How to Use Upskilling to Close Career Gaps and Accelerate Your Career
Shashi Dokania had spent nearly two years working as an accountant at Ernst & Young when she decided to exit the workforce in 2011 to raise her children. A few years later, her then-7-and-a-half-year-old son was attending a coding camp and needed Dokania’s help with Scratch coding . Dokania realized she had a passion for computer science and that she wanted to head back into the workforce—as a coder.
Dokania’s story is a prime example of how being proactive and learning new skills can yield real results. In other words, she aced upskilling. “Upskilling is using your initiative to acquire new skills that can advance your professional development,” explains Octavia Goredema, founder of the career coaching firm Twenty Ten Agency and host of the Audible original series. “That starts with identifying what you need to advance and taking steps to learn and grow.
“Upskilling is a great way to boost your confidence and your resumé. Being proactive and making the decision to learn something new and applying those skills demonstrates to prospective employers that you’re a self-starter,” says Goredema. Of course, to make your hard work pay off, it’s essential to make sure any potential new boss and your professional network have the 411 on all the new skills you’ve gained.
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