From the course: Managing Your Career: Early Career
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Identify your preferred skills
From the course: Managing Your Career: Early Career
Identify your preferred skills
- Many of you may have heard something like, you're good at math, so you should go into accounting. Or, if you like English classes, you should be an editor. But just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you like doing it. So gaining a better understanding of your own interests and identifying what you bring to the table is very important to managing your career. You want to be able to tell a story of why an employer should hire you, particularly if you're searching for your first professional position, or you think you'll be changing careers. Employers hire because they need your skills, your knowledge, and your qualifications to achieve the organization's goals. If you don't meet their requirements, you won't get hired. Understanding your strengths will allow you to choose the right roles and industries to maximize your career opportunities. So let's begin with skills. A skill is your ability to do something well. Examples of skills include public speaking…
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