Skillsmatch is a skill inventorying tool that assesses your current skill set, suggests aligned career families to explore, and provides personalized PhD Progression badge recommendations to fill the gaps in your skill set, so that you know how you can increase your marketability for whichever career pathway fits your interests, skills, and values. In addition, it allows you to access and explore job postings across the United States!
* Note: When completing your skills inventory, please carefully consider all of your academic and professional experiences: education, jobs, etc. Every experience counts! Try to select 40+ skills for the algorithm to return relevant recommendations.
“Creating an inventory of my skills was a useful exercise … it helped me stimulate ideas to further my career search.”
Unique skills offered by BU doctoral students
Job types explored by BU Skillsmatch users
“Skillsmatch helped me learn the skill language used by companies … It made me think about PhD Progression badges and other training options to round out my skill set.”
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