The Remote Work Skills Translation Guide: Making Local Experience Global

"Liaised with management for better services for staff and customers." This line from a recent CV review made me pause – not because it's wrong, but because it completely undersells what was probably excellent stakeholder management and process improvement work. The candidate had international-level skills but was describing them like they were filing papers in a back office somewhere.

Here's the thing about Kenyan professionals: you're often doing world-class work with limited resources, which actually makes you incredibly valuable to international employers. That "stock taking" job? You were probably managing inventory optimization with manual systems that would challenge MBA graduates. Those "customer guidance" duties? You were likely handling complex problem-solving and cultural sensitivity that remote customer success managers get paid serious money to do. The problem isn't your experience – it's how you're translating it.

Think of this as currency conversion, but for skills. "Feeding raw materials into machinery" becomes "Managed production workflow optimization, ensuring zero downtime and maintaining quality standards in fast-paced manufacturing environment." "Prepared human resource documents" transforms into "Streamlined HR documentation processes, reducing processing time and improving compliance with organizational policies." Same work, global language that hiring managers immediately understand and value.

The secret is identifying the universal business functions behind your specific tasks. Every job, regardless of industry or location, involves some combination of: process improvement, problem-solving, customer service, team collaboration, data management, quality control, or resource optimization. Your challenge is connecting your specific experience to these universal business needs. Instead of describing what you did, explain what business problem you solved and what the outcome was.

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