While in college, one develops many skills from coursework, projects, internships, work experiences, involvement in
clubs, activities, interests and hobbies that may be very applicable to many occupations and industries. Be ready to
identify these skills, highlight them on your resume and articulate them in an interview.
Served bacon and eggs…
Assist customers in a timely and effective manner at a fast-paced restaurant.
Sold high-end womens' shoes…
Communicated and marketed products to a diverse client base…
Tested and repaired PC boards…
Analyzed and troubleshot equipment and process defects.
Below are some transferable skills listed by various categories to get you started:
Adjusting
Assembling
Building
Constructing
Controlling/operating
Filing
Maintaining
Operating tools/equipment
Preparing
Producing
Repairing
Showing dexterity
Typing
Agility
Climbing/lifting
Landscaping
Navigating
Physical coordination
Traveling
Working with animals
Accounting
Auditing
Bookkeeping
Budget
Planning/implementation
Computing Skills
Managing Finances
Statistical Problem Solving
Taking Inventory
Advertising
Developing rapport
Fund raising
Influencing
Mediating
Motivating
Negotiating
Persuading/debating
Promoting
Selling
Advising
Coaching
Communicating effectively
Encouraging
Group facilitating
Teaching
Training/developing
Confronting
Coordinating
Initiating
Making Decisions
Mediating
Motivating
Negotiating
Planning/Effecting Change
Policy Making
Promoting Change
Recruiting
Risk taking
Self-directing
Achieving/producing
Committee working
Delegating
Evaluating
Goal setting
Maintaining
Managing
Organizing things, people
Planning
Prioritizing
Program development
Scheduling
Supervising
Team building
Time management
Communicating effectively
Debating
Editing
Explaining
Interpreting
Interviewing
Publishing
Reporting
Translating
Writing
Caring, showing compassion
Counseling
Consulting
Developing rapport
Helping and serving
Listening
Public relations
Referring
Sharing credit
Showing sensitivity
Showing tolerance
Team worker
Understanding
Adapting
Balancing factors
Conceptualizing
Creating developing ideas
Experimenting
Improving
Innovating
Inventing
Judging
Making decisions
Relating abstract ideas
Sizing up people/situations
Color discrimination
Creative imagining
Creative writing
Designing: visual and spatial
Displaying
Expressiveness
Musical composing
Playfulness
Playing musical instruments
Restoring/decorating
Visualizing concepts
Visualizing shapes
Analyzing/comparing
Appraising
Clarifying problems
Compiling
Diagnosing
Evaluating
Information gathering
Inspecting/examining
Perceptive
Problem solving
Questioning
Recording
Researching
Reviewing/evaluating
Surveying
Systematizing
Testing
Trouble shooting
Artistic presentations
Demonstrating
Public speaking
Singing, dancing, acting
Adapted from the Career Action Center, 1999.
Adjusting
Assembling
Building
Constructing
Controlling/operating
Filing
Maintaining
Operating tools/equipment
Preparing
Producing
Repairing
Showing dexterity
Typing
Agility
Climbing/lifting
Landscaping
Navigating
Physical coordination
Traveling
Working with animals
Accounting
Auditing
Bookkeeping
Budget
Planning/implementation
Computing Skills
Managing Finances
Statistical Problem Solving
Taking Inventory
Advertising
Developing rapport
Fund raising
Influencing
Mediating
Motivating
Negotiating
Persuading/debating
Promoting
Selling
Advising
Coaching
Communicating effectively
Encouraging
Group facilitating
Teaching
Training/developing
Confronting
Coordinating
Initiating
Making Decisions
Mediating
Motivating
Negotiating
Planning/Effecting Change
Policy Making
Promoting Change
Recruiting
Risk taking
Self-directing
Achieving/producing
Committee working
Delegating
Evaluating
Goal setting
Maintaining
Managing
Organizing things, people
Planning
Prioritizing
Program development
Scheduling
Supervising
Team building
Time management
Communicating effectively
Debating
Editing
Explaining
Interpreting
Interviewing
Publishing
Reporting
Translating
Writing
Caring, showing compassion
Counseling
Consulting
Developing rapport
Helping and serving
Listening
Public relations
Referring
Sharing credit
Showing sensitivity
Showing tolerance
Team worker
Understanding
Adapting
Balancing factors
Conceptualizing
Creating developing ideas
Experimenting
Improving
Innovating
Inventing
Judging
Making decisions
Relating abstract ideas
Sizing up people/situations
Color discrimination
Creative imagining
Creative writing
Designing: visual and spatial
Displaying
Expressiveness
Musical composing
Playfulness
Playing musical instruments
Restoring/decorating
Visualizing concepts
Visualizing shapes
Analyzing/comparing
Appraising
Clarifying problems
Compiling
Diagnosing
Evaluating
Information gathering
Inspecting/examining
Perceptive
Problem solving
Questioning
Recording
Researching
Reviewing/evaluating
Surveying
Systematizing
Testing
Trouble shooting
Artistic presentations
Demonstrating
Public speaking
Singing, dancing, acting
Adapted from the Career Action Center, 1999.
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