Your job/career objective is a crucial part of finding a job.
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