What's Your Skillset?

Once again the weekend has somehow flown past in a very bright and multi-coloured blur, and I find myself journeying across England on a cold and clear Monday morning after using every ounce of my will power to get up at 5:30 to catch the train. It's not the average lifestyle of an average job, and thankfully I don't have to do this four hour commute every morning, but working four or even five days away from home a week is what you can expect if you choose to become a Technology Consultant.

Before you consider committing yourself to this extraordinary kind of lifestyle, I would strongly urge you to ask yourself two things:

Would you want this kind of lifestyle?
Could you become a Technology Consultant with your degree?

To answer the first one, I think it is worth pointing out that living away from home for 5 days a week is not such a bad thing – you save lots of money, you get certain perks such as being able to use the hotel's gym for free, and I have personally found that I now make the absolute most of my weekends back home.

The second question is much harder to answer, and it involves asking yourself more questions about what your degree has taught you:

• Can you work in a team?
• Can you prioritise efficiently?
• Are you a positive learner?
• Can you break down a problem into small tasks, researching the necessary information to complete each task?

If you feel that your degree has armed you with a skillset that enables you to complete all of the above, the final thing you need to ask yourself is 'do you take an active interest in technology'?

As a Technology Consultant, you will have to work with technology, but it’s not as daunting as it seems – technology is all around us, and just by using basic applications to write essays, calculate what marks you need to get a 2:1 and even to read this blog, you are improving your grasp of technology. Depending on your first role, which is always assigned based on your strengths, the skillset required could even be as simple as Microsoft Word and Excel to start with, and although you can be thrown in at the deep end (which I personally find is the quickest way to learn), there is always enough support around you in various forms, be it online tutorials or helpful work colleagues, to get you through.

Now that you’re interested, tune in to my next post where I will be talking about the various types of roles you can expect on your first assignment, and see whether your skillset could help you thrive as a Technology Consultant…

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Posts like this brigthen up my day. Thanks for taking the time. # Posted By Coltin | 6/21/11 7:21 AM