Dynamic Vs. Specific
Many positions demand versatility from their occupants, while some demand a very specific and exact knowledge or focus. Where is the line between the two? Is it best to develop multiple skill sets or to attempt to perfect one? There are advocates for both sides. Some say that having many talents or abilities will make that individual more marketable. On the other side, more and more employers are looking for people that are the best at what they do, and applicants that have a wide range of skills tend to come off as a jack-of-all-trades but a master of none.
Recent studies have reported that being very good at a specific skill set is what is most likely to get you hired. Applicant’s whose resumes boast a wide variety of positions or experiences come across as unfocused or flaky. These resumes also tend to confuse interviewers. Understandably so because when interviewing for a particular position you are looking for an exact set of abilities, when scanning a stack of resumes your not looking for someone who can do ten different things your looking for someone who can do the one thing your looking better then anyone else.
The flip side is that yes being very good at one specific thing is more likely to get you hired but once hired having additional skill sets will make you more of an asset to the company. This will in-directly grant you additional job security. Overall it will help the company more in the long run. The logic behind this is that eventually you will need to step outside your comfort zone and do something that you either have never done before or have very little experience doing. The better you are at handling that unexpected task, the less likely you are to fail at it or drop the ball, potentially costing the company time and money. Additionally stepping outside ones comfort zone and thinking out side the box is one of the biggest contributors to the growth of a company.
In conclusion there are arguments for both sides. It seems that being very good at one specific thing will help you to get hired but having a broad range of abilities will make you more of an asset to the company in the long run. I think that being very good at one roll but having experience doing a multitude of things will probably make for the best candidate for employment. Just be sure to tailor your resume according to the job being applied for and once you get that job do your best and work hard!
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by Jarrad Kulick