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October 04, 2006
Thinking About Alternative Careers? Then Assess Your Transferable Skills
If you are thinking about pursuing alternative or non-traditional legal careers, you may be concerned about how – as a law student or law graduate – to market yourself to employers. One way to do this is by emphasizing transferable skills. Transferable skills are the skills and abilities you possess that you can utilize in a legal, non-traditional, or alternative career. The most important of these to consider are the ones you feel most positive about, enjoy the most and plan to utilize again. Many questions about your success in law school, your seriousness about the position you are applying for, and about how you and your candidacy will be presented to other members of the organization will need to be addressed early in the interviewing process. If you have not prepared for these questions by assessing your transferable skills and understanding the needs of the employer, you will not be perceived as a viable candidate for the position. The following are just a few examples of transferable skills, which you should utilize to your advantage:
• Ability to Analyze Facts
• Ability to Work in Teams or Groups
• Ability to Work with Little Supervision
• Awareness of Risks
• Counseling
• Familiarity with Legal Terminology
• Independent Thinking
• Negotiation Skills
• Persuasiveness
• Presentation Skills
• Research Skills
• Writing Ability
Posted by smp20 at October 4, 2006 09:05 AM