This creative skill is apparently more valuable than work experience

Transferable skills and hidden talents work well in any candidate’s favour – especially if they prove to be useful in an unforeseen way to the employer. And whilst many jobseekers will undoubtedly list ‘work experience’ as one of their key skills, it seems that there is another unlikely ability employers are currently searching for.

A recent study from Cake Angels, which surveyed 1,008 employers across the UK, found that proficiencies in home economics (including nutrition, design, cooking and textiles) came out as the second most important trait to recruiters. The skill that ranked higher was grammar and spelling skills.

The report suggested that recruiters see baking as a skill that will help your candidates stand out from the mases, alongside social media abilities and sports.

Emma Tomkins, Marketing Manager at Fiddes Payne, comments: "Interests such as baking and decorating suggest the applicant is daring, creative and patient, with an eye for detail, which explains the desire from employees for their applicants to have hobbies of this kind.”