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Explore Diverse Jobs to Identify and Build Your Unique T-Shaped Skill Set
Industries across sectors increasingly seek candidates with a T-shaped skill set (deep expertise in at least one field and broad knowledge across various fields) due to their versatility, adaptability and enhanced collaboration potential.
This T-shaped skill set differs for each person based on one's strengths, interests and career goals.
So, how do you IDENTIFY your unique T-shaped skill set and stay relevant in the rapidly changing professional landscape?
Start exploring diverse jobs across industries, identify and build core and complementary skills that align with your strengths, interests, and career goals, and focus on improving them with the learning resources provided to you.
Select a job role that aligns with your career goals, and find out the skills (hard and soft) required for the job.
Observe a professional, have a small taste of the work, and learn about basic tools, concepts and terminologies.
Determine whether the relevant skills would be a right fit on the vertical or horizontal bar of your T-shaped skill set.
Based on the intended bar of your T-shaped profile, upskill, reskill or cross-skill with the learning resources provided to you.
Developing a T-shaped profile—having a broad understanding of various fields while specialising in one's chosen discipline—illustrates this concept and serves as an effective strategy for navigating a dynamic job market.
"Jack of many trades and master of at least one."
What is a T-Shaped Skill Set?
A T-shaped skill set refers to a combination of deep expertise in a specific field (the vertical bar of the T) and broad knowledge across diverse disciplines that might be adjacent and related (the horizontal bar of the T).
A Few Examples
A T-shaped software engineer who not only codes proficiently but also understands user experience (UX) principles and visual design basics.
A T-shaped HR professional deeply understands HR operations and compliance, with broad knowledge of organizational development.
A T-shaped manager with deep expertise in finance, having a basic understanding of sales and marketing.
Here at Truly Responsible, you focus on building both the vertical and horizontal bars of your 'T' and becoming a well-rounded professional.
Explore
Multiple Job Roles
01
Experience
New Fields
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Establish
A T-Shaped Profile
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Enhance
Your Employability
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Learn by Shadowing
How You Explore a Job
Here’s a step-by-step guide to exploring a job and enhancing your employability.
Step 1
Select a job role, gain an overview and know the key skills required.
Step 2
Shadow a professional and have a taste of what it’s like to do the job.
Step 3
Learn real-world problem-solving through an interactive case study.
Step 4
Understand how you collaborate with cross-functional team members.
Step 5
Complete real-world tasks and gain a practical understanding of the job role.
Step 6
Earn a 'Certificate of Exploration' and add value to your resume.
Step 7
Upskill, reskill or cross-skill with the learning resources provided.
Step 8
Be a part of our community and make use of professional resources.
Added Benefits
While exploring the job role, you also:
Gain basic
domain knowledge.
Improve
commercial awareness.
Develop
big-picture thinking.
Find
skill alignment.
What You Get
Why Employers Look for a T-Shaped Profile
Individuals with a T-shaped profile possess an interdisciplinary background and can see the big picture, approaching problems from various perspectives.
This fosters creativity and collaboration, making them better equipped to navigate complex projects that require knowledge from multiple domains. Below are a few traits that employers value in them.
Find Your Ikigai
You are Unique
Everyone is unique with their own strengths and talents.
"If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."
- Albert Einstein
A one-size-fits-all approach never works when choosing a career. If you are yet to choose your career path, explore various jobs in multiple industries and find the one that suits you better.
