Identifying Your Skills

A Critical Step on Your Path to Employment

By the end of this workshop you will be

able to know and show your:

personal, job specific & transferable skills.

SKILLS

One of the top

3 employer expectations

A Skill Is ….

… Something You Can Do Well

5 Commonly Sought After Skills

How many skills does the

average adult have?

TOP 15 Skills

Where do we get skills?

Three Types of Skills

Personal Skills Transfera

ble SkillsJob

Specific Skills

___ Able to coordinate___ Able to lead___ Accept supervision___ Adaptable___ Ambitious___ Artistic___ Broad-minded___ Businesslike___ Calm___ Capable___ Caring___ Cautious___ Cheerful___ Communicator___ Confident___ Conscientious___ Considerate___ Creative___ Decisive___ Dependable___ Determined___ Direct___ Discreet___ Eager___ Eclectic (Jack of all Trades)___ Efficient___ Enterprising___ Enthusiastic

___ Firm___ Flexible___ Formal___ Friendly___ Generous___ Get things done on time___ Get along (work) w/others___ Good natured___ Hard worker___ Helpful___ Honest ___ Humble___ Imaginative___ Independent___ Intelligent___ Intuitive___ Listener___ Logical___ Loyal___ Mature___ Motivated___ Open minded___ Optimistic___ Organized___ Original___ Outgoing___ Patient___ Persistent

___ Polite___ Practical___ Precise___ Problem solver___ Productive___ Punctual___ Quick___ Realistic___ Reliable___ Resourceful___ Responsible___ Risk Taker___ Self-confident___ Sensible___ Sincere___ Spontaneous___ Steady___ Sympathetic___ Tactful___ Teachable___ Thorough___ Thoughtful___ Tolerant___ Trustworthy___ Understanding___ Verbal___ Warm___ Witty (good sense of humor)

Personal Skills

___ Able to coordinate___ Able to lead___ Accept supervision___ Adaptable___ Ambitious___ Artistic___ Broad-minded___ Businesslike___ Calm___ Capable___ Caring___ Cautious___ Cheerful___ Communicator___ Confident___ Conscientious___ Considerate___ Creative___ Decisive___ Dependable___ Determined___ Direct___ Discreet___ Eager___ Eclectic (Jack of all Trades)___ Efficient___ Enterprising___ Enthusiastic

___ Firm___ Flexible___ Formal___ Friendly___ Generous___ Get things done on time___ Get along (work) w/others___ Good natured___ Hard worker___ Helpful___ Honest ___ Humble___ Imaginative___ Independent___ Intelligent___ Intuitive___ Listener___ Logical___ Loyal___ Mature___ Motivated___ Open minded___ Optimistic___ Organized___ Original___ Outgoing___ Patient___ Persistent

___ Polite___ Practical___ Precise___ Problem solver___ Productive___ Punctual___ Quick___ Realistic___ Reliable___ Resourceful___ Responsible___ Risk Taker___ Self-confident___ Sensible___ Sincere___ Spontaneous___ Steady___ Sympathetic___ Tactful___ Teachable___ Thorough___ Thoughtful___ Tolerant___ Trustworthy___ Understanding___ Verbal___ Warm___ Witty (good sense of humor)

Personal SkillsPut a Check next to each skill you have

___ Able to coordinate___ Able to lead___ Accept supervision___ Adaptable___ Ambitious___ Artistic___ Broad-minded___ Businesslike___ Calm___ Capable___ Caring___ Cautious___ Cheerful___ Communicator___ Confident___ Conscientious___ Considerate___ Creative___ Decisive___ Dependable___ Determined___ Direct___ Discreet___ Eager___ Eclectic (Jack of all Trades)___ Efficient___ Enterprising___ Enthusiastic

___ Firm___ Flexible___ Formal___ Friendly___ Generous___ Get things done on time___ Get along (work) w/others___ Good natured___ Hard worker___ Helpful___ Honest ___ Humble___ Imaginative___ Independent___ Intelligent___ Intuitive___ Listener___ Logical___ Loyal___ Mature___ Motivated___ Open minded___ Optimistic___ Organized___ Original___ Outgoing___ Patient___ Persistent

___ Polite___ Practical___ Precise___ Problem solver___ Productive___ Punctual___ Quick___ Realistic___ Reliable___ Resourceful___ Responsible___ Risk Taker___ Self-confident___ Sensible___ Sincere___ Spontaneous___ Steady___ Sympathetic___ Tactful___ Teachable___ Thorough___ Thoughtful___ Tolerant___ Trustworthy___ Understanding___ Verbal___ Warm___ Witty (good sense of humor)

Personal SkillsPut a second Check next to each skill you can use on a job

___ Able to coordinate___ Able to lead___ Accept supervision___ Adaptable___ Ambitious___ Artistic___ Broad-minded___ Businesslike___ Calm___ Capable___ Caring___ Cautious___ Cheerful___ Communicator___ Confident___ Conscientious___ Considerate___ Creative___ Decisive___ Dependable___ Determined___ Direct___ Discreet___ Eager___ Eclectic (Jack of all Trades)___ Efficient___ Enterprising___ Enthusiastic

___ Firm___ Flexible___ Formal___ Friendly___ Generous___ Get things done on time___ Get along (work) w/others___ Good natured___ Hard worker___ Helpful___ Honest ___ Humble___ Imaginative___ Independent___ Intelligent___ Intuitive___ Listener___ Logical___ Loyal___ Mature___ Motivated___ Open minded___ Optimistic___ Organized___ Original___ Outgoing___ Patient___ Persistent

___ Polite___ Practical___ Precise___ Problem solver___ Productive___ Punctual___ Quick___ Realistic___ Reliable___ Resourceful___ Responsible___ Risk Taker___ Self-confident___ Sensible___ Sincere___ Spontaneous___ Steady___ Sympathetic___ Tactful___ Teachable___ Thorough___ Thoughtful___ Tolerant___ Trustworthy___ Understanding___ Verbal___ Warm___ Witty (good sense of humor)

Personal SkillsCircle each skill you can think of a example for

___ Able to coordinate___ Able to lead___ Accept supervision___ Adaptable___ Ambitious___ Artistic___ Broad-minded___ Businesslike___ Calm___ Capable___ Caring___ Cautious___ Cheerful___ Communicator___ Confident___ Conscientious___ Considerate___ Creative___ Decisive___ Dependable___ Determined___ Direct___ Discreet___ Eager___ Eclectic (Jack of all Trades)___ Efficient___ Enterprising___ Enthusiastic

___ Firm___ Flexible___ Formal___ Friendly___ Generous___ Get things done on time___ Get along (work) w/others___ Good natured___ Hard worker___ Helpful___ Honest ___ Humble___ Imaginative___ Independent___ Intelligent___ Intuitive___ Listener___ Logical___ Loyal___ Mature___ Motivated___ Open minded___ Optimistic___ Organized___ Original___ Outgoing___ Patient___ Persistent

___ Polite___ Practical___ Precise___ Problem solver___ Productive___ Punctual___ Quick___ Realistic___ Reliable___ Resourceful___ Responsible___ Risk Taker___ Self-confident___ Sensible___ Sincere___ Spontaneous___ Steady___ Sympathetic___ Tactful___ Teachable___ Thorough___ Thoughtful___ Tolerant___ Trustworthy___ Understanding___ Verbal___ Warm___ Witty (good sense of humor)

Personal SkillsNarrow it down to your top 10

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6 Ways to Prove Your Skills

1)Use Numbers2)Terms  3)Tell Specifics  

6 Ways to Prove Your Skills 

4) Show Results  5) Use The Past

Tense6) Speak in First

Person

Job Specific Skills

The skills you need to know to do a specific task or job.

Job Speci

fic Skills

Learned Through: –Education & training–Reading & studying–Working with & observing others

Job Specific Skills

Skills working with Things.

Job Specific Skills

Skills working with People.

Job Specific Skills

Skills working with Ideas & Information.

Transferable SkillsUniversal skills you can carry with you from

one company or job to another.

Transferable Skills• Skills related to working

with:

–People–Things–Ideas and Information

What are your transferable

skills?

Your Strengths As A Story

Take your “CAR” to the interview.

Context Action Result

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