If you want to build a professional career in your life then you must possess certain creative skills. Without some creative skills it is really not possible to be successful in any professional career you choose. Creative skills are indispensable if you are serious about your career. These creative skills are not so easy to learn.
You have to give time and start learning as early as possible. Once you come out of college looking for a professional career you will not get enough time to develop these creative skills. Hence, it is wise to start learning and developing following creative skills from now on.
Here are some of the indispensable creative skills.
Verbal Communication Skill
The first creative skill that you need to develop is verbal communication skill. The first thing that anyone would notice is how you speak to them. From saying hello to Goodbye everything matters. Moreover, through negotiations you need to persuade clients and other customers.
Hence, you can do it only when you have a great communication skill. Normally, aspirants neglect this important skill. For developing communication skill you do not have to read books. Just go out and talk to different kinds of people.
Reading & Writing Skills
Next is reading and writing skills. Reading is important so that you can write. Therefore, the main thing is the writing skill.
You’ve to learn how to write. Writing is not that easy as communicating. As you know speaking is easier than writing because everyone can speak but not write.
It is a non-verbal medium of communication hence it becomes difficult to learn it. Many can’t learn writing because it is too difficult for them. But if you want to get into a professional career then you’ve to learn writing. It is better that you start practicing.
Daily you can write something and that is the best way to start. Writing takes time before you become perfect.
Research, Data Collection and Fact-Finding Skills
You need to learn how to research, collect various types of data and work on other fact-finding projects. You can’t research if you don’t know how to do it. For researching something you must be aware of certain tools and strategies.
Complete information about a particular subject is must for collecting data.
Similarly, fact-finding techniques are required for applying any kind of professional career.
Therefore, you must acquire these skills before you make plans for starting a professional career.
Seminar and Presentation Skills
Now this is another important creative skill that you have to develop if you want to really succeed in your career. Giving a seminar requires a great presentation skill. For developing or acquiring this skill you have to stand-up and talk in front of a crowd.
In your career, you need to give presentations using PowerPoint to your senior managers and colleagues.
Hence, you must start preparing yourself to be able to render seminars and presentations anytime, anywhere.
Administration Skills – Leadership and Teamwork
Administration is yet another creative skill that you must acquire before you plan for a professional career.
To become a great administrator you need to have two qualities.
First one is leadership and second is teamwork. You must be able to control and command a group of people under you. At the same time every member of your team must feel comfortable working with you.
So develop administration skills you need to work somewhere and get experience.
Planning and Management Skills
Planning saves a lot of time. If you’re able to plan a task beforehand then you can achieve the goal very swiftly.
You must learn how to plan effectively. For managing a job planning is very important.
Planning and management skills can only be learned by doing it. It means they are more practical rather theoretical. Therefore, you have to learn both skills by taking up certain tasks which are practical.
Problem Solving and Decision Making Skills
Problem solving skill is required for any professional career. You should be able to solve or troubleshoot any problem in less time.
You must have great analytical skills to solve any kind of problem. Here, both theoretical as well as practical knowledge is required. Then you must be able to make tough decisions at right time. You could only take right decisions when you have experience of working somewhere else. Therefore, it will take time to learn both of these things.
Multi-Tasking
Multi-tasking is an ability to carry out variety of jobs simultaneously. It is a very important skill that you need to have in present times.A professional career demands that you must have this skill if you want to stay ahead of others. Here, you have to do many tasks at the same time. You need to develop this skill before you go out in search of a professional job.
Internet – Social Media, Blogging Skills
Apart from above mentioned skills you must be aware of changes taking place on the Internet. You must have presence on Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
If you can blog then it is much better. You need to catch up with the changes taking place in blogosphere. Therefore never underestimate power of Internet and platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
Above All Integrity, Patience, Perseverance, Humility, and Adaptability
However, above all these skills you must be honest, patient, humble and adaptable. All of them are different but I mentioned in one sentence. You need to acquire these attributes one by one. Patience is very important if you want to learn something new.
Humility and Adaptability is crucial for a successful professional career. But above all integrity in you is what matters.
Thus, in conclusion I would say to succeed and build a professional career you need to acquire all the above mentioned creative skills.You cannot learn all of these skills in a moment you have to start learning and developing from now on.
By the time you are ready to build your career in any professional field you should learn and develop these skills.
You’re not going to acquire them in one day so start learning from now on.
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