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Identifying Your Skills

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.

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Identifying Your Skills

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  1. Identifying Your Skills A Critical Step on Your Path to Employment

  2. By the end of this workshop you will be able to know and show your: personal, job specific & transferable skills.

  3. SKILLS One of the top 3employer expectations

  4. A Skill Is ….

  5. … Something You Can Do Well

  6. 5 Commonly Sought After Skills

  7. How many skills does the average adult have?

  8. TOP15 Skills

  9. Where do we get skills?

  10. Three Types of Skills Personal Skills Job Specific Skills Transferable Skills

  11. 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)

  12. 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)                                                              

  13. 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)                                                                                                 

  14. 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)                                                                                                 

  15. Personal SkillsNarrow it down to your top 10 ___ 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)      3      7                     8                            4   1      5 9             2   6               10     

  16. 6 Ways to Prove Your Skills • Use Numbers • Terms   • Tell Specifics

  17. 6Ways to Prove Your Skills 4) Show Results 5) Use The Past Tense 6) Speak in First Person

  18. Job Specific Skills The skills you need to know to do a specific task or job.

  19. Job Specific Skills Learned Through: • Education & training • Reading & studying • Working with & observing others

  20. Job Specific Skills Skills working with Things.

  21. Job Specific Skills Skills working with People.

  22. Job Specific Skills Skills working with Ideas & Information.

  23. Transferable Skills Universal skills you can carry with you from one company or job to another.

  24. Transferable Skills • Skills related to working with: • People • Things • Ideas and Information

  25. What are your transferable skills?

  26. Your Strengths As A Story

  27. Take your “CAR” to the interview. Context Action Result

  28. NEXT STEPS: Skills Skills Skills Skills Skills Skills Skills Skills Skills Skills Skills Skills Skills Skills

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