Don’t get stuck in a rut. If you need a job and you can’t find one in your industry, consider changing industries. If you are struggling to get your phone to ring and/or get an interview, you may want to step back and evaluate your skill set. Identifying your transferable skills will help you make a successful transition to another industry. However that is not the only thing you need to consider.
If you want to or need to change industries you may want to consider a few more things.
1. Go back to school for a specific trade or skill you …read more

What are Transferable Skills: They are general skills and abilities employers look for in potential employees. In the current job market, it is very important that your identify your transferable skills so that you are not limited to one and only one industry. If you want to be marketable, in this challenging employment climate, versatility and not rigidity is the name of the game.
Here is a list of Transferable Skills to help:

1. Problem Solver
2. Decision-making
3. Planing
4. Teamwork or Team Player
5. Strong Communication Skills (written and oral communication)
6. Leadership Skills
7. Ability to Prioritize
8. Organizational Skills
9. Time Management
10. Organizational Savvy
11. Presentation Skills
12. …read more

A substitute teacher is a person who teaches a class when the regular teacher is unavailable due to illness, personal leave, job dissatisfaction, or any other reason that keeps a regular teacher from performing their duties. As I was discussing the upcoming school year today with a teacher, I realized that she has been substitute teacher this entire school year. She is a certified teacher with about five years experience. She didn’t land a contract for the current academic year. When we discussed it last fall, I suggested that she consider becoming a substitute teacher. As we discussed next school …read more

Here is a scenario from one of my colleagues in the career niche, Chris Russell of Secrets of the Job Search.
“One of my best friends is going through a job search right now. He is a smart guy with an MBA who’s not even 40 years old yet in the financial management industry. His biggest challenge seems to be that most jobs he sees always have one little requirement he cant meet. The old “experience working in [insert industry here] is required“. What ever happened to transferable skills? Why are employers so adamant about only wanting candidates who work in …read more