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Transferable Skills: Definition and List of Examples

August 6, 2024

To break into a new business sector, land a higher-level position, or change careers entirely, you need to demonstrate relevant skills on your resume. But the Catch-22 is, you can’t develop these without getting your foot to the door first. Or so you think.

The truth is: Even if you are planning for a clean start in a completely new role, you won’t be starting from ground zero. Why?

Because you have transferable skills.

What Are Transferable Skills?

Transferable skills are abilities and competencies you can apply across different work contexts, like communication, problem-solving, or time management.

For example, if you used to be a retail associate, you likely have strong interpersonal skills like rapport building, persuasion, or active listening. To boot, you probably have some solid organizational creds like being good with personal time management or misc administrative work.

These skills are easily transferable to other roles like an administrative assistant or a project coordinator because you’d be doing similar tasks but in a different context.…

Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace: Definition, Benefits, and Ways to Develop

June 25, 2024

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In 1995, Daniel Goleman, a trained psychologist and science journalist at the New York Times, released a book titled “Emotional Intelligence”. Twenty-five years later, his ideas remain as relevant as ever, although still not fully understood.

If you’re wondering what emotional intelligence (EQ) is, why it’s constantly dubbed more important than IQ and technical skills, and how to develop it, this guide will provide you with an exhaustive answer.

What Is Emotional Intelligence?

Emotional intelligence stands for your ability to appropriately recognize and manage emotions, plus influence the emotions of others. Quoting Daniel Goleman:

Emotional self-awareness is the building block of the next fundamental emotional intelligence: like being able to shake off a bad mood.

Emotionally intelligent people don’t let negative (or positive emotions) overtake the rational mind in personal and professional settings. For example, instead of engaging in a heated public argument with a colleague who thinks they’re better than you, you try to understand where their superiority complex is coming from and try to deal with the situation privately. …

Critical Thinking Skills for Resume: Definition, Importance Examples

May 20, 2024

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It’s no secret that employers want adaptable people, who can solve problems, and contribute to the organization’s success. The difference between an employee who can do these things and one who can’t comes down to one simple thing: they have strong critical thinking skills.

So of course you’d want to tout these on your resume and all over your job application materials too. There’s one problem, though. Critical skills aren’t always easy to put on paper. But there are a few ‘workarounds’ this post will show you!

What Are Critical Thinking Skills?

Critical thinking skills stand for your ability to rationally process information, find connections between ideas, reflect, and draw conclusions. You use critical thinking skills in the workplace to solve problems, collaborate with others, resolve conflicts, and complete many other everyday tasks.

To give you a better idea, here are several critical thinking skills examples:

Analysis of information for relevancy and accuracy. Strong fact-checking abilities.

Critical self-reflection and introspection to eliminate bias or flawed assumptions.

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Combination Resume: Definition, Examples, and Writing Tips

February 8, 2024

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Most resume formats fall into one of two categories. There are functional resumes that emphasize your skills. These are ideal for inexperienced applicants who have developed skills through their education but have less on-the-job experience.

There are also chronological resumes – the standard choice for experienced candidates who prefer to highlight the work they have done, and the positions they have held. Sometimes forgotten, is the third resume type – the combination resume.

What is a Combination Resume?

A combination resume meshes chronological and functional resume formats. It emphasizes your skills, experience, and accomplishments without following the timeline of a chronological resume.

The standard combination resume format opens with a larger header area, featuring a skills summary or qualification section. Afterward, it lists a condensed chronological work history and educational credentials.

Who Should Use a Combination Resume Format?

Many people can benefit from using a combination resume. Those who are seeking a career change or recent graduates are especially likely to find it useful.…

In Major Reversal, EPA, Army Will Revise Definition of ‘WOTUS’

June 12, 2021

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The post In Major Reversal, EPA, Army Will Revise Definition of ‘WOTUS’ appeared first on POWER Magazine.

In yet another dramatic turn for federal policy governing the “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS), the Biden administration has announced its intent to revise the definition of WOTUS, citing “destructive impacts” to critical water bodies under a Trump-era rule.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army on June 9 issued a declaration requesting remand of the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule, which the Trump administration made effective a year ago to replace a 2015 Obama-era rule. The Department of Justice, meanwhile, has reportedly acted to file a motion requesting remand of the rule.

The agencies said they intend to initiate a new rulemaking process that restores “the protections in place prior to the 2015 WOTUS implementation.” They also anticipate “developing a new rule that defines WOTUS and is informed by a robust engagement process as well as the experience of implementing the pre-2015 rule, the Obama-era Clean Water Rule, and the Trump-era Navigable Waters Protection Rule.”…

Amid Broad Legal Challenges, EPA Proposes Narrower Definition of WOTUS

December 16, 2018

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In a move widely applauded by the power industry, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of the Army proposed a new definition of “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) that could exempt groundwater and ditches from regulation under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

The measures follow other recent significant regulatory actions by the agency. On December 6, the agency also announced proposed revisions to performance standards governing carbon dioxide emissions from new, reconstructed, or modified coal-fired power plants. On November 15, the EPA clarified guidelines on when activities can be grouped together to determine whether they trigger New Source Review (NSR) permitting. And on November 7, it posted a final implementation rule for the 2015 ozone standard.

A Narrow Definition for ‘WOTUS’

The revised definition for “WOTUS” proposed by the EPA and the Department of the Army on December 11 significantly narrows the number of waterways and wetlands that fall within the jurisdictional scope of the CWA compared to a contentious rule finalized by the Obama administration in June 2015.…