Portable Skills

Portable skills: Skills that are useful in more than one career and/or valuable in more than one position.

These are the skills we need to pay attention too and should embrace every opportunity that give us the chance to learn them. We all want to advance, it's even better when we can change our position and careers while still managing to do that. Portable skills can either be something you already have like a talent or hobby or something you pick up like presentation and research.

"The Importance of Portable Skills and Vocational Training."

-This explains why having portable skills will make you an invaluable employee to your employer.

When you are able to offer more than the specific to a company not only  are you showing that you will be able to advance in more than one area but that right there puts you ahead of the game. We are talking about going in that interview with more than just confidence, going in with certainty!

Also by all of us continuing our education here at LaGuardia we are already taking the right path towards a good image with a future employer. So I applaud us all and wish nothing but strength to make it to graduation from here and path we decide to take afterwards.

http://www.academia21.com/blog/2010/11/23/importance-portable-skills-vocational-training/

This next link: http://career-advice.monster.com/job-search/career-assessment/assessing-your-skills/article.aspx

"Assessing Your Skills; What Make You Different from All the Others."

-I really like this page because it breaks it down and gives us on image on how portable skills differ from past experience from previous jobs, and our personality. This lady by the name of Gina was interested on how she can sell herself to an employer to make her stand out from the rest. This is something we have to deal with every time we apply to a job so we can all relate to this story.

I realize that portable skills is an important to an employer and that it looks nice being said on a resume and in the interview but you should always show it because like we all know; actions speak louder than words.