“Britain stop feeling sorry for yourself” That’s the message from Nikki Hutchison Founder and Interview Performance Mentor at Chilli Pepper Global (CPG) as figures were announced this week that over 1 million young people in the UK are unemployed.
Is this statistic a by-product of the actions of a previous generation? Perhaps, but none the less with increased competition for roles and companies providing incentives to staff to recruit from amongst their peers, Nikki says we need to stop wallowing in self pity and “Start at identifying where you can add value. Why should an employer pay you a salary with added benefits if you can’t even identify what your transferable skills include? Start thinking about how an employer will get a return on their investment (ROI) by employing you.”
Nikki Hutchison who started Chilli Pepper Global in 2010 because she saw a gap in the market for a service that constructively ‘holds the hands’ of people looking for a job believes that the 2.62 million unemployed currently living in the UK, have to treat getting a job as a job if they want any hope of achieving success. “It’s time to take getting a job off the back burner and learn how to identify where you can add value to your CV and improve your prospects. If you are seeking employment then you have to treat it as a job, 8 hours a day.”
Chilli Pepper Global is a leading force in assisting people to get jobs. They’re not a recruitment agency as such more of a ‘creative hub’ which allows job seekers the opportunity to get expert CV Critique, CV Creation, Profile Creation to incorporate Personal Branding, LinkedIn, Interview Skills, identifying transferable skills and overall to be creative with your job search.
“8.3% of the economically active population is unemployed, that’s 0.4% up on last quarter. With no dramatic economic up turn on the horizon, people have to find a way to buck the trend by seeking advice on which of their skills are transferable to other industries, of what benefit can they be to a company and how to utilize life experience.”
CV’s aren’t the be all and end all of employment, but they are imperative in getting your foot in the door. As membership to the ever increasingly elusive 29 club goes on, the answer is simple. Getting a job is a job!
Nikki Hutchison, founder of Chilli Pepper Global www.chillipepperglobal.com advising you on every aspect of the job seeking process guiding you step by step whether you are looking to move internally or externally.
Friday 18 November 2011
Monday 14 November 2011
The Importance of Your Transferable Skills
It’s important for you to identify where you add value. What can you offer an employer in return for your salary and benefits? In this competitive market, it’s important for you to stand out from your competition whether you are looking for an internal move with your existing employer or a new role externally.
Your transferable skills are what make you marketable and they will provide you with an advantage over your competition. Your transferable skills are essential to your career success and will ease your transition into a new role.
Transferable skills are the skills that employers look for when they are interviewing you so it’s essential for you to reflect on these and to be able to develop them, add to them and speak about them confidently at job interviews.
What is a Transferable Skill?
A transferable skill is a skill that you possess which can be easily applied and made use of in a number of different situations, hence, allowing you to apply it to a new job opportunity.
Why are Transferable Skills important?
Transferable skills are the job seekers greatest assets and contribute to career success.
Greater transferable skills = greater choice.
How can you develop your Transferable Skills?
Everyone has transferable skills which are developed throughout a person’s life from starting school through to college and university, personal and professional experiences and life in general. Once you have identified your essential skills you can then take them with you and apply in any situation, you can also build on these skills by further experience.
"The more options you can offer in terms of skills, knowledge and experience, the higher the probability of being in demand"
How do you identify Transferable Skills?
We can sometimes take our skills for granted without recognising that they are in fact what make us unique. Being aware of our Transferable Skills can help us to identify where we add value to our friends, family and within the work place.
Whilst there are a number of self-assessment tests on the market that allow you to analyse your own personal strengths and weaknesses, I would recommend that you explore your skills with the people who know you best.
Approach your boss or peers at work. Speak to your close friends and family, you might be surprise by their response as to how and why you add value to their lives!
Once you've identified your key skills then provide examples to support your experience.
Nikki Hutchison, founder of Chilli Pepper Global www.chillipepperglobal.com advising you on every aspect of the job seeking process guiding you step by step whether you are looking to move internally or externally.
Your transferable skills are what make you marketable and they will provide you with an advantage over your competition. Your transferable skills are essential to your career success and will ease your transition into a new role.
Transferable skills are the skills that employers look for when they are interviewing you so it’s essential for you to reflect on these and to be able to develop them, add to them and speak about them confidently at job interviews.
What is a Transferable Skill?
A transferable skill is a skill that you possess which can be easily applied and made use of in a number of different situations, hence, allowing you to apply it to a new job opportunity.
Why are Transferable Skills important?
Transferable skills are the job seekers greatest assets and contribute to career success.
Greater transferable skills = greater choice.
How can you develop your Transferable Skills?
Everyone has transferable skills which are developed throughout a person’s life from starting school through to college and university, personal and professional experiences and life in general. Once you have identified your essential skills you can then take them with you and apply in any situation, you can also build on these skills by further experience.
"The more options you can offer in terms of skills, knowledge and experience, the higher the probability of being in demand"
How do you identify Transferable Skills?
We can sometimes take our skills for granted without recognising that they are in fact what make us unique. Being aware of our Transferable Skills can help us to identify where we add value to our friends, family and within the work place.
Whilst there are a number of self-assessment tests on the market that allow you to analyse your own personal strengths and weaknesses, I would recommend that you explore your skills with the people who know you best.
Approach your boss or peers at work. Speak to your close friends and family, you might be surprise by their response as to how and why you add value to their lives!
Once you've identified your key skills then provide examples to support your experience.
Nikki Hutchison, founder of Chilli Pepper Global www.chillipepperglobal.com advising you on every aspect of the job seeking process guiding you step by step whether you are looking to move internally or externally.
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