| A guide for mature employment seekers or jobseekers over 45 | ||
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Evaluating your transferable skills As an experienced worker, or even if you are coming back to the workforce after a break, you will have developed many skills and abilities based on your experience, which are not dependent on education. These skills which may have been obtained in previous jobs, or as a parent or homemaker, are valuable in many different work situations. The following resources will help you to identify these skills and advise you how they can be transferred when you are considering a change of profession, developing your resume, or preparing for an interview. |
Back to main page Other pages: Alternative work arrangements Changes in the Labour Market Employment Web sites Getting started Government/Community Services Magazine/Newspaper articles Marketing Yourself Resumes etc Networking and the hidden job market Upgrading your skills |
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AARP This is part of the AARP-American Association of Retired Persons site which was identified in our Getting started section. Experienced workers can identify their skills and discover how they can be transferred to new work assignments, or help make the transition to a new career. Career Analysts (occupational psychologists and career coaching) Although based in Auckland, Career Analysts offer a number of programmes to individuals including career E-coaching which is available via email, mail and/or telephone for solving career management problems. DBM New Zealand Their services include individual and group career transition programmes and change programmes. Click on links through to articles about career transition and change. Transferable skills : bringing your skills to a new career A useful article by Dawn Rosenberg McKay, About.com. The page contains links to other articles on the subject, including a worksheet and examples. Transferable skills gained outside the workforce | ||
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LIBRARY RESOURCES: | ||
 | Hire Me, Inc. : interviews that get offers / Roy J. Blitzer. | |
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Competency-based resumes : how to bring your resume to the top of the pile / by Robin Kessler and Linda A. Strasburg.
Go put your strengths to work: six powerful steps to achieve outstanding performance / Marcus Buckingham. The New Zealand guide to transferable skills: discover your most versatile skills for today's job market / Christine Dekker. Where have I gone right? : the Right Mountain guide to getting the job and life you want / Jim Hayhurst.
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Last updated 24 July 2009
