Job skills are the personal 'toolkit' that people develop as they develop work skills and experience. Job skills are usually developed systematically through education and training. Most job skills are thoroughly developed by work experience and become what are called 'portable' job skills. These are skills which can be transferred across industries or types of job.

An administrative officer in a business will have a typical range of job skills

• Clerical skills
• Communication skills
• Computer skills
• Data entry skills
• Customer service skills
• Sales skills

As you can see, these skills are transferable throughout most industries.