Oh I do so loathe application forms

[owl]

What is the difference between "analytical skills" and "problem solving skills"?

(All problems require analysing in order to solve them y/n? I'm feeling like Charlie Eppes going "Everything is maths math")


Also, if you send an application form by email, what do you do about signing it?

Comments

[carrole.livejournal.com]

I think the difference there is being able to make sense of data, etc. and then being able to solve problems.

If you send the application form by email, you just sign it like you would a normal email. They don't expect a signature.

[rosathome.livejournal.com]

But you can analyse a problem without being able to solve it.

You can scan a signature, or just not worry too much.

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

I think the difference is probably between the intellectual and practical sides of the same skill (or 2 related skills): it's perfectly possible to analyze something without being able to figure out how to fix it, and also possible to be really good at fixing stuff but not as good at figuring out what's wrong in the first place.

Of course, some people are really good at both.

[owl]

I can imagine analysing something without solving it, but I can't imagine solving it without analysing it. It has to be something really simple if you can solve it intuitively, and even then I'm pretty sure I do subconscious analysis. Analytical is just the way I function. See what I mean about a Charlie moment?

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I think 'analytical skills' tends to be corporate cant for quantitative skills while 'problem solving skills' would over a wider range of analytic approaches. In any event, in the corporate world low levels of both are normal!