[17.03.25 | #TheWell: Members' Bundle β‘οΈ Why to focus on skills vs a job title (and key considerations for doing so)
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Dear Reader, With our focus on careers as this month's learning theme, our workshop of the month is spotlighting some 'alternative' philosophies with which to approach LinkedIn, and this week's article is career related too. β In the rest of this edition of your member bundle you'll receive:
Wishing you a great week ahead, Sumbella 1. Member Only Article:Why to focus on skills vs a job title (and key considerations for doing so)[Excerpt] At some point in my career as a teacher, I'd wanted to pivot or branch out of teaching in a mainstream or institutional setting.In this article I outline why my reliance on skills and building up a body of work to evidence skills is the single most important thing I've done to help with career pivots like these. One of the roles I wanted was as a market development editor, or just to work in publishing in general. And one of the ways I believe helped me make the pivot from teaching into publishing was having evidenced skills in writing and editing. These skills are ones I could refer to during interviews for roles that I was otherwise not familiar with having worked solely as a teacher prior to that. It is so important to feel fulfillment and competency in the work you do, no matter what you choose. The more of us can find this in our work, the better! Of course, perhaps you, like me, have also seen people be given job titles that are a mismatch with what they can actually do. The incompetency can be jarring and difficult to work with. Yet if you are someone who is building skills... Skills become a bit like fitness. Skills can't be faked. You can either run the mile easily, or you can't. You either have the skills, or you don't. Not like a job title, which can potentially be made up. The three core skills I chose to focus on a few years agoSo to help give an idea of how this plays out in a career strategy, here are the 3 core skills I chose to focus on developing over the last 3-5 years... β
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Sumbella
Community Lead @ Well Teachers
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