Browse by Transferable Skills

Transferable skills are skills you can use across different jobs, such as communication, problem solving, and team work. Open and explore the folders below to see the different categories and levels of information. Ratings on occupations are available at the most detailed level.

Folder (closedopen) Complex Problem Solving Skills
Skills used to solve new and challenging problems at work.
- Complex Problem Solving
  Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Folder (closedopen) Resource Management Skills
Skills used to manage time, money, materials, and people effectively at work.
- Management of Financial Resources
  Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
- Management of Material Resources
  Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
- Management of Personnel Resources
  Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Time Management
  Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Folder (closedopen) Social Skills
Skills used to work with others to achieve goals at work.
- Coordination
  Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Instructing
  Teaching others how to do something.
- Negotiation
  Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Persuasion
  Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Service Orientation
  Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Social Perceptiveness
  Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Folder (closedopen) Systems Skills
Skills used to understand and improve systems at work, such as processes, decision making, or workflows.
- Judgment and Decision Making
  Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Systems Analysis
  Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Systems Evaluation
  Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Folder (closedopen) Technical Skills
Skills used to design, set up, operate, and fix machines and systems at work.
- Equipment Maintenance
  Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
- Equipment Selection
  Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
- Installation
  Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
- Operation and Control
  Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
- Operations Analysis
  Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
- Operations Monitoring
  Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Programming
  Writing computer programs for various purposes.
- Quality Control Analysis
  Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Repairing
  Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
- Technology Design
  Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
- Troubleshooting
  Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.