TRANSFERABLE SKILL PHRASE CHEAT SHEET If you would like to try building transferable skill phrases into your resume, try using this formula: Pick an accurate word from eoch column below in order to make a transferable skill phrose into a bullet point or sentence for the Experience section of your resume. Examples of transferable statements and how to write a bulleted statement in your resume: 1. Capture what you did in a simple, straightforward way. This is an OK statement: - Cleaned out stalls at a horse farm. 2. Add quantifiable and quantitative details to make the job come alive. This is a better statement. - Working in a busy, family-oriented horse farm, cleaned out 23 horse stalls daily. 3. This statement adds transferable skills to the statement. - Working in a busy, family-oriented horse farm, demonstrated a positive attitude and willingness to do whatever asked while cleaning our 23 horse stalls daily. (Notice that each statement above starts with an action verb. The best statements also included a number-) Job Skills Activity Would you hire you? Imagine that you are the manager in an office and you need to hire an Administrative Assistant or a Medical Assistant (pick one or the other). Think about these questions and then put your thoughts in the columns below. What are you looking for in an employee? What type of person would you hire? What will the person need to know and do? Instructions: Identify the job skills and education necessary for this position in the first column below. Identify the personality characteristics and values for this position in the second column below. Using the transferrable skills list also attached to this assignment, identify what transferable skills would be necessary for this position in the third column below. Lastly, answer the three questions at the bottom of this sheet. Attach your completed file to the assignment area in Canvas. 1. Why are these requirements important for success on the job? 2. How well would you qualify for these requirements? 3. Are you brushing up on requirements where you might be lacking