Asha's one-pager with the book description and author biography

Skills by Asha Aravindakshan One-Pager

Skills: The Common Denominator was a finalist on the shortlist for Non-Fiction Business & Enterprise Finance category of the 2022 Harvey Chute Book Awards by CIBA. Skills made it through five rounds of judging to reach this level.

Finalist for Non-Fiction Business & Enterprise Finance | CIBA Harvey Chute Book Awards

Skills: The Common Denominator received an honorable mention in the Business & Finance category of the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards.

Honorable Mention for Business & Finance | Royal Dragonfly Book Awards

In our winter 2022 edition of The State of Campus Recruiting, panelists discussed ways in which companies and students can participate in skills-based hiring and offered insights on how the practice intersects with diversity. 

Panelists included:
Asha Aravindakshan, bestselling author of Skills: The Common Denominator
Roy Moye III, Talent Acquisition Specialist at Spirit AeroSystems and Founder/CEO of STEMusic LLC
Sean McGowan, Head of Employer Engagement at ThriveDX 

Winter 2022: The State of Campus Recruiting | Parker Dewey

After the first round of judging, Skills: The Common Denominator was selected as a finalist in one category: “Career/Occupational.” When judging completed, #skillsbyasha was selected as the “Outstanding Career/Occupational” Category Winner. 

Outstanding Nonfiction for Careers/Occupational | IAN Book of the Year Awards

When employers consider skills and practice skills-based hiring and skills-based networking, they bring in a more diverse slate of candidates from non-traditional backgrounds.

Skills-based hiring and networking encourages nontraditional candidates to apply for jobs

Skills: The Common Denominator is an award-winning finalist in the Business: Careers category of the 2022 International Book Awards.

Finalist for Business: Careers | International Book Awards

This article showcases our top picks for the Books To Read For Asian Heritage Month. 

6 Best Books To Read For Asian Heritage Month | Pretty Progressive

Here are six notable books by MIT Sloan alumni from 2021 that demonstrate the Sloanie community’s ongoing commitment to creating, testing, and applying ideas made to matter to the world. (December 2021)

6 Books by Sloanies from 2021 | MIT Sloan

I contributed to the "Insights from a management graduate" section of this article, with learnings from my career and my book, Skills: The Common Denominator. (November 2021)

Best online management degrees 2022: Top picks | ZDnet

The book compiles years of professional development presentations Aravindakshan has given to students, interns and peers, and outlines the careers of several people she has interviewed who have pivoted between industries. (May 2021)

Elmont author updates how to succeed in business | The Island Now

Alumni Illumination | The Elmont Phoenix

Articles and Accolades

Skills Hardcover Edition

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