What are your skills, exactly?

When a woman comes to ask for work, the recruiters politely ask her "And where do you think your skills would be the right fit?"
That is a polite way of saying - we don't think you have the skill set we need in this office.


This post was a few years in the making - in my head.


What are the skills she brings to the table? A woman returning to work after staying at home?


Presenting, The skills based
RESUME OF A WOMAN


Profile Brief
A CEO level talent with incredible view of all dimensions of running an enterprise. A dedicated and mature leader who has proven track record in aligning contrasting stakeholders to a common goal.

Finance
End to end budgeting, funds allocation and management of funds, accounting and internal audit for an annual budget of XX LPA. Upto 7-10% YoY increase in the budget every year. Additional responsibility is absorbed with no team augmentation.

Operations
Task Scheduling and Monitoring to ensure end to end efficiency in operations. Track record of less than 2% outage/task slippage over x years.
Operations Planning using CPM to ensure non-stop business continuity with minimal time investment.
Maintenance Scheduling and monitoring for all capital and operational assets including perishables.

Inventory Management
Demand forecasting and Inventory Management for 120+ SKUs, panning across Capex, Opex and perishables, with 0 outages and less than 10% forecasting error.

Human Resources
Recruitment, Talent Engagement, Agile Performance Management system with ongoing 360 degree feedback for a team of 5. Annual Attrition at <20 24="" and="" benefits="" control.="" discipline="" exit="" grievance="" hr="" like="" management.="" management="" monitoring="" payroll="" posh="" span="" transactions="">

Stakeholder Engagement
Excellent stakeholder management skills with proven ability to align stakeholders with opposing agendas to arrive at a common ground and collaborate. Ability to deal with a variety of stakeholders across levels, domains and organisations.

Negotiation Skills
Ability to negotiate in 1:1 and 1:M situations and arrive at Win-Win outcomes.

Project Management
Ability to plan, execute, monitor, control and close projects of short and long term duration across travel, construction and education industries. Brings valuable client perspective to the table.

Procurement
Ability to source on both “L1” and “L1,V1” basis for industries as varied as FMCG, Stationery, Appliances, Construction, Materials(B2B) etc.

Vendor Management
Contract Management, Performance Monitoring, Review Feedback, Payments processing and ongoing vendor relationship management.

Risk Management
Operational and Behavioral Risk Management in operational capacity. Ability to foresee risk, threat, vulnerability and plan accordingly.

Internal Audit
Ability to deduce information from written and unwritten sources and remain an agile internal watchdog. Also ensures organisational preparedness for external audits.

Communications Management
Ability to customise the message according to the needs of the recipient. Ability to be sensitive and responsive to the communication needs of various stakeholders and ensures adequate contact and communication.

Quality
Ability to apply simple QA and QC procedures to ensure quality. Ability to train team members on the importance of quality.

PS: This is neither satire nor exaggeration. Every single skill written here is true. It has just been put in a language that you understand.