{"id":7235,"date":"2016-11-20T22:15:55","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T22:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterindia.com\/career-advice\/using-part-time-work-to-gain-full-time-skills-7235\/"},"modified":"2023-09-28T08:04:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T02:34:52","slug":"using-part-time-work-to-gain-full-time-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/using-part-time-work-to-gain-full-time-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Using part-time work to gain full-time skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" src=\"http:\/\/media.monsterindia.com\/cmsimages\/1479660014.jpg\" alt=\"part-time\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\"><\/span><p><span>Suppose you&rsquo;re a recent graduate who wants to pursue a career in advertising, but you haven&rsquo;t found a suitable job yet. Instead, you&rsquo;ve taken a position as a waiter to make ends meet. While you didn&rsquo;t go to University to be a restaurant server, you can still develop skills employers value while in that role, including:<\/span><\/p><ul>\n<li><span>Interacting with customers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Managing multiple priorities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Problem-solving&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Thinking on your feet and taking initiative<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><span>Working part-time while looking for a permanent role is hugely valuable once you are out in the &lsquo;real world&rsquo;. Singapore offers many options for part-timers, and you can make use of these positions to develop marketable career skills that enhance your CV.<\/span><\/p><p><span>Well articulated on your resume, these job skills can give you an edge when applying for an entry-level account management position in advertising. Those same skills could also translate into a sales position, or something entirely different. It&rsquo;s all how you frame it and what you learn from the experience!<\/span><\/p><p><span><strong>Part-time payoff<br>\n<\/strong>To maximise the payoff from a part-time job, define the job you&rsquo;re seeking, and then review job postings to identify the skills you&rsquo;ll need to land that job. Now you&rsquo;re ready to look for part-time jobs that would help you build skills.<strong><br>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span>For instance, if your goal is an entry-level sports marketing job, pursue a part-time position at a local gym. Although you may start with checking in members, you could offer to help coordinate the facility&rsquo;s member events. Doing so would let you demonstrate strong work communication skills, as well as multitasking and event-planning skills. <\/span><\/p><p><span>Other possibilities include:<\/span><\/p><table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\"><span><strong>Part-Time Job<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"40%\"><span><strong>Skills You Can Acquire<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"40%\"><span><strong>Potential Careers<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\"><span><strong>Retail sales<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"40%\">\n<ul>\n<li><span>Communication<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Customer service<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Sales<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Problem solving<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"40\">\n<ul>\n<li><span>Accounting<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Finance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\"><span><strong>Bookkeeping<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"40%\">\n<ul>\n<li><span>Attention to detail<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Organizational skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Quantitative skills<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"40%\">\n<ul>\n<li><span>Sales<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Sales management<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Account management\/client services<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\"><span><strong>Landscaping<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"40%\">\n<ul>\n<li><span>Attention to detail<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Teamwork (if part of a crew)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Initiative (if self-employed)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"40%\">\n<ul>\n<li><span>Customer service<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Advertising<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Sales<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><p><span><strong>Bringing Your Skills to the Job Search<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span>Once you&rsquo;ve developed these skills, you need to convey them effectively in your job search:<\/span><\/p><ul>\n<li><span><strong>On Your Resume: <\/strong>Feature your newly acquired skills in your Qualifications Summary. In addition, a bulleted work skills list helps recruiters see if you have the skills they&rsquo;re looking for.&nbsp;<\/span><br>\n<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>In the Interview:<\/strong> Prepare behavioural-based stories that articulate how you developed and used those skills. Think of some challenges or experiences you&rsquo;ve had in your part-time job that somehow helped you develop your skills.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><span>For more career advice, <a title=\"career advice\" href=\"http:\/\/content.monster.com.sg\/career-center.html?spl=SG_contmar&amp;WT.mc_n=olm_sk_INTCC_AID_7028_SG_contmar\">click here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suppose you&rsquo;re a recent graduate who wants to pursue a career in advertising, but you haven&rsquo;t found a suitable job yet. Instead, you&rsquo;ve taken a position as a waiter to make ends meet. While you didn&rsquo;t go to University to be a restaurant server, you can still develop skills employers value while in that role, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/using-part-time-work-to-gain-full-time-skills\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Using part-time work to gain full-time skills<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unconventional-careers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20702,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7235\/revisions\/20702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}