Skill

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Skill

• By definition, a skill is the ability to do
  something well
• A skill is the learned capacity to carry out
  pre-determined results often with the minimum
  outlay of time, energy, or both. Skills can often
  be divided into domain-general and
  domain-specific skills.
• Domain of work, some general skills would include
  time management, teamwork and leadership, self
  motivation and others
• Domain-specific skills would be useful only for a
  certain job

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SkillBy definition, a skill is the ability to
do something wellA skill is the learned capacity
to carry out pre-determined results often with
the minimum outlay of time, energy, or both.
Skills can often be divided into domain-general
and domain-specific skills. Domain of work, some
general skills would include time management,
teamwork and leadership, self motivation and
othersDomain-specific skills would be useful
only for a certain job Domain-specific skills
would be useful only for a certain job
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Skill

• By definition, a skill is the ability to do
  something well
• A skill is the learned capacity to carry out
  pre-determined results often with the minimum
  outlay of time, energy, or both. Skills can often
  be divided into domain-general and
  domain-specific skills. Domain of work, some
  general skills would include time management,
  teamwork and leadership, self motivation and
  others.

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Types of SkillsAcademic
skill Motor Skills Reading Walking, craft,
sport Logic Creativity, Innovation Critical
thinking Music, Arts and crafts Math Skilled
labourInterpersonal communication Innovation
skillSpeech Listening, talking Nonverbal
communicationLiteracy Writing and reading
Serves Client / Customers Participates as a
member of the Team Exercises Leadership
Teaches others Negotiates Works with
cultural diversity
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Miscellaneous skills

• Charisma
• Perception
• Persuasion
• Empathy
• Procedural memory, Knowledge, expertise, Fluency
• Profession
• Theory of multiple intelligence
• Thinking and intelligence, IQ

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What is a Skill Set?

• Generally speaking, it's a list of your core
  competencies as they relate to your targeted
  career goal. there are three primary skills set
  categories
• Knowledge-based
• Transferable
• Personality traits/attitude (also known as soft
  skills)

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Skill set

• Knowledge-based skills derive from
• Previous jobs and other internships
• School coursework and projects
• Self-taught skills, or those taught by current
  role models and mentors

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Skill set

• Transferable skills are broken down into four
  broad categories
• Communication speaking, writing, persuading
• Research and Planning gathering and analyzing
  information, goal setting and strategy
  development
• Human Relations listening, motivating,
  representing others
• Organization, Leadership and Management
  managing and directing people to achieve common
  goals

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Skill set

• Soft skills refer to your personal traits and
  attitude. They typically describe how you work,
  and how well you work with others
• Are you a stickler for detail?
• Do you thrive in high pressure situations?
• Are you driven by accomplishment Self-motivated?
  
• Are you self-disciplined?
• Are you a team player?
• Are you a leader?

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Tips to improve soft skills

• Smile
• Be appreciative
• Pay attention to others
• Practice listening to others
• Being people together
• Resolve conflict
• Communicate clearly

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Tips to improve soft skills

• See it from others side
• Dont complain
• 6 soft skills for every hard-nosed professional
• i. Interpersonal skills
• ii. Team spirit
• iii. Social grace
• iv. Business etiquette
• v. Negotiation skills
• vi. Behavioural traits such as attitude,
  motivation and time management

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Skill Sets for IT

• The skill sets necessary to have a career in this
  industry is based on three types of positions
  development, support and analysis. Combine these
  skills together to take advantage of an entire
  range of new positions that are in high demand.
• All information technology careers require a
  similar set of basic skills. A solid
  understanding of mathematical concepts and a high
  degree of skill in data manipulation and multiple
  step logic is required. Communication skills and
  the ability to understand a wide range of
  perspectives is critical. Detail orientation and
  mental focus are necessary skills.

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Skill Sets for IT

• Development positions include programmers, system
  developers and computer configuration staff. A
  degree in math, computer science, or computer
  engineering is a basic requirement. Additional
  certification in specific programming languages
  and techniques are required to maintain
  information technology employment. New
  programming languages are continually being
  developed.
• An information technology analyst needs excellent
  communication, project management, and trouble
  shooting skills.

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Skill Sets for psychology

• Psychology is distinctive in that it equips its
  graduates with an extremely rich and diverse
  portfolioproviding a variety of forms of
  expertise, which are found in few other
  disciplines and which can equip psychology
  graduates to undertake many different types of
  work.

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Skill to be developed

• Literacy, Numeracy, Computer literacy
• Information-finding skills
• Research skills, Measurement skills (principles
  of psychometric measurement, questionnaire design
  and how to develop other measurement tools)
• Environmental awareness (Knowing how someone's
  environment can influence their behavior helps us
  to understand people at work, at home, in
  education and at leisure)
• Problem-solving skills ,Critical evaluation
• Higher-order analysis (Psychology graduates are
  skilled at spotting recurrent patterns in human
  activity, or noticing similarities between
  situations that seem on the surface to be quite
  different)

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Related Occupations

• Clergy , Counselors, Funeral directors
• Human resources, training, and labor relations
  managers and specialists
• Market and survey researchers , Recreation
  workers
• Social workers, Sociologists and political
  scientists
• Teachersspecial education
• Psychologists also sometimes diagnose and treat
  problems and help patients recover. These duties
  are similar to those for
• Audiologists
• Physicians and surgeons
• Speech-language pathologists

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MASS MEDIA

• A degree in mass media and communication will
  equip you basically with the knowledge of media
  related fields viz., advertising, journalism,
  television, cinema, public relations, event
  management, publishing etc.,Required
  skill-setscreative imaginationgood
  communicationawareness of popular
  culturepatience and confidence to handle
  responsibility and criticisms

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Related jobs

• News reporter
• TV anchor
• Radio jockey
• Program producer researcher
• Scriptwriter
• PR professional in business corporate houses
• Creative visualizer
• Event planner
• Editor
• Proofreader
• Content developer
• Media planner

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Some more Related jobs

• Media marketing professional
• Photographer
• variety of occupations that work with mass media.
  These include
• Production, distribution, and management
  positions in television, video, motion picture,
  multimedia, music, radio, news, and publishing
  enterprises
• Careers in telecommunications and mass media
  regulatory organizations and
• Positions that work with mass media in
  advertising, marketing, promotions, and public
  relations departments of private, government, and
  public service organizations.

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