UC Santa Cruz humanities students graduate with a toolkit of transferable skills in high demand across fields ranging from ...

Finding the right talent ain't what it used to be. Historically, candidates were evaluated on direct experience, the specific knowledge and skills picked up while grinding away at a particular job.

He may be best known for painting the Mona Lisa, but that’s far from the only major contribution Leonardo Da Vinci has had in the world. It’s believed that he drafted the first resume, where he kept ...

What are transferable skills? Transferable skills are something that you do on a regular basis for a specific task that can be re-purposed. For example, let’s say you are a sales representative who is ...

Cowritten by Nathalie Boutros and Tchiki Davis. The average person can expect to hold 12 different jobs in his or her lifetime (United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2021). With all this ...

The researchers’ suggestion that employers may be reluctant to prioritize transferable skills training may be supported by other recent findings; nearly 60% of newly unemployed workers responding to a ...

To recap quickly, transferable skills include self-motivation, written and verbal communication skills, listening, critical thinking, teamwork and delegation, and basic technical skills, among others.

Dive in to discover more of what skills you can cultivate, and how to leverage them, before landing your dream job—even in a completely new field. Some valuable soft skills are transferable to any ...

Graduate students often become immersed in a specialized way of thinking. A focus on honing expertise within a particular discipline is a fundamental aspect of graduate education, enabling graduate ...

The pandemic gave millions of workers in the labor force a taste of what it feels like to no longer be required in the job market. Quite literally tens of millions of workers were immediately ...

When I started writing this column, a question popped into my head. Why does one write a column for the Daily? Reach isn’t the reason — I’d be happy if even my housemates read this. Impact? I mean, it ...