Hey just subbed been enjoying the videos! Quick question about resumes that I don’t see much content regarding. Do you believe soft skills carry much weight when applying for jobs? For example I’m in the midst of a career change but I have developed a bunch of skills that carry over. For example collaboration, seeing projects from conception to completion, speaking on panels and pitching ideas for budgeting etc. am I overvaluing these skills? Or would they help me stand out as a junior applying? Thanks in advance!
Hey, thanks for subscribing! I appreciate it very much. I have thought about this many times and plan to do a video on transferable skills and how to market them. Let me know if that would be interesting and what would be useful for you. Back to your question. Most soft skills can be transferred to UX or Product design. You just need to think about how you will pivot them. That said, in my experience, soft skills are hard to market in your portfolio. But you can definitely talk about them during your interview and use them on the actual job. I think that your experience in a specific industry is the most valuable. If you, for example, worked as a car salesman, you should have inside knowledge about the automotive industry and sales. This is where I would focus my efforts. Try to mention this on your About page, in case studies, or even in the main header. Building apps for the automotive or sales industry could be very attractive with your inside knowledge of that field. I hope that this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions. Happy to help.
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Hey just subbed been enjoying the videos! Quick question about resumes that I don’t see much content regarding.
Do you believe soft skills carry much weight when applying for jobs? For example I’m in the midst of a career change but I have developed a bunch of skills that carry over. For example collaboration, seeing projects from conception to completion, speaking on panels and pitching ideas for budgeting etc. am I overvaluing these skills? Or would they help me stand out as a junior applying? Thanks in advance!
Hey, thanks for subscribing! I appreciate it very much.
I have thought about this many times and plan to do a video on transferable skills and how to market them. Let me know if that would be interesting and what would be useful for you.
Back to your question.
Most soft skills can be transferred to UX or Product design. You just need to think about how you will pivot them. That said, in my experience, soft skills are hard to market in your portfolio. But you can definitely talk about them during your interview and use them on the actual job.
I think that your experience in a specific industry is the most valuable. If you, for example, worked as a car salesman, you should have inside knowledge about the automotive industry and sales. This is where I would focus my efforts. Try to mention this on your About page, in case studies, or even in the main header. Building apps for the automotive or sales industry could be very attractive with your inside knowledge of that field.
I hope that this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions. Happy to help.
@@gytismarkux thank you for the response, yes a video like this would be helpful!
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