What’s one skill that has made the biggest difference in your career growth so far? How did you realise it was important, and what steps did you take to develop or strengthen it? I’d love to hear whether it was a technical skill, communication, leadership, confidence, or something else etc.

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I'd say communication skills have helped me the most. What I've come to realize is that in business a lot of technical, or "hard," skills are more or less the baseline. They're required, but they don't make a big difference. What can boost you is being able to communicate with people. People may undervalue what would be considered "soft skills," but those are the ones that can make a difference.

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Yeah that’s very true, thank you for sharing!

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Learning to advocate for and believe in myself. I used to let self-doubt keep me from pursuing better roles, pushing for raises and all that sort of thing. After I got laid off a couple years ago, I was so desperate for work that I stopped caring about hitting 100% of a description's experience requirements and just applied anyway. And guess what - I ended up getting the job and a lot more money.

Yes that’s one of my main problems is self-doubt, and it’s a hard one to get out of, but it’s amazing what can happen when you don’t doubt!

For me, communication changed everything. I realised technical knowledge only got me so far, but being able to explain risk, influence managers, and hold difficult conversations moved my career forward. I started volunteering for tougher conversations instead of avoiding them.

That’s good! Well done!

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