W. A. Ward Dear English Teachers!

a) Fill in the gaps using the words in the box
leadership, communication, reward, organizing, unique, requires, 
adaptability
, 
analyse, confidently, plan,
if you know what your knowledge, skills and abilities are, you will be able 
to (1)_______________ and develop a better career objective. Your career 
objective is a simple (usually one or two sentence) statement of what you are 
required to do or complete. it is important to(2)____________ your career decision 
so that you can focus your job search efforts. It also (3)________________to 
correctly state this on your resume and appropriate areas of job applications.
Job-Specific Skills
Job-specific skills are skills that you are able to perform (4)_______________
a particular task. these skills are often gained from specialized training and 
education or experience on the job. For example, mechanics need knowledge 
about how mechanical systems and engines work. Job-specific skills may 
also be gained through volunteer work, hobbies or home management, (5) 
______________________and training.
Transferable skills
transferable skills are skills that are not (6) ____________to a particular task 
and that you can transfer or use from one job or career to another. Transferable 
skills usually involve doing something with people, data or things and can be 

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measured according to their complication. More complex skills often require 
greater initiative, creativity and problem solving, (7) ________________and (8) 
___________. the more complex the skill is, the less competition there is for 
jobs and greater the (9) __________________ will be.
Some examples of transferable skills are supervising, analysing, problem 
solving and (10)_____________________.