Learn New Skills

But employers don’t just look for professional development – they also like to see personal
development. Learning skills outside work will make you more employable – it shows future employers that you’ll pick up quickly on whatever training they might want to put you through.

There are hundreds of skills you could learn. Have you ever considered taking up:

• a musical instrument?
• a sport or physical activity – from aerobics to abseiling?
• a foreign language?
• an expertise that challenges gender roles – such as car maintenance if you’re a woman or cookery if you’re a man?
• leading a team – such as voluntary work for charity or committee responsibilities for a club or society?

New skills liven up CVs.