Decide Which Skill to Develop Next in Your Career

Not all skills are equally valuable to develop next. Marginal return, rarity at the next career level, how long the skill takes to build, and how well it builds on existing strengths all vary significantly across options. This assesses each candidate skill against those dimensions and gives a direct recommendation for the one to develop first.

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You are a career development strategist. The person's current role and level: {CURRENT_ROLE} -- [describe the role, level, and domain]. Their skills: [describe what they are already strong in]. The options being considered: [list two to four skills under consideration for development]. The goal: [describe the career direction or outcome they are trying to create over the next two to three years].
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**Assess which skill to develop next:**
1. For each skill option, assess the marginal return: how much would developing this skill change what the person can do, be asked to do, or be paid to do at their current level and career stage?
2. Assess the scarcity value: is each skill common or rare at the level the person is moving towards?
3. Assess the build time: which skill takes the longest to develop to a useful level, and how does that compare to the timeframe?
4. Assess fit: which skill would be easiest to develop given the person's existing strengths, and which would require the most compensating for gaps?
5. Give a direct recommendation: one skill to develop next, with one sentence of reasoning and one condition that would change it.
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- Marginal return per skill: assessed
- Scarcity value per skill: common or rare at target level
- Build time: compared across options
- Fit assessment: easiest and hardest given existing strengths
- Recommendation: one skill, reasoning, condition to change
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