Transferable Skills and Reflection (the Career Building Transferable Skill)

Transferrable skills are all those non-technical skills that allow us to do the technical part of our role well. They are highly valued by employers and managers. This chapter introduces what transferrable skills are and how important it is to both have transferrable skills and be able to articulate what your transferrable skills are. One particularly important transferable skill is reflection. This chapter also looks at the skill of reflection in detail, helping the reader understand reflection and improve their reflective skills so they can use these skills to develop all aspects of their career.