For working people, stress levels are rising as workloads increase. There seems to be no end in sight.

For the first time, highly-skilled people are having difficulties finding new or better jobs - especially at the salary levels they need.

Often these people feel they have very few skills, and the skills they DO have can only be applied to jobs that are disappearing.

If you are one of these, eSkillfinder can help.

What are Skills?

The dictionary definition of a skill is "an ability that has been acquired by training." We all have skills, it is just that most of us don't recognize our own skills. Every one of us is skilled at something, whether it is in using tools, relating to people, writing letters, sewing, taking pictures, drawing, coaching a soccer team or arranging furniture. In most cases, we just haven't thought about them.

How often have you heard someone say "I've spent four years in college, and still I haven't picked up any skills." Or someone who has just been laid off after working at a job for two decades say "I just know I'll have to go back to college, and get retrained, because I don't have any skills, except maybe at entry level."

Despite what the job ads say, most organizations today need people with all kinds of skills, but it is easier for them to simply list technical qualifications.

eSkillfinder starts by helping you make a complete  inventory of all of your skills, no matter how trivial or obscure they seem to be, figure out which are most useful to a prospective employer and present them in the best possible way. It prompts you t o think back throughout your life and make a list of all the things that you've done, especially those that you enjoyed doing, and things that you've done well. 

eSkillfinder gives you three easy ways of discovering your skills - just point and click and add a few words here and there.

The next step is to find out in which field you want to apply your skills. eSkillfinder helps you think of the fields that interest you - perhaps in industry, government, or a service of some kind. 

eSkillfinder  presents screens that let you look at your skills and fields and create relationships with them based on your abilities . You can study each entry and easily make changes with a single mouse-click. It lets you arrange the elements in order of importance to you. Soon the ideal career will start to emerge. 

You will be surprised at the result.

eSkillfinder  offers you a road map of what you can do and a clear picture of where you should look to work - an edge over 90% of all job applicants .

Perhaps you WILL need some retraining to continue to a new career, and eSkillfinder can help there too. It points out, in black and white, exactly what skills you already have, so  you can concentrate only on the "holes." in your resume.

eSkillfinder uses the power of the Internet to help narrow your search for a job. eSkillfinder automatically creates custom-designed links for you to the web sites of prospective employers, trade associations, even schools and training facilities - all to make your career plan go more smoothly. You'll be able to find out what employers in your field are looking for and where the jobs are.

eSkillfinder doesn't stop there. It helps you develop and refine an "elevator pitch" - a concise presentation that best describes you in the most efficient way. Use it when calling or writing to prospective employers, networking, even at a barbecue, church or in an elevator!

eSkillfinder helps you prepare for the all-important interview, by helping your rehearse popular interview questions - and it even gives you hints about what you should and should NOT say. Use eSkillfinder to create a personalized checklist of things to bring to the interview with you so you'll be prepared for almost anything.

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