Don’t file away experience, it is Portable Equity!
This morning as I went to make the bed, I realized how I was able to do it in the dark. When I turned on the lights, I was amazed at how perfectly it was done. After doing the same thing over and over again for years, one literally can become very efficient! From the time of our youth we are told to practice. This is also true for sports, music, note taking, and just about any other task.
We are also able to create Portable Equity. Portable Equity is a term used in reference to skills we obtain in a job. If one is a secretary, they may have learned to take shorthand, type well, and be customer friendly. They are usually good readers and excellent in grammar. They are detail oriented people with the knack of learning quickly on the spot. Often they are good with telephone numbers, codes, and other important facts.
If that same person decides to become a teacher and learns a specific subject, he or she still possesses the experience of a secretary. They carry along the skills of shorthand, typing, a friendly disposition, reading well, learning quickly, excellent recall and documenting information. Those are some of the tools in the toolbox that is known as Portable Equity.
It is good therefore to learn many different skills and experience jobs as a teenager. Although the money may not be excellent working at a fast food restaurant, many skills that are needed in other areas can be transferred. One learns how to present themselves in various settings. How to speak, talk, and listen well when presented with information. Internships and volunteering in offices goes far.
Learning life skills and experience along the way to adulthood are a form of education. It may not be the formal courses within a specific field of interest that makes a person a good worker for a corporation, but the attitude and insights they have learned in the informal process. A person who can prioritize and pace themselves are valuable. Their work is done timely and well.
People who have done volunteering are often good people to hire. They know the value of time and contributing to an organization. Most often, they will bring along a good profile and reputation to a business. Just ask people who are successful and they have been good team players. They know how to follow, and therefore have a capacity and/or potential to lead well.
So if you plan to hire someone soon, note these things in the interviewing process. “Delight in Living” today and everyday.