Life Skills for Adult Life

This blog entry will focus on life skills for a sucessful adult life. Me, being on the cusp of adult life, find pertinance in this.
A life skill is a trait that would help someone live a sucessful personal and professional life.

The following sites have information on "Life Skills"-

Life Skills for Adults-Shaping their Personalities-
http://changingminds.org/articles/articles/life_skills.htm

Essential Life Skills for Personal Development and Growth-
http://www.essentiallifeskills.net/

UNICEF Life Skills-Which Skills are Life Skills-
http://www.unicef.org/lifeskills/index_whichskills.html

Some life skills are

• Empathy
• Critical Thinking
• Effective Communication Skills
• Acceptance
• Resilience
• Negotiation

I personally possess the skills of acceptance, empathy, and negotiation and critical thinking. However, I am not the most social person in the world and can stand to be more open with my ideas and more assertive in general.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AX2f2DOKJWFbZGY2bTN3ZmpfMWRrOGg2OWQ3&hl=en

Transferable Job Skills

This blog entry will have to do with "Transferable Job Skills". It will record my research into the topic as well as include examples of transferable job skills I find and possess myself.

The three following web sites have information on the Transferable Job Skills

Transferable Job Skills Sets for Job Seekers-http://www.quintcareers.com/transferable_skills_set.html

Examples of Transferable Skills - Short List of Transferable Skill-
http://careerplanning.about.com/od/careerchoicechan/a/trans_skills_ex.htm

Changing Careers and Transferable Job Skills: Identifying and Obtaining Work Skills That Transfer-
http://adult-education.suite101.com/article.cfm/changing_careers_and_transferable_job_skills

Transferable Job Skills are skills that can be used and applied in any workplace, they are extremely useful and are can be used to help make a resume' stronger.

Some Transferable Job Skills that are considered are-

• Communication: The ability to express an idea clearly to those around you.
• Human Relations: The ability to use interpersonal skills to empathize, and sympathize, with people, and resolving conflicts among co-workers.
• Time Management: The ability to use and distribute time to increace potency and efficiency in the work place.

Other examples of Transferable Job Skills are-

• Event Planning
• Speaking a Foreign Language
• The ability to utilize computer programs
• Multitasking
• Team Player

I currently do not possess a resume', so this would be my first draft of my skills list.
Applicable skills

• Extremely comfortable with computers and computer programs, including Adobe Photoshop, as well as, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, and Excel.
• Fluent in Spanish
• Works well on teams
• Takes direction well

First entry in this blog, It'll be a bit direct, as at the time of its writing, I am running short on time. My results of my Myers-Briggs personality test resulted in me receiving a "INTP". Apparently INTP stands for Introverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiving and is called the "Architect". It's rare, only 1 percent of the entire population is an Architect. The highlights of the results say that the Architect is drawn within himself, often hard to understand, and may seem standoffish. All of these things are true, i can not deny them. It also states that I have the urge to understand all things, their purpose and the manner in which they function, which i also can not deny. In terms of the suggested careers (Education, Natural Science, Computer Programming, Engineering, Law, Librarian) I believe that these are not correct, cause I'm very inclined towards the arts and music, and none of these include those. Besides the career part, it was pretty spot on.