Identify employer needs

- When you've identified your top role and industry…or if you're already in a role or industry…that you feel satisfied with,…you need to determine the next steps…to a successful career transition.…A gap analysis is a method for identifying…job requirements and then determining…where the gaps are in your experience.…Completing a gap analysis empowers you.…It helps you to identify what steps…you need to take to achieve a certain position…or improve your value.…

In the exercise files, we have provided…a gap analysis worksheet for you to fill out.…We'll start by analyzing the employer's requirements first.…For your top role and industry,…find up to three job descriptions.…This should give you an overall picture…of the skills, knowledge, and qualifications…required for this role.…Let's begin with the description…from a digital industrial company.…The job is for a UX interaction design specialist.…

First, let's look at the skills.…As you can see, there are many required for this job,…so for this description skills include…