Transferrable Skills
From Home to Job: Transferring Your Skills
Being a homemaker involves many of the same skills as you find in jobs that pay good wages. Think about your skills and how they could be used for a good paying, satisfying career.
Your Skill Is: |
Your Ability Is: |
Your Job Could Be: |
Writing letters
Reading to children
Reading magazines
Giving instructions
Reading and following instructions,
recipes, etc.
|
Verbal and reading aptitude |
Technical Writer
Airline Dispatcher
Heavy Equipment Sales
Clergy Worker
Public Relations Specialist |
Using fractions in a recipe
Budgeting money
Counting change
Measuring fabric |
Numerical and math aptitude |
Accountant
Auto Parts Salesperson
Computer Programmer
Industrial Production Technician
|
Using a sewing pattern
Applying makeup
Arranging furniture
Planning a garden
|
Form perception |
Machinist
Tile Setter
Auto Body Repairperson
Painter
Blueprint Reader
Landscaper
|
Assembling household equipment and toys
Visualizing furniture arrangements or floor plans |
Spatial aptitude |
Millwright
Auto Mechanic
Pattern Maker
Computer Aided Drafter
Electrician
Design Engineer
Plumber
|
Sewing
Ironing
Making beds
Applying makeup
Styling hair
Embroidery
|
Finger and manual dexterity |
Telephone Serviceperson
Typesetter
Small Appliance Repair Technician
Electrician
Welder
|
Sweeping and mopping
Turning pancakes and eggs
Driving a car
Gardening |
Motor or eye-hand, eye-foot coordination |
Truck Driver
Heavy Equipment Operator
Machine Operator
Power Truck or Fork Lift Operator
Drafting
|
Lifting a child, carrying groceries
Rearranging furniture
Shoveling snow
Lawn mowing and yard work |
Strength |
Warehouse worker
Dock worker
Mover
Construction Laborer
|
Cooking
Housework |
Ability or interest in working alone
|
Building Maintenance Worker
Security Guard
Long Distance Truck Driver |
Entertaining company
Planning parties
Taking care of children
Volunteering in the community
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Ability or interest in working with people
|
Foreperson (foreman)
Manager
Insurance Salesperson
Chef
Service Station Attendant
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Adapted from “Transferable Skills,” part of the curriculum entitled Training, Placing, and Retaining Women in Nontraditional Jobs
Southern Maine Coalition for Women in Trades and Technology September 2000
To complete a questionnaire to identify your transferrable skills, visit
ISeek.org.