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As an Industrial Engineer, I believe we are all Jacks of all trades. We can fit into any mold by using the tools and mind set to adabt.
It is, but I think this term has not yet been applied and recognized to be written on CVs. It is better if you put all those skills that you are good at individually. However, being good at everything is going to be subjective and will be based on how you really differentiate between 'being good at it' and 'being an expert to it', as you can confuse your expertise from a mastery level to a perfect level. Some will only have20% knowledge of the skill and yet will consider it as their expertise, that's why there is a thought that "Jack of all trades, master of none", because you tend to be good at many skills, but you haven't perfected or mastered any one of them.
In this era, I think it is more applicable if you can just pick one and then master it. Instead of learning all of it and be of a mediocre level with each one of them.
JACK OF ALL,,, MASTER OF NONE ...... I THINK THIS IDEA HAVE MIXED REACTION IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF WORLD IN MARKETING, SALES MANAGEMENT ...... SOME COUNTRIES PREFER THOSE PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THESE TRAITS BUT SOME AREA ARE NOW LOOKING FOR EXPERTS OF EACH.............. MY VIEW IS THAT ITS ALWAYS HANDY IF YOU HAVE AVERAGE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THE RELATED SPECIALTIES, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DEAL . GOOD DAY
It's always great being an all rounder in newer companies with little or no set departments, but you have to be an expert at one particular skill set to eventually be placed into the department that you can contribute to the most.
1. A Personal Secretary to a Director.
2. A General Physician among Specialist Doctors
3. A Principal in a College/Educational Institution.
4. A CEO to deal with Professionals for the company requirements
5. An Administration Manager in a small organisation for liasian with External Establishments.
And.................
All are doing professional work with qualities of a Jack.
As long as work is done in professional way, as long as procedures and standards are applied , as long as skills and expertises in place.... all of that will be considered as a jack to lift the quality of work.
A professional work relies on high quality of performance !
"Jack of all trades, master of none"? My answer is a big YES, on one condition. He/she must really be a master of at least ONE.
I believe the "specialized generalist" is the new hot specialization. But I may be biased in my answer, because I consider myself one, with two well-functioning opposite parts of the brain. So, I will try to back this up a bit.
Through the decennia-long concentration on specialized education and specialist employment, a new gap in the job-market has occurred for many organisations, both public and private. Also, generalist education programs are increasingly being developed in many countries to combine two or more specializations in one to cater to this future need, especially in inter-related areas of business & public service.
This may sound silly in our contemporary workplace, but if I were to start a new company and choose between one-specialisation employees and multiple specialisation employees, I will choose the second ones, blind-folded, unless a really sensitive position, which for that matter also requires proper & matching certification (like engineering, finance, law or health related professions).
No not quality
may be entrpreneur
(About jack of all trades) It is always beter to go with the experienced person in field of employment since any asignment received becomes a mandate, and mandates jack of all trades can`t always be trusted with mandatory assignments , it simply isn`t everyone`s cup of tea!
Yes, javk of all trade helps any organization to solve their problems and it increases the flexibility.
When you try to look like a match for everything, you match nothing.
