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Can’t get a job because you have no experience? Just because you’ve never worked in that role before doesn’t mean you don’t have the necessary skills already. Many life skills can actually make great work skills. Here are 10 life skills – some of which you may already have – which can be used to succeed in a work environment and may even be able to be used to persuade an employer into hiring you.

Having a creative hobby

Creativity can be a key asset in many jobs. A hobby may be proof that you can put your creativity to practical use. This could anything from the ability to crochet a blanket to owning a vlog to being a brilliant maker of children’s cakes. A creative hobby can look even better if you’ve been able to turn it into financial profit such as making money from a blog or selling handmade jewellery – even if it’s just a one of occasions it’s still worth putting on your CV.

Being a member of a club or sports team

Being a member of a club shows that you’re social and a team player. This could be anything from a dance club to a martial arts club to being a member of a local political group. You may have been able to reach a leadership position within a club which could look even more attractive on a CV. This guide How To Use Activities And Clubs To Improve A Resume offers more information on how to use this experience when applying to a job.

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Caring for the sick and elderly

If you’ve had to care for a sick or disabled parent or grandparent, this could be evidence that you are great at caring for others. This could help you when getting into careers such as home care or even nursing as this guide The Best Places To Work If You’re A Nurse shows. Many courses and apprenticeships look highly upon these kind of life skills – so don’t forget to mention this experience on your application.

Caring for children and animals

If you’re a parent or a pet owner, you may also be able to use these skills when working with children and animals. Even looking after a younger sibling or dogsitting for somebody else may be enough. Such work shows that you can take on responsibility and could be used to help persuade employers that you’re capable for the job.

Being DIY savvy

Are you a dab hand at DIY? When it comes to many trades such as plumbing, electrics and decorating, showing that you’ve taken on your own DIY projects in the past can be valuable. These practical skills can translate well in many jobs and make you a good hands-on problem solver. Make sure to give an example of such DIY jobs when applying to these roles or apprenticeships.

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Splitting the bill

Are you the one that’s often left in charge of splitting the bill? This shows a mathematical approach to problem solving that could be handy in many admin roles, accountancy jobs and even hospitality roles where you may need to work with change. It also shows a level of delegation and negotiation skills. It might not be something you want to put on your CV, but could be a small quip to throw out in an interview to show evidence of being a good problem solver.

Being a social media success

Many businesses are now seeing the advantage of social media as a marketing method. If you’ve got a large following on social media, employers may see this as a skill – particularly older employers who aren’t as savvy when it comes to these mediums and may want to someone to show them the ropes or even take control of their social media for them. This guide Your Twitter Address: Should You Stick It On Your CV? gives more information on when you should and shouldn’t show off about your social media following. Successful blogs and Youtube accounts could also be worth mentioning on your application, especially if they show an enthusiasm for the job area.

Handling multiple group chats

If you’re used to juggling multiple group conversations and are able to text and message back swiftly on all occasions, you may already have a key multi-tasking skill essential in many of today’s businesses. Many jobs now involve heavy use of email, which may involve having to keep on top of an overflowing inbox in which different requests are constantly coming through from different people. Again, saying that you’re the ‘group chat master’ might not be appropriate on many CVs. However, you could use it as a quip during an interview to show that you can multitask and deal with the quick relaying of communication needed in many of today’s jobs.

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Having good culinary skills

Do you like cooking home-made meals? Showing a passion for food will clearly help when applying to a role as a chef, but it could also help in other jobs – showing other skills. Being a good cook requires multi-tasking, time management, creativity and an attention to detail. This could be another attribute worth putting on your CV, or something that could be worth mentioning when giving examples of soft skills relevant to the job in hand.

Being good at puzzles or video games

That gaming talent could actually be proof that you’re a good problem solver. Research is continuously finding that those that are fast puzzle solvers or pro gamers are also great at fast creative problem solving necessary to many careers. Don’t consider this an irrelevant interest as it could help in an application – so long as you’re able to show proof of the job-related skills that it provides.

When you feel like you’re not longer in the driving seat and you’re not really in control of the direction in which your life is going, it can be scary and frustrating. You don’t have to let things carry on in this way, though. There are plenty of great ideas that you can make the most of in order to ensure you regain control of your life. Here are the most important steps to take.

Start Your Day in the Right Way

The way in which you start your day is so important. It can set the tone for pretty much everything that happens throughout the rest of the day. So, get up bright an early, eat a healthy breakfast, and then get planning. You should start thinking about what’s going to be required of you throughout the rest of the day if you want to stay in control.

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Stop Feeling Like a Victim

Your mentality will have to change if you want to feel in control of your life once more. If you feel like a victim and adopt that kind of mentality, you will only drag yourself down and make things more difficult for you than you need to. Empower yourself and become the master of your own destiny. If you can do that, there will be no stopping you, and that’s exactly what’s required.

Protect Your Identity

How can you feel in control of your life if you haven’t even got your identity protected? This, alongside managing your finances better, will put you in control once and for all. You can download Aadhar card if you’re in need of ID. Just make sure that everything is secure and you’re not at risk of identity theft. It’s a growing problem that affects more people than you realise.

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Provide Your Body with the Energy it Needs

If you are lacking energy, staying in control of your life will be even harder. That’s not what you want, so you should try to provide your body with more of the energy it needs. Make sure that you get the right amount of sleep each night. And eat the kinds of foods that are going to keep you awake and alert for longer. Don’t rely on fatty foods or cabs that only provide you with short bursts of energy.

Approach One Thing at a Time

The reason many people start to feel like they’re losing control of their lives is down to the fact that they try to do too much at once. This is a very common problem. There are so many people out there who think multitasking and staying busy is the way to live life. But it can actually create more problems than it solves, so try to approach one thing at a time.

Regaining control of your life is not as difficult as might imagine it to be. Make the most of these tips if you’re wondering how you can do it. It could turn out to be far easier than you had originally imagined.

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Living in a warm country is wonderful, for the most part. You enjoy the heat that so many others around the world have to travel to have access to. It’s easier when the sun is high and the weather is nice; everything in life is just that little bit smoother.

However, there are also benefits to living in a colder country – benefits that you might not be familiar with. If you ever find yourself in a position to sample living in a different part of the world, here are four reasons why choosing to relocate somewhere cooler can be a refreshing change.

1) Heat Doesn’t Stop You Doing Anything

Let’s face it, as nice as it is to live somewhere warm, sometimes the heat just becomes too much. As the mercury edges its way towards 40C in April, even the simplest of everyday tasks becomes a marathon. By moving to a cooler country, you don’t have to see putting the washing on as a task you’ll want to take a cool shower to recover from – and that’s pretty nice!

2) You Can Experience Seasons

There are four classic seasons; winter, summer, autumn – or ‘fall’ as it’s known in the USA – and spring. However, your knowledge of these seasons when you live in a hot or tropical climate is mainly theoretical. Sometimes, it can be impossible to separate February from July, which definitely isn’t the case in cooler climates where the seasons are felt more acutely. The change of seasons is not only beautiful, but it also provides neat ways of bookending the year – definitely a lifestyle it’s well worth considering sampling when you can.

3) Your House Can Be Different

Our homes are built to keep us cool, but the same is not true in the countries where heat is more of a transitory phenomenon. While moving to a cooler climate means you’ll have to get to grips with maintenance chores you’ve never tried before, such as arranging heat tape for water pipes and potentially even shoveling snow, there are plenty of upsides to counterbalance these. For example, you probably don’t know the delight of curling up in front of the fire with a mug of coffee in hand, while snow falls down outside. That’s definitely a unique experience, and one you might want to make your domestic reality should you be given the chance.

4) It’s Easier To Warm Up Than Stay Cool

This one is somewhat subjective, but it’s an idea that most of us tend to agree on. There’s no easy way of cooling yourself down without turning on an air conditioning unit. Sure, you can fan yourself with your hand, but we all know that does very little beyond making your hand tired.

Warming up, however, is far easier than staying cool. You can curl yourself into a ball, add more layers, or even hug another person to share their heat. If you’ve always lived in a warm climate where battling to keep your cool has been all you know, then the task of warming up might – at the very least – seem novel!

Do you think you would ever be tempted to move somewhere cooler?

Let me tell you something about myself that only those close to me know… I am a published local romance novelist. Yes, I write romantic stories. And I’d like to think that I may not be as good as the others, but I am getting there.

Can you imagine getting something in your inbox like this…

Katie from www.orlajames.com said “Being a wedding fanatic, this was a must read for me and it certainly didn’t disappoint!”

I was in awe!

I remember writing romantic stories back in high school. I would write one chapter, get it read by my friends and those classmates close to me, then I’d get their feedback. I’d base the next chapter on what they wanted to happen so I write the next one and get them to read again. It became a daily occurrence in our classmate where the girls would gather around me, sharing the notebook where I wrote the chapters, passing it one after the other, and then I’d shyly talk to them about the next one. It felt too good especially when the feedback about my writing was a positive one. I remember my best friend offering to talk to their family friend who was a publisher for my chapters to be converted into a book. I was thrilled but I was not really too keen on the idea of getting my story out there.

Fast forward more than two decades later, after five whole stories written, I took a risk, left my comfort zone, and got one story published! When I got the call from the local editor, I didn’t know where to jump for joy or run inside my bedroom to silently scream for pride that I finally got one story approved and ready for the world to read.

It took three years before the first story got published but it was okay. I was still so happy because my goal is not to be the next romance writer queen but to just be published and see my pen name on the cover of a small romance novel.

You know, it’s never too late to take a risk and leave your comfort zone. It’s out there where you can reach your goal. Trust me, it’s scary but it’s all worth it!