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Ransferable Skills
Ransferable Skills
regardless of title or field. Some transferable skills are hard skills, such as coding, data
analysis, or other technical abilities, while others are soft skills, such as communication and
relationship building.
Consider transferable skills to be a part of your professional toolkit. Transferable skills are
what every worker gains from each career experience, including volunteering, internships,
freelance jobs, and more, regardless of what you learned in school or at a previous job. They
are skills that can be applied in any professional setting.
Transferable skills, particularly when changing careers, are critical in assisting you in making that
transition. When transitioning from one career field to another (say, from advertising account
manager to preschool teacher), highlighting your transferable skills can help demonstrate how, for
example, the project management skills you used to create a winning ad campaign will help you
design exciting and engaging lesson plans.