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Career Transitions

Transferable Skills & Career Portfolio Workbook Career

Second Edition
Transitions

Anna Graf Williams, Ph.D. --- Karen J. Hall

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It’s your career, your life, and your future...
You are in charge of your own career. Today’s employers are searching for people who have the
skills to do the job and can contribute unique talents and competencies to the organization. Your Transferable Skills &
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power comes in knowing what knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies you have, and how
to use these for your well-being. You’re not just learning skills to get a job- you are creating a
toolbox of knowledge and skills that can transfer into your work and personal life to give you a sense Career Portfolio Workbook
of purpose, help you engage in your community, and be well-rounded financially, physically, and
socially. Second Edition

This workbook is designed to help you recognize your skills, identify your rare talents, and
understand all the things you do in your life that can help you achieve gainful employment.

Exercises focus on:

ƒ Evaluating your current sense of well-being and identifying your interests
ƒ Researching target jobs and identifying the skills you need to do the job
ƒ Completing a job application and developing a résumé

ƒ Identifying all your knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies from jobs, education,
community service, activities, interests, and military service
ƒ Identifying the gaps between your current position and a target job
ƒ Selecting samples that can demonstrate your skills

ƒ Developing a career portfolio to document and showcase your skills and talents
ƒ Setting up a LinkedIn™ profile to compliment your career portfolio
ƒ Reviewing your work samples to find the connections between your skills and abilities and your
current well-being

ƒ Proving you are the right person for the job, internship, scholarship, or promotion. Anna Graf Williams, Ph.D.

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