Career Tips & Advice

Soft skills, hard skills and transferable skills. If you've been looking for a job or internship, you may have come across these terms. But what are they? How are they connected? And how do you identify yours and use them to your advantage on your resume, cover letter and in interviews?

Landing a job is all about marketing yourself to employers. You need to develop the skills employers are looking for and be able to showcase those hard-earned skills to get the new career or promotion you want. So what are employers looking for? What are the most marketable skills?

A technical interview is designed to test a candidate’s knowledge of technical skills required for a specific role. To prepare for a technical interview, consider researching the company, practicing questions ahead of time and focusing on the 5 Cs of interviewing.

It’s no secret that artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the world of work from the inside out, but long-term effects remain to be seen. Examining the changes that have occurred thus far in tandem with industry projections could offer insight into where to take your career next.