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Transferable skills: 
When someone brings up 'building transferable skills', I ultimately feel like transferring my skills out from the room.
We all have soft skills; what we need is to know how to communicate them.
A selection of soft skills you already have:1/6
When someone brings up 'building transferable skills', I ultimately feel like transferring my skills out from the room.
We all have soft skills; what we need is to know how to communicate them.
A selection of soft skills you already have:1/6
- project timeline management: as in the relentless Gannt charts we make for our PhD committees
- budget management: you might be in charge of purchasing reagents/consumables
- stakeholder (expectation) management: you've chased your boss and collabs, explained your data 2/6
- budget management: you might be in charge of purchasing reagents/consumables
- stakeholder (expectation) management: you've chased your boss and collabs, explained your data 2/6
- communication across a range of stakeholders: you can speak and explain science to anyone from kids to full profs in/outside your field
- emotional intelligence: you didn't start crying in the lab that time, and you talked down the undergrad who was upset the PCR failed . 3/6
- emotional intelligence: you didn't start crying in the lab that time, and you talked down the undergrad who was upset the PCR failed . 3/6
- lateral thinking: you created a brand new piece of equipment to solve a problem.
- responsibility and work ethic: yoy didn't quit that one time you were upset and nothing worked because it's *your* project
- coaching and mentoring 4/6
- responsibility and work ethic: yoy didn't quit that one time you were upset and nothing worked because it's *your* project
- coaching and mentoring 4/6
- conflict resolution: when two postdocs were ready to cut each other's throat, you distracted them with a coffee (replace this with any conflict you've encountered)
- self-awareness: you're reading this thread and finding your own specific examples to each category. 5/6
- self-awareness: you're reading this thread and finding your own specific examples to each category. 5/6
- personal development: you are proactively looking for development opportunities, aren't afraid to ask for training when needed.
You are brilliant and capable. Now make sure you let other people know about it.
6/6
You are brilliant and capable. Now make sure you let other people know about it.
6/6
