From the course: Career Strategies for Women Re-Entering the Workforce
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Map your skills and fill the gaps
From the course: Career Strategies for Women Re-Entering the Workforce
Map your skills and fill the gaps
- The good news is you have marketable skills, but your challenge as a job seeker is to figure out how to communicate the marketable skills you've got to the employers who are looking for candidates just like you to join their team. Stay focused on all that you have to give, not just what you're looking to get. The best way to get started is to download the corresponding worksheet that comes with this video and do a full skills inventory. Reflect on all the hard skills and soft skills that you've developed and that you've used in your most recent employment opportunity. If you've been out of the workforce for a while, think about the skills that you've developed during your time outside the workforce too. Then go back even further, think all the way back to your first job ever. Odds are you've got some skills that you haven't necessarily used in a while, but are still there if you need to call upon them. Finally, reflect…
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