Stars of Tomorrow | Episode 6 - How Experience Can Outshine Age

Co-hosts Kevin Nah and Heather Cannon discuss mentorships and share their personal stories.

Chapters

• 00:05 Introductions

• 00:39 Does Age Define Experience? (see Useful Links below)

• 03:01 Kevin explains his work experience as a young person.

• 05:58 Heather shares her work experience as a young person.

• 09:03 Getting your foot in the door.

• 11:19 Always be learning and adaptable to change

• 13:06 Transferable Skills (see Useful Links below)

• 18:08 Do you need to certify your skills?

• 21:09 Theoretical versus practical

• 25:07 Know your value and worth

• 28:51 Soft skills and hard skills

• 30:26 Example of self-learning a skill

• 37:23 Announcements

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Useful links:

• iHire, “How to Put Unpaid Work Experience on Your Resume”

• MyHR, “Unpaid Work”

• Indeed, “Transferable Skills: 10 Skills That Work Across Industries”

• Flexjobs, “15 Transferable Skills That Companies Want: Examples and Definitions”