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Slide 4– Types of Skills (10 minutes)

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Group discussion:
There are three types of skills:

 Technical Skills or “hard skills” – these are usually physical things you can do or special
knowledge you have to do a task or solve a problem.

 Soft Skills – sometimes known as “people skills” or how you relate to other people. Soft
skills include management, communication, teamwork, character, time management, and
the ability to organize. Soft skills are often harder to identify than technical skills.

 Transferable Skills – Transferable skills are skills that you can take from one area or
occupation and use in another. If you have good communication skills, you can become a
customer service representative in a store or for a manufacturing firm. You will use many of
the same skills, just in a different setting. Transferable skills can be hard or soft skills.
Activities you do on your own personal time, volunteering, hobbies, memberships, and jobs
that you hold that don’t seem to relate to your career are all sources of transferable skills.

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