How to Map Transferable Skills to Career Options
Knowing your transferable skills is useful. Knowing where they can create value is even more useful.
Step 1 — List Your Strongest Transferable Skills
For example: communication; research; teaching; organization; leadership.
Step 2 — Identify Career Options
Create several possible directions rather than immediately choosing one.
Step 3 — Research Career Requirements
Identify the capabilities commonly required.
Step 4 — Create a Skill-Match Table
Map your skills against the requirements for each possible career (e.g. Communication is High for Career A, Leadership is Medium for Career B).
Step 5 — Identify the Gaps
Separate: Already strong, Developing, Missing.
Step 6 — Consider More Than Skills
A career should not be selected based solely on skill matching. Also consider: Natural Gifts + Skills + Values + Interests + Work Environment + Opportunity.
The Deeper Question
That is where career exploration becomes deeper than simply asking: "What jobs can I get with my skills?" The more useful question is: "Where can my existing capabilities, natural gifts and values combine to create meaningful contribution?"
Turn your experience into new career opportunities.
Identify and apply your transferable skills to discover careers that fit your capabilities and natural gifts.
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