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Identify skills gaps without collecting courses
Prioritise the gap that changes your opportunities, then prove the new capability.
15 August 20265 min read
Compare evidence, not confidence
Use target job descriptions, interview feedback, and conversations with practitioners. Mark which skills are essential, frequently requested, or merely listed.
Find the smallest valuable gap
A gap matters when it blocks a meaningful set of roles. Prioritise one that is both common and realistically demonstrable.
- Distinguish knowledge from applied ability
- Choose a project with a visible output
- Define how someone else could assess the result
Update your story
Learning is not complete until you can explain what you did, why you made key choices, and what changed. Add the evidence to your profile and relevant applications.