Professional skills
are career competencies and abilities used in the
workplace that are beneficial for nearly any job. Professional skills are a
combination of both hard skills (job-specific duties that can be trained)
and soft skills (transferable
traits like work ethic, communication, and
leadership).
They can be contrasted to
personal skills
,
which are closer
to personality traits and more difficult to learn.
To excel at any job, you need professional skills.
That means a mix
of
hard skills and soft skills
. The good thing about professional skills is
that many of them are
transferable skills
. For example, if you learn how
to manage a team effectively, you can use your
skills
in leadership
no
matter what your next
job title
is.
The hardest part about developing professional skills? You need
professional skills to get a job, and employers want to see professional
skills before they hire you. This catch-22 will be familiar to many fresh
graduates and people at the beginning of their careers.
Which professional skills are most important according to employers?
One
study found that over
80%
of employers are looking for problem-
solving skills,
teamwork skills, and communication skills on students
resumes.
If you can demonstrate those professional skills on your resume and in
the
interview, your chances of getting hired will skyrocket. Let‘s find
out how.
