Transferable skills are universal skills which seem to exist in any occupation. If you can do this in one job, you should be able to do it in any other job. From the list below, select those transferable skills that reflect transferable skills that you now possess.
| Act/perform | Adapt to situations | Advise people | Analyze data |
| Anticipate problems | appraise services | Arrange functions | Assemble products |
| Assess situations | Audit records | Bargain/barter | Be cost conscious |
| Be responsible for | Budget money | Build | Buy product/services |
| Calculate numbers | Chart information | Check for accuracy | Classify information |
| Collect money | Communicate | Compare data | Compile statistics |
| Compute data | Conceptualize | Conduct | Confront |
| Construct buildings | Consult with others | Control costs | Control people |
| Control situations | Converse w/ others | Coordinate activities | Cope with deadlines |
| Copy information | Corresponds with others | Create | Delegate |
| Deliver | Demonstrate | Design | Detail |
| Detect | Determine | Develop | Direct others |
| Dispense information | Distribute | Do precision work | Do public relations work |
| Draft | Drive | Edit | Encourage |
| Endure long hours | Enforce | Entertain | Establish |
| Estimate | Evaluate | Examine | Exchange |
| Exhibit | Expand | Expedite | Explain |
| Explore | File records | Find information | Fix/repair |
| Follow directions | follow through | Gather information | Gather materials |
| Generate | Guide/lead | Handle complaints | Handle equipment |
| Handle money | Help people | Illustrate | Imagine solutions |
| Implement | Improve | Improvise | Inform people |
| Initiate actions | Inspect products | Install | Instruct |
| Interpret data | Interview people | Invent | Inventory |
| Investigate | Lead people | Learn | Learn quickly |
| Liaise | Lift (moderator) | Listen | Locate information |
| Log information | Make/create | Make decisions | Make policy |
| Manage a business | Manage people | Measure boundaries | Mediate problems |
| Meet the public | Memorize information | Mentor others | Monitor progress |
| Motivate others | Move materials | Negotiate | Nurse |
| Nurture | Observe | Obtain | Operate equipment |
| Organize data | Order goods/supplies | Organize people | Organize tasks |
| Own/operate business | Paint | Perceive needs | Perform routine work |
| Persuade others | Plan | Plant | Prepare materials |
| Present information | Process information | Process materials | |
| Produce | Programs | Promote | Protect property |
| Provide maintenance | Question others | Raise money | Read reference books |
| Recommend | Record data | Recruit people | Rectify |
| Reduce costs | Refer people | Rehabilitate people | Remember information |
| Remove | Repair | Replace | Report information |
| Research | Resolve problems | Restore | Retrieve information |
| Review | Run meetings | Schedule | Seek out |
| Select | Sell | Separate | Service equipment |
| Set goals | Set up equipment | Set up system | Service customers |
| Sew | Shape | Signal | Size up situations |
| Sketch | Socialize | Solve problems | Sort |
| Speak in public | Study | Supervise | Supply |
| Support | Survey | Synthesize | Tabulate |
| Take instruction | Tend equipment | Test | Think ahead |
| Think logically | Tolerate interruptions | Track | Train/teach |
| Transcribe | Transfer | Translate | Travel |
| Treat | Troubleshoot | Tutor | Type |
| Understand | Unite people | Update information | Upgrade |
| Use hand/eye coordination | Use words correctly | Verify | Visit |
| Visualize | Work quickly | Write promo material | Volunteer |
| Weigh | Write proposals | Write reports | Write technical work |
