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FOUND POUNDS A safe bet for bringing home more cash is to add more bankable skills to your repertoire. Start by looking at the skills you currently possess and determining how marketable they truly are. Try to think about it this way: SKILLS EQUATION' POTENTIAL VALUE OF YOUR SKILL TO AN EMPLOYER FOR SKILL DEGREE OF NEED FOR A SKILL AVAILABILITY TO INCREASE SKILL YOU OF THAT SKILL EMPLOYER'S POSSESS PROFITS Once you've assessed the skills you do have, it's time to look into other employable skills that may be worth adding to your reserve. Make sure that the skills you add align with the field you're in. BREAKDOWN OF EMPLOYABLE SKILLS² Fundamental Skills Intermediate Skills Specific Skills Foreign Languages Decisiveness Attention to Detail Self-Motivation Experience Communication Teamwork Organisation Problem-Solving Quality Control Research Information Technologies Delegation SKILLS THAT PAY THE BILLS³ 20% 40% 28% of people make more than £1,000 a year with their extra skills of Brits with extra skills earn money use them just for hobbies with them In 2011, Brits who used their extra skills for financial gain made a total of £7.6 billion! 300,000 people made more than £5,000 1 million Brits plan to start a business with their extra skills SELL SUPERFLUOUS STUFF A quick way of bringing home some extra quid is to shed some of those items you don't use anymore. £50 billion HOW MUCH IS OUT THERE?4 estimated worth of books, clothes and other items no That includes £2 billion in unwanted Car boot sales in Britain account for an Christmas presents estimated £1.5 billion longer being used WHAT CAN I SELL?5 OLD MOBILE PHONES CLOTHES You know those three phones you've got that haven't been charged since 2010? Try selling them on a site like MazumaMobile.co.uk! They take a variety of phones and will have cash in your account the same day the phone is received. Sure you could donate them, but why not hop on to eBay and make a few pounds instead? GOLD JEWELLERY CashforGold.co.uk is one site that BOOKS, CDS AND GAMES Sites such as WeBuyBooks.co.uk will happily take your old paperbacks, discs, DVDS and video games. will take your old gold jewellery and give you cash in exchange. REFERENCES: ' joeywebertv. (n.d.). AOL.com Video - What a highly marketable skill is. Retrieved from http://christmas.aol.co.uk/video/what-a-highly-marketable-skill-is/347441185/ 2 University of Kent. (n.d.). Employability Skills Map. Retrieved from http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/skillsmap.htm 3 Haslett, E. (21 Sep 2011). Do you have second skills to pay the bills? Retrieved from http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/1093840/second-skills-pay-bills/ 4 Walne, T. (12 Jan 2013). This is Money. Retrieved from http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2261457/1-home-80-150-car-boot-sales-How-cash-share-52bn-clutter-lying-countrys-attics.html 5 Martin, S. (28 Aug 2013). Money Saving 101: Selling your stuff. Retrieved from http://www.gothinkbig.co.uk/features/the-hipster-tipster-how-to-sell-everything-you-own QuickQuid FlexCredit Listening Ability to Give and Take Criticism Corresponden Leadership Innovation Analysis Flexibility