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BUAD 2000, Career Development I

Transferable Skills Assignment, 34 Points

Due in Blackboard Assignment Drop Box by 11:59 p.m., Sunday, 4/5/20

Late assignments are not accepted

Introduction

Transferable skills are among the most highly valued skills job seekers can promote as they brand themselves. They are the skills we’ve been building upon all our lives, in every environment, that will allow us to get a second and third look by an employer. You may aspire to be an accountant, yet believe, because you have never been a bookkeeper or an account clerk that you cannot be competitive in the work force. Not true! Transferable skills are used in one position, and then applied or transferred to another environment when different tasks are performed.

For example, a restaurant hostess must analyze the wait staff’s abilities; the number of open tables she has; the flow of guests coming in and out of the restaurant; and the guests’ desire to have an enjoyable meal on a tight timeframe. That hostess’s ability to analyze the environment and the desires of the guests can be transferred into analyzing spreadsheets, profit and loss statements, and budgets. Now, the challenge rests with the job seeker to recognize the nature of their transferable skills and to weave them into their job search materials.

Capitalizing on your own self-assessment and career exploration, your task is to think of all your experiences as building blocks to achieving your desired position. In each personal, volunteer, or employment-related endeavor, we build skills that transfer to our desire careers. Here’s how to start thinking about branding your skills.

Directions

1. Recall an experience (work, internship, school, involvement in organizations, volunteerism, sports, etc.) where you have built and enhanced your skills.

2. Consider the skills, or keywords, that have emerged regularly from your career research and job vacancy selection.

3. Contemplate which of those skills are “transferable,” meaning skills you build in one environment and desire to transfer to your chosen career.

4. Challenge yourself to compose a brief, yet specific account of what you were doing when you built those skills, and then, three action statements where you weave in those transferable skills to describe your experience. The statements should be worthy of using on your resume.

Complete the assignment by providing the requested information in each section, beginning on page 2. For guidance, refer to the Sample Entry that follows the format.

Format and Sample Entry on page 2

Format

Experience (event, job, organization) 1 point

Location (city and state) 1 point

Your Title (employee, volunteer, student, committee member etc.) 1 point

Time Frame (month and year) 1 point

List the three transferable skills you will incorporate into your quantifiable action statements. Some form of the word must be highlighted in the individual action statement. 3 points

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Provide a brief, but specific recollection of what you were doing when you built your transferable skills. Be sure to include quantifiable information (students recruited, cash handled, money raised, staff supervised) 5 points

Action Statements with highlighted transferable skills/keywords (Begin statements with present or past tense action verbs and quantifiable information. Incorporate the transferable or relevant skill so it is clear what you did, how you did it, and the result). 12 points (3 for highlighting, 9 for quality) 12 points (3 for highlighting, 9 for quality) · · ·

Sample Entry

Experience (event, job, organization) 1 point TGI Friday’s Restaurant

Location 1 point Toledo, OH

Your Title (employee, volunteer, student, committee member etc.) 1 point Hostess

Time Frame (month and year) 1 point January 2018 to February 2020

List the three transferable skills you will incorporate into your quantifiable action statements. Some form of the word must be highlighted in the action individual statement. 3 points

1. Communication

2. Analysis

3. Organization

Provide a brief, but specific recollection of what you were doing when you built your transferable skills. Be sure to include quantifiable information (students recruited, cash handled, money raised, staff supervised) 5 points When I was a hostess at TGI Friday’s up to eight servers counted on me to greet people when they came into the restaurant; to take their names; and to assign them a table in a timely and fair manner. Depending on the size of the party, I needed to analyze the wait staff’s abilities; available tables if any; the flow of guests coming in and out of the restaurant; and the guests’ desire to have an enjoyable meal on a tight timeframe. The manager trusted me to keep the customers happy and the traffic flowing.

Action Statements with highlighted transferable skills/keywords (Begin statements with present or past tense action verbs and quantifiable information. Incorporate the transferable or relevant skill so it is clear what you did, how you did it, and the result). 12 points (3 for highlighting, 9 for quality) · Established rapport with up to 150 guests per shift by communicating wait times, suggesting specials, and engaging in conversation until their table was prepared · Demonstrated ability to analyze guests’ desires by inquiring of their time parameters and deadlines · Reviewed dining trends and organized seating/table-turn process which increased dinner sales by 10%

The rubric for this assignment may be viewed on page 3.

Rubric

This assignment is worth 34 points. Up to 10 points are available for spelling, grammar, and mechanics. Review the rubric below to determine the point values for your completed assignment.

Evaluated Area	Points	Total Points Available
Experience, Location, Title, Time Frame, 1 point each	4	4
List of Transferable Skills	3	3
Account description up to 5 points Needs Improvement Acceptable Excellent	0-2 3-4 5	5
Three action statements up to 3 points each Needs Improvement Acceptable Excellent	0-1 2 3	9
Transferable skill highlighted in statement, 1 point each	3	3
Grammar, spelling, mechanics	10	10
Total		34

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