Highly transferable

I'm not able to understand the adjective "highly transferable" going with the noun "skills". What is it supposed to mean? Could you replace it with an acceptable synonym to get me clear on that?

The context: "If you’re a career fidget, constantly moving on to different sectors and always after variety in your job, this is perfect for you. The skills you learn are not only highly transferable, but you’ll also find yourself working for a variety of organisations, from small firms and large chain stores, to manufacturers and charities".

Highly transferable = useful in a variety of jobs.

Like versatile?

Yaroslava said:

Like versatile?

Possibly, but for me "versatile" sounds more like a description of the person who has the skills, not of the skills themselves.

On the other hand, the Random House dictionary has this among its definitions of "versatile", so versatile skills are not out of the question:

having or capable of many uses or applications:a versatile tool.

Though slightly buzzwordy, "highly transferable" makes perfect sense to me in the context to mean "widely applicable."

Oddly, I would prefer "versatile skill set" to "versatile skills." I suppose it depends whether you define each skill broadly or narrowly?

I'll give an example I understand. Programmers (software writers) are very specialized. I spent many years as a programmer within one specialty: using C and C++ to write real-time (fast-running) code. When I look for a new job, I see thousands of openings for programmers, but each one wants 2 years experience in some other kind of software (websites, databases, business programs, etc.). They won't hire me: my skills are not transferable to those jobs.

If my experience was "mid-level manager" or "running a small business" or working in "corporation finance", my skills would be transferable. I could find thousands of jobs. It would not matter if the company itself was creating software or shoelaces or breakfast foods: they still could use my skills.

So "transferable skills" are skills that qualify you for many different jobs, or jobs in many types of organization.

It's become much clearer right now and I'm aware of how to use this combination in my speech. Thank you so much.