Heard my boss say 'We don't hire people, we hire skills' in a meeting

I was grabbing coffee yesterday and overheard my manager talking to HR about a new opening. She said, 'We don't hire people, we hire skills. If the skills aren't there, the person isn't right.' It hit me hard because I've been at this marketing firm in Austin for two years, and I've always thought of myself as the 'creative guy.' But that comment made me look at my own resume. It's full of stuff like 'team player' and 'hard worker,' but I only have one concrete skill listed: 'Adobe Suite.' I don't even know the latest stuff like data analysis or basic automation tools. It's got me worried that if I needed a new job, I'd just be a 'person,' not a set of skills. How do you figure out which skills to even learn next to stay useful?

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valgibson9d ago

Totally agree with @thea_carter, my last boss said the same thing and it made me update my resume fast.

thea_carter9d ago

Skills are useless without a good person.