I recently corresponded with a friend who heard a colleague of mine talk at job fair about a concept back in the 1990’s that was important if you wanted to make a career change, a concept that is just as important today.
That concept is called “transferrable skills”.
Transferrable skills are those you have acquired in your current and prior work that could be applied, or transferred, to a new employer and/or industry.
A friend of mine had just finished a management training program. He also had been involved in coaching. Although those two experiences, at first glance, might not tell a story, I saw an opportunity for him to combine those experiences to tell a prospective employer about his leadership training and experiences. He showed them how those experiences made him a strong candidate.
He got the job.
You too may have a story to tell, where you can show an employer how seemingly unrelated experiences or skills can be just what an employer would value.
P.S. Having trouble articulating your transferrable skills? Drop your resume into your favorite AI tool and prompt!
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Mark Hirschfeld 
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