Skills Translator Worksheet

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How this works: You'll answer prompts about your background, pull out transferable skills, identify measurable wins, and then we'll translate all of it into sales-ready language. By the end, you'll have the raw material for every asset you need to build — resume, LinkedIn, sales story, outreach, interviews. Save your answers using the button at the bottom.

Part 1 — Your Background Audit

List every role, experience, and responsibility you can think of. Paid, unpaid, volunteer, caregiving — it all counts. Don't filter yet. Just get it out.

Work History (Any Kind)

Job titles or roles you've held (be specific, even if informal)E.g. "Customer service rep at Target," "Nanny for 3 families," "Team lead at Walmart," "Online boutique owner"

What did you actually DO in those roles day-to-day?Tasks, responsibilities, things people counted on you for. Be specific.

Any experience that isn't a traditional job but still shows relevant skills?Caregiving, community leadership, church organization, sports team captain, school projects, side hustles, online selling, etc.

Part 2 — Your Measurable Wins

Numbers, results, and impact from anything you've done. This is where most people undersell themselves because they don't think their experience "counts." It does.

Wins & Results (Use Numbers Where Possible)

Did you ever hit a target, exceed a goal, or outperform expectations?Sales quotas, customer satisfaction scores, retention rates, speed records, revenue generated — anything measurable.

Did you ever save time, money, or resources for someone?Think about problems you solved, processes you improved, or mistakes you prevented.

Did you ever lead, mentor, or influence others? (Even informally)Training colleagues, guiding customers, managing a project, motivating a group.

Part 3 — Your Communication Strengths

Sales is communication. This section maps your natural communication strengths to what employers and clients are actually looking for.

How You Communicate Best

Are you better one-on-one or with groups?No wrong answer — both matter in different sales roles.

Phone/video, in-person, or written communication — which is your strongest?This helps match you to the right outreach method for your path.

Describe a time you convinced, persuaded, or helped someone change their mind.This doesn't have to be a sales story. A conversation with a friend, a negotiation, a complaint you resolved — all valid.

Part 4 — Skills You Already Have (That Sales Uses Every Day)

Click every skill you've genuinely demonstrated — even if you've never called it a "sales skill" before. These are the ones your future employer or client cares about.

Click Every Skill You've Used (Even Informally)

Active Listening Handling Complaints Building Rapport Following Up Phone Communication Written Communication Problem Solving Time Management Meeting Quotas/Goals Explaining Complex Things Simply Staying Calm Under Pressure Upselling / Cross-selling Negotiating Training Others Managing Multiple Priorities Building Trust Quickly Presenting Ideas Clearly Social Media / Online Communication CRM / Software Tools Self-Motivated Resilient After Setbacks Data Entry / Organization Scheduling / Coordination Customer Retention

Any other skills not listed above?

Part 5 — The Translation Layer

Take your real experiences and translate them into the language of remote sales. Use the prompts below. This becomes the raw material for your resume bullets, LinkedIn summary, and interview answers.

Experience → Sales Language

For each section: describe the experience in plain language in the top box, then rewrite it as a sales-ready achievement in the bottom box. I've given you an example to follow.

Experience #1

Describe what you did (plain language):

↓ Translate it ↓

Rewrite it as a sales/business achievement:

Experience #2

Describe what you did (plain language):

↓ Translate it ↓

Rewrite it as a sales/business achievement:

Experience #3

Describe what you did (plain language):

↓ Translate it ↓

Rewrite it as a sales/business achievement:

Part 6 — Confidence & Gap Audit

Knowing what you're not confident about yet is just as important as knowing your strengths. This helps you prioritize what to focus on in the course.

Honest Self-Audit

What areas of sales or business communication feel most natural to you right now?

What areas feel least comfortable or most unfamiliar?

What's the one thing you want to feel more confident about by the end of this course?

Your Asset Preview

Once you fill in your translated experiences above, click "Generate Preview" to see a rough draft of how your background can be described in sales language. You'll refine this further in the path-specific worksheets.

Your Sales-Ready Summary (Auto-Generated Draft)

Fill in your translated experiences above and click the button below to see your draft summary.

Next: Build Your Assets →

✓ Saved! Your answers are stored in your browser. You can return to this page anytime and your work will be here.

What to do after this worksheet

Once you've completed all 6 parts, take your translated experiences and use them to build your path-specific assets. Your answers here become the raw material for everything below.

Build Your Path Assets → Craft Your Sales Story → Resume Repositioning → Build Your Positioning Statement → Browse All Templates →

Your Skills Translator

Your Sales-Ready Summary (Auto-Generated Draft)

What to do after this worksheet