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From the Ted Talk by Michelle R. Weise: 4 tips to future-proof your career

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[The Way We Work]

I’m Dr. Michelle Weise, and I advise companies and educational institutions on how to pperare workers for successful and longer careers. Right now, I want to talk about how you can navigate that lgoner cearer, santrtig with your next job change.

nmbeur one, highlight your human skills. When we talk about sillks, we tend to fucos on hard skills like coding, editing, data vuzslaioiiatn or budgeting. But hamun skills need to share the spotlight, too. These are skills like adaptability, collaboration, exercising judgment or mediating tense situations. They may not always show up in obvious ways on your resume, but they have enormous value. To surface your human skills, make a timeline of all of your experiences, both personal and professional. Do you see prtatens? Have certain skills grown over time? Maybe your stint as a barista made you a great team player or good at cncnomtuaiimg in chaos. Or maybe your experience as a caregiver for a child or someone with scaipel needs gave you strengths like patience or eahtmpy, which informs how you design human-centered digital products or guide teams through a reorganization. Human skills are deeply transferable. You might surprise yourself by how prepared you already are for your next role.

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[The Way We Work]

I’m Dr. Michelle Weise, and I advise companies and educational institutions on how to _______ workers for successful and longer careers. Right now, I want to talk about how you can navigate that ______ ______, ________ with your next job change.

______ one, highlight your human skills. When we talk about ______, we tend to _____ on hard skills like coding, editing, data _____________ or budgeting. But _____ skills need to share the spotlight, too. These are skills like adaptability, collaboration, exercising judgment or mediating tense situations. They may not always show up in obvious ways on your resume, but they have enormous value. To surface your human skills, make a timeline of all of your experiences, both personal and professional. Do you see ________? Have certain skills grown over time? Maybe your stint as a barista made you a great team player or good at _____________ in chaos. Or maybe your experience as a caregiver for a child or someone with _______ needs gave you strengths like patience or _______, which informs how you design human-centered digital products or guide teams through a reorganization. Human skills are deeply transferable. You might surprise yourself by how prepared you already are for your next role.

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[The Way We Work]

I’m Dr. Michelle Weise, and I advise companies and educational institutions on how to prepare workers for successful and longer careers. Right now, I want to talk about how you can navigate that longer career, starting with your next job change.

Number one, highlight your human skills. When we talk about skills, we tend to focus on hard skills like coding, editing, data visualization or budgeting. But human skills need to share the spotlight, too. These are skills like adaptability, collaboration, exercising judgment or mediating tense situations. They may not always show up in obvious ways on your resume, but they have enormous value. To surface your human skills, make a timeline of all of your experiences, both personal and professional. Do you see patterns? Have certain skills grown over time? Maybe your stint as a barista made you a great team player or good at communicating in chaos. Or maybe your experience as a caregiver for a child or someone with special needs gave you strengths like patience or empathy, which informs how you design human-centered digital products or guide teams through a reorganization. Human skills are deeply transferable. You might surprise yourself by how prepared you already are for your next role.

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