Your career journey can take you in an infinite number of directions. Wherever you’re headed, power skills will help you on your way. Check out the Your Hot Job site, at timeforkids.com/your-hot-job. Meet the people below, and others, who use power skills to get the job done.
Built to Last
Alyssa-Amor Gibbons grew up enduring hurricanes in Barbados. Now she designs buildings that keep people safe during storms. Gibbons relies on the power skill problem-solving. She doesn’t always know the solution. But “that uncertainty is what drives me,” she says.
Keeping Time
Project manager Maria Houle has worked in the construction industry for 42 years. “I am responsible for the financial performance of a construction project,” she says. The power skill time management helps her with “delivering the project on time, within a set budget.”
Draw It
Illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi learned the power skill communication in fifth grade. He was struggling to write a book report. His teacher suggested he try communicating through drawings instead. “After that, I was super excited to share my report with the class,” DiTerlizzi says.
Order Up
Juan Perez is the general manager of four restaurants in Southern California. His power skill is collaboration. Perez builds strong, positive relationships with his staff. Then they trust his on-the-spot decisions when things get hectic. “When we’re busy, it’s all hands on deck,” he says.
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