The Experience You Keep Leaving Out

For quite some time, many professionals have learned to explain their careers through the responsibilities listed in their job descriptions.

But there are experiences that rarely make it into that explanation.

You trained the new employee because your supervisor knew you could explain the work.

You became the person coworkers came to when they had questions.

You noticed when something wasn't working and figured out how to solve it.

You stepped in when things got busy, coordinated what needed to happen, or helped keep work moving when priorities changed.

You learned a complicated process well enough to explain it to someone else.

You caught problems before they became bigger ones.

There are examples like these throughout your career.

The problem is that when you've been doing something for a long time, many of these experiences can feel natural. You may think of them as simply helping out, doing your job, or figuring things out.

So when someone asks about your experience, you leave them out.

You talk about your duties instead.

But those experiences say something about you.

Training coworkers may show your ability to teach, communicate, and support others.

Being the person people come to with questions may show knowledge, judgment, and trust.

Recognizing a problem and figuring out how to solve it may show that you can assess a situation, make decisions, and take action.

None of those capabilities appeared overnight. They were developed through the work you've already done.

And if you continue leaving those experiences out, you're leaving out information that could help someone understand what you're capable of doing next.

Some of your most valuable experience may be hiding inside the things you've stopped thinking were worth mentioning.

This is exactly the type of experience we uncover in What Your Experience Really Says.

The $27 guide helps you look beyond your job description and examine the work you've actually done, including the experiences you've gotten so used to that you may no longer recognize what they say about your capabilities.

You've done the work. Now it's time to clearly see what it says.

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You're not unqualified. You're MISTRANSLATED.

To landing what you've earned,

Kourtney Checots
Career Strategist
Founder, MISTRANSLATED