This could be by training, by profession, by hobby, whatever. You get to decide. Pick as many as you want. Add details in the comments! Especially if you choose other!
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18 Responses to “Poll: What is your area of expertise”
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August 26, 2015 at 6:31 am
Thanks for letting us pick more than one — I do education *and* the arts! Why do I have to be in ONE box?
August 26, 2015 at 6:39 am
Absolutely!
August 26, 2015 at 9:10 am
Where would you put fundraising?
August 26, 2015 at 9:10 am
I always have that problem in these types of surveys/questions.
August 26, 2015 at 9:29 am
probably depends on what kind of fundraising you do and how you view it– is it charity? is it education? is it sports? sales? Some combination?
You get to decide!
August 26, 2015 at 11:47 am
I guessed most of my expertise lies in Business and Community Service stuff. I have a hard time classifying my area of work and volunteering experience. I also added knitting as an area of expertise in Other. ;-) Maybe I should have added gardening and animal husbandry?
August 26, 2015 at 11:49 am
AWESOME… though I think gardening and animal husbandry fit in one of those broad census categories.
August 26, 2015 at 7:47 pm
I totally added gardening as other. Biochemist by training, serious gardening habit/hobby!
August 26, 2015 at 3:23 pm
Former agri-biological scientist, team/project manager and business development. Currently retraining as clinical psychologist. Yes, weird combo. I love social science much more.
August 26, 2015 at 6:24 pm
I put Education/Training/Library and Computer/Mathematics. What I’m an expert in is one college’s degree audit system because a) I’m good at coding (not programming–more like putting equations in Excel) and b) I’m good at explaining to the users how to do things and translating in conversations between the users and programmers. I’m also certified to teach math and have scored math teacher certification tests, so those kind of belong in those categories as well.
After doing clerical work for so long, I’ve also gotten good at checking for accuracy and being efficient with clerical type stuff. I am also above average at reading, personal finance (like all your readers), typing, embroidery, ballroom dancing, and maybe cooking.
I am also an expert at figuring out what to do with myself all day, unlike some people who fear retirement for non-monetary reasons.
August 27, 2015 at 6:13 pm
re: “figuring out what to do with myself all day” –
Good gracious, me too. I can’t imagine not knowing how to spend my time. Deciding WHICH activity is the problem!
August 28, 2015 at 11:14 am
I know! It’s like with money: you can;t do everything, but you can do (almost) anything.
August 27, 2015 at 6:12 pm
I selected “Arts” etc which puts me in a very low percentile here. LOL But given that my activities of choice are all creative, it seemed appropriate.
Also, “other = patents” because I wouldn’t call myself an expert in ANY field of law but I’ve certainly developed a specialty in patents.
August 27, 2015 at 8:03 pm
My other is ‘sorting sh*t out’. This is a literal statement because I’m an engineer with a specialty in wastewater treatment & the mother of 2 small children.
August 28, 2015 at 7:54 am
Hahaha!
August 28, 2015 at 5:26 am
I put computer/mathematics and law, since that’s ostensibly what my work is reduced to. I’d love it if I could do more of the former and less of the latter.
August 30, 2015 at 10:14 pm
What do you call “figuring shit out”? I clicked business (among other things – I’m good at sales even though I don’t like it much) and administration, but what I’m best at is going through a bunch of records and finding where the process went wrong. Mostly with billing, but I’ve done it in a lot of contexts.
August 31, 2015 at 6:53 pm
I didn’t realize you could check more than one! I checked medicine/healthcare because, duh. Within that my areas of expertise are communication skills, behavior change counseling and end-of-life care. My personal motto is “diagnosis is my life”. My brain works diagnostically. I can’t help it.
Other less lucrative areas of expertise: American mystery novels (especially written by women) and crossword puzzles.