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Transferable skills from being in a band?


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The workplace seems to be all about transferable skills so has the experience of being in a band had a positive effect on your day job?

For example, having done a few gigs, is standing in front of a room full of people and giving a presentation at work easier or less daunting? Or having arranged band set lists/rehearsals/gigs etc are your organisational skill at work improved?

etc?

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Not from music but I start a new job on Monday having had to give up my gardening business due to ill health and it was transferable skills from being a school Governor and helping to run a rugby club that got me the job. Having said that, this employer was the first one to look at the skills rather than the direct previous experience.

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The standing in front of a room full of strangers and being able to perform/deliver a speech, is definitely one.

The ones I have found most transferrable have been to do with organisation & logistics of gigs and applying that to off-shore engineering operations. Things like: Having packing & equipment lists, Spares for everything, Arranging transportation, Dealing with venues/suppliers/random people & idiots. Having done a fair amount of roadying and stage management, the knowledge I picked up of stage electrics comes in useful too.

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[quote name='TheRev' timestamp='1330081761' post='1552355']
My skills go the other way - I deal with opinionated, puffed-up, childish w*nkers on a daily basis at work, which has been very helpful when managing people in bands.
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This.

[i][b]Absolutely [/b][/i]this.

Luckily enough, those people are now gone from my musical life. In some cases they've walked (eventually); in others, I've walked.

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Absolutely.

I'm can talk confidently and eloquently to large audiences, I have no issues being a 'team player' and, even though I fall into the 'analytical' (aka unimaginative) personality group, I have a reputation for thinking 'outside of the box' when it comes to problem solving.

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[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1330093460' post='1552620']
Absolutely.

I'm can talk confidently and eloquently to large audiences, I have no issues being a 'team player' and, even though I fall into the 'analytical' (aka unimaginative) personality group, I have a reputation for[b] thinking 'outside of the box' [/b]when it comes to problem solving.
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AAAAHHHHH he used business-speak. Must count to ten, must count to ten :lol:

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Teamwork. The engineering director of a software house said he'd hired me because (i) being a lead guitarist I had the discipline to hone my skills to a high level of competence (ii) being in a band meant I could do teamwork and cooperate. I think he also liked the blues/rock we were playing ;)

Plus, being able to count to up to 12 ...

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Absolutely! Self motivation, organisational skills, cash handling, speaking to groups of people, working with others (this CV claim is easily backed up in this case!). If you're a song writer you think of everything as a whole; what will this sound like in a band environment? How will this work with that etc. When ever I have applied for jobs I use this a lot.



Dan

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[quote name='Linus27' timestamp='1330094167' post='1552639']
AAAAHHHHH he used business-speak. Must count to ten, must count to ten :lol:
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I know. :)
I did actually sit here for quite a while trying to find an alternative to that phrase but it sounded so fake and contrived that it would be obvious I was trying to avoid saying it, which is even worse! :lol:

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[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1330095716' post='1552685']
I know. :)
I did actually sit here for quite a while trying to find an alternative to that phrase but it sounded so fake and contrived that it would be obvious I was trying to avoid saying it, which is even worse! :lol:
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HAHA ok I let you off but use it again and I'll send Katie Price round to talk about herself to you for 4 hours :)

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[quote name='musophilr' timestamp='1330094472' post='1552647']
Teamwork. The engineering director of a software house said he'd hired me because (i) being a lead guitarist I had the discipline to hone my skills to a high level of competence (ii) being in a band meant I could do teamwork and cooperate. I think he also liked the blues/rock we were playing ;)

Plus, being able to count to up to 12 ...
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Also that (i) and (ii) cancel each other out ;)
(also a lead guitarist myself, if we can't laugh at ourselves eh?)

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[quote name='Linus27' timestamp='1330094167' post='1552639']
AAAAHHHHH he used business-speak. Must count to ten, must count to ten :lol:
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We could have one more, if you like - what about learning the importance of synergy in operation and execution?

Does being in a band not provide you with a perfect example of such? :lol:

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