83 Examples of Transferable Skills

John Spacey, April 25, 2021

Transferable skills are talents, knowledge and abilities that are directly applicable to multiple organizations. This can be contrasted with proprietary skills that are specific to an organization such as a custom technology or business process. At the top level, generalist skills such as leadership are transferable to any industry or pursuit. Most soft skills are completely transferable. Hard skills can be transferable but can also be proprietary such as knowledge of a technology that isn't used by many firms. The following are common examples of transferable skills.

Algorithms	Analytics
Bookkeeping	Budget Control
Business Analysis	Business Cases
Business Modeling	Business Plans
Business Software	Change Management
Coaching	Coding
Compliance	Conflict Resolution
Coordination	Creativity
Customer Relationships	Customer Service
Data Analysis	Data Science
Decision Making	Design Thinking
Diplomacy	Discipline
Event Planning	Facilitation
Financial Analysis	Financial Estimates
Forecasting	Gap Analysis
Goal Setting	Influencing
Information Security	Language Skills
Leadership	Management
Managing Up	Marketing
Mathematics	Media Production
Meeting Management	Meeting Minutes
Negotiation	Networking
Non-Verbal Communication	Partner Management
Performance Management	Personal Presence
Personal Resilience	Planning
Prioritization	Problem Solving
Procurement	Program Management
Programming Languages	Project Management
Public Speaking	Quality Assessments
Quality Control	Reasoning
Recruiting	Reporting
Requirements Gathering	Research
Risk Assessments	Risk Management
Sales	Self-Direction
Software Architecture	Stakeholder Management
Standards Compliance	Statistics
Strategy Planning	Supervision
Teaching	Technology Infrastructure
Technology Platforms	Time Management
Troubleshooting	User Interface Design
Verbal Communication	Visual Design
Written Communication

Notes

In some cases, job candidates aren't aware that processes, practices, technologies and terminology that they have used in a job aren't common in an industry. This can be a red flag to hiring managers who may have experienced new hires who are inflexible or that experience significant difficulties in transitioning to a new organization.

83 Examples of Transferable Skills

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