Job Search Strategies: Why You Should Take Inventory of Your Skills

Career development is more necessary than ever in today's multigenerational workforce. When you are looking for a new job or promotion, conducting regular skills and experience audits is crucial.
In this enlightening video series, Job Search Strategies, veteran career coach and TrainingPros Talent Ambassador, Nicole Darby will guide you through identifying and showcasing your most sought-after competencies and addressing any gaps in industry requirements.
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ABOUT NICOLE DARBY
Nicole is the Talent Ambassador for TrainingPros, a role she helped develop. As a long-time career coach, she is uniquely qualified to advise and help consultants joining the talent pool have the best chance of finding a job.
On the personal side, Nicole is a serious introvert who knows how to extrovert as needed but needs ample time regrouping by watching foreign films (she loves anything with a subtitle) and playing the "old-school" arcade game Galaga. Happy Places: any tropical beach, time with her son, and helping women and youth actualize their dreams.
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For more than 25 years, TrainingPros has served the training, eLearning, and technical writing communities by providing qualified learning and development (L&D) consultants to clients on a contract basis. In addition to staffing services,
TrainingPros provides custom eLearning and instructor-led training development for companies through managed services. The company has relationship managers throughout the United States to serve clients and consultants.
TrainingPros is certified as a Women's Business Enterprise by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council. When learning leaders have more projects than people, TrainingPros can provide the right L&D consultants to start their projects with confidence.
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TRANSCRIPT
Taking inventory of your skills, education, and experience on a regular basis is an important habit to adopt. Not only will it allow you to showcase your skills and expertise most in need by clients and potential employers, but it will also help identify any gaps between your core competencies and industry requirements.
Start by researching and listing both hard and soft skills important to the role and industry. Compare your skill level for each competency, noting anything from non-existent through advanced proficiency.
Enlist an accountability partner to validate your results and gaps. If the pandemic taught us anything, it's that we must be ready to adapt at a moment's notice.
I recommend setting an 'Investing In Me' date on your calendar quarterly to ensure this action becomes a habit.
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