Another Tactic To Quantify Your Cultural Fit and Soft Skills

Another Tactic To Quantify Your Cultural Fit and Soft Skills Yesterday I wrote How To Quantify Your Cultural Fit And Soft Skills. I shared a simple tactic that is just one piece of the puzzle to help people understand that you have certain soft, hard to measure skills. Another way to quantify your soft skills and how well you might fit into my company or team is to write articles or posts. You can do this on LinkedIn easily. One the homepage of LinkedIn, simply click the Write an article link: This is super easy for anyone to do. We all have LinkedIn profiles. your writing platform is just one click away. Its free and couldnt be easier. Plus, you might even get one or two people to read what you write :p (more on that below) Another popular place to write and pontificate without setting up a blog is Medium. Heres  one of many examples: Medium is a very cool system that is free, allowing you to put up the same article you might have on LinkedIn (or on a personal blog). In fact, plenty of people have their own website for their brand, and then link to medium posts they have written. Are you in leadership? I want to have a better understanding of the breadth and depth of your leadership skills. I can get only so much from interviews, and from a resume. If I find 10, or 100, of your articles about leadership, I can get great insight into your breadth and depth of leadership. Same thing for communication, empathy, customer service, strategy, listening, etc. Write articles that help me understand the breadth and depth of your thoughts in these areas, and I might think her resume is okay, but wow, her articles really show that she has the experience and skills we need for this role, and I think well really like her on this team! Of course, writing great articles doesnt mean you are a great leader. Maybe you stink at it. But, I think a great article strategy could go a long way to communicate your proficiency in something that is hard to otherwise quantify. Finally, what about this notion of no one reading your stuff? My answer is: I dont care. Honestly. If no one reads your stuff, thats okay. Because you have them there, waiting for the right person and the right time. The right person is an influencer, or hiring manager, or someone on the panel interview. The right time is when you are in the hot seat, being evaluated. Even if no one else has read your article, you wrote it for that person at that time. And that should be worth it. Imagine if you had a dozen, or dozens, of these kinds of articles just waiting for that person at that time! Another Tactic To Quantify Your Cultural Fit and Soft Skills Yesterday I wrote How To Quantify Your Cultural Fit And Soft Skills. I shared a simple tactic that is just one piece of the puzzle to help people understand that you have certain soft, hard to measure skills. Another way to quantify your soft skills and how well you might fit into my company or team is to write articles or posts. You can do this on LinkedIn easily. One the homepage of LinkedIn, simply click the Write an article link: This is super easy for anyone to do. We all have LinkedIn profiles. your writing platform is just one click away. Its free and couldnt be easier. Plus, you might even get one or two people to read what you write :p (more on that below) Another popular place to write and pontificate without setting up a blog is Medium. Heres  one of many examples: Medium is a very cool system that is free, allowing you to put up the same article you might have on LinkedIn (or on a personal blog). In fact, plenty of people have their own website for their brand, and then link to medium posts they have written. Are you in leadership? I want to have a better understanding of the breadth and depth of your leadership skills. I can get only so much from interviews, and from a resume. If I find 10, or 100, of your articles about leadership, I can get great insight into your breadth and depth of leadership. Same thing for communication, empathy, customer service, strategy, listening, etc. Write articles that help me understand the breadth and depth of your thoughts in these areas, and I might think her resume is okay, but wow, her articles really show that she has the experience and skills we need for this role, and I think well really like her on this team! Of course, writing great articles doesnt mean you are a great leader. Maybe you stink at it. But, I think a great article strategy could go a long way to communicate your proficiency in something that is hard to otherwise quantify. Finally, what about this notion of no one reading your stuff? My answer is: I dont care. Honestly. If no one reads your stuff, thats okay. Because you have them there, waiting for the right person and the right time. The right person is an influencer, or hiring manager, or someone on the panel interview. The right time is when you are in the hot seat, being evaluated. Even if no one else has read your article, you wrote it for that person at that time. And that should be worth it. Imagine if you had a dozen, or dozens, of these kinds of articles just waiting for that person at that time!