Empathy, communication, active listening, critical thinking, creativity, time management, lifelong learning. These 'soft' skills make us good at our jobs but are often thought of as 'nice to have' rather than core competencies that will get you recruited for the job you want. However, things are changing.

We talk to Lena Rantsevich about rethinking recruitment. Lena is launching an app called Reputy that allows people to evidence their 'human' skills to build up a profile that makes them more attractive to employers and helps people to change jobs more easily because of these transferable skills.

We talk core skills, hot beverages, introverts, mothering, and how reframing your experience or hobbies - including Caroline's quilt - could get you the career change you have been craving.

Episode length: 71 minutes

Further reading and other resources

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If you enjoyed this episode then listen to Episode 25 on workplace mindset and wellbeing, or Episode 14 where Helen tells us how she became a social worker drawing on skills she developed during her life that had prepared her for a challenging but rewarding career change post-40. In Episode 33, Polly Collingridge talks to us about how Cultural Intelligence, otherwise known as CQ, is a key value for organisations who wish to create better connections between their workforce and clients. In Episode 6, Louisa Steensma-Williamson describes how you can look at your core skills and reinvent yourself after redundancy.

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