Transferable skills (or soft skills) are not specific-job skills, but rather they are skills that you have learned throughout your life experiences that can be transferred from one position to another to achieve success on the job. When hiring, companies look for both job-specific skills (skills you must have to perform particular tasks or job functions well) and transferable skills (skills, behaviors and attitudes required to progress on the job) to determine a candidate’s fit and suitability for their job openings. Some very important transferable skills (also known as personal attributes, special skills or personality traits) include results-driven, communication, decision making, interpersonal, analytical, teamwork, initiative, problem solving, negotiation, influencing, motivation, reliability, empathy, leadership, time management, flexibility, attention to detail, multi-tasking, planning and organization, respect and integrity.These skills could very well be your greatest asset because employers value their portability.
Through extensive research and analysis of thousands of position descriptions over the last ten years, we have found that most employers use some or all of the following competencies (or transferable skills):
• Results Oriented
• Communication
• Initiative
• Planning & Organizing
• Customer Oriented
• Analytical Thinking
• Impact & Influence
• Interpersonal Relations
• Teamwork
• Adaptability
• Business Awareness
• Conceptual Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Integrity
Top employers even go further to configure and implement balanced scorecard systems to measure one-the-job-performance against these competency metrics and use this data to reward performance and remove unproductive employees. So, ensure that you build transferable skills into your resume and demonstrate, with examples, how you have used these skills, in your job(s) or other experiences to make your resume more impressive, win interviews and land the job.
Resume World created these “50 Transferable Resume Phrases” to help you identify and better market your transferable skills and abilities to employers. Select the transferable skills that are relevant to your background from the list below, edit the content to reflect your own unique experience, and quantify or qualify whenever possible, outcomes achieved from using these skills and abilities. More importantly, tie your skills to the requirements of the job(s) you are applying for.
50 Transferable Skills To Make Your Resume More Impressive
1. Ability to multi-task in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment
2. Ability to research information and gather business intelligence
3. Ability to anticipate future problems
4. Ability to take action to solve issues before they occur
5. Ability to assess situations
6. Ability to formulate new ideas
7. Ability to develop practical strategies
8. Ability to follow direction and work well without supervision
9. Ability to work effective within a team
10. Ability to provide solutions to problems
11. Ability to multi-tasks effectively
12. Ability to excel within a fast-paced environment
13. Ability to work effectively within a high volume, transactional environment
14. Ability to process information quickly and accurately
15. Ability to learn and apply new skills quickly
16. Ability to implement business plans and strategies
17. Ability to achieve established targets
18. Ability to set and achieve performance goals
19. Ability to initiate group discussions to generate ideas
20. Ability to investigate problems or disputes and come up with amicable outcomes
21. Ability manage operations effectively
22. Ability to manage budget effective
23. Ability to resolve problems to both company and client satisfaction
24. Ability to devise practical solutions to solve business issues
25. Ability to handle challenges well
26. Ability to evaluate information and make decisions
27. Ability to take initiative to solve problems
28. Ability to get the job done on time and in the most effective manner
29. Ability to set and attain goals
30. Ability to achieve sales targets
31. Ability to effectively execute sales process and monitor cycle
32. Ability to build alliances
33. Ability to influence people
34. Ability to contribute to company success
35. Ability to exceed expectations
36. Ability to meet and/or surpass targets
37. Ability to generate results
38. Ability to work in challenging environment
39. Ability to leverage relationships
40. Ability to maximize profitability
41. Ability to take actions to rectify a problem
42. Ability to solve problems/issues to best of ability
43. Ability to automate processes to improve efficiencies
44. Ability to head business units to achieve desired results
45. Ability to build solid working relationships
46. Ability to apply fair and consistent decisions
47. Ability to re-engineering processes to improve performance
48. Ability to empower sales teams to achieve established targets
49. Ability to develop high ROI presentations
50. Ability to communicate ideas clearly and effectively
Joseph Jagmohan is a Senior Professional Resume Writer and Career Strategist at Resume World Inc. Through his 17 years tenure, he has assisted thousands of clients (from graduate students to senior executives) to find great jobs and advance their careers through the development of strategic resumes, cover letters, portfolios and other marketing documents. He is a published author, speaker and thought leader on career management and resume writing and can be reached at 416.438.3606 or joseph@ResumeWorld.ca. Call for a free resume consultation or access free resume samples, tools and resources at www.ResumeWorld.ca
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