From Skills to Contribution: Understanding the Career Journey
A career is not simply a collection of qualifications.
It is a journey through which people develop capability and use that capability to create value. A useful way to understand that journey is: Gift → Skill → Capability → Experience → Contribution.
Gift and Skill
A natural tendency provides an initial clue about potential. Learning and practice transform that potential into a developed skill.
Capability and Experience
Capability is the ability to apply what you know effectively in context. Experience exposes that capability to real situations, adding judgment and adaptability.
Contribution
Occurs when capability creates value for someone or something beyond the individual—solving problems, developing people, or improving systems.
Values and Fit
Values influence how a person wants to express capability. Career fit concerns the relationship between the individual and the environment in which they express it.
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