Skills inventory
Posted by Admin | May 10, 2016
Listing of abilities, capacities, qualifications, and career goals of the employees to identify
suitable candidates for internal recruitment or promotions.
Find your transferable skills
Everything you learn and every skill you have is part of your personal tool kit. You carry these "tools" with you as
you move through school and into the job market. When you develop a skill or gain experience in one place and
put what you've learned to use someplace else, you're using
transferable skills.
Key skills
I can:
- meet deadlines
- supervise others
- solve problems
- teach others and give clear instructions
- manage people
- organize and manage projects
- speak in public
- accept responsibility
- plan daily work or special events
- follow instructions
- generate creative solutions to problems
Hands-on skills
I can:
- assemble kits
- build or repair things
- work well with my hands
- operate tools or machinery
- use complex equipment
- drive or operate vehicles
- inspect and maintain equipment or vehicles
Data/information skills
I can:
- make a budget, manage money
- record facts, classify information by date
- analyze data, audit and maintain records
- check information for accuracy
- pay attention to details
- investigate and clarify results
- locate answers, gather information
- calculate or compute
- evaluate
- take inventory
- keep financial records
- research and write reports
Leadership skills
I can:
- arrange meetings or social functions
- be competitive when necessary
- make decisions
- direct the work of others
- help set goals for my team
- explain things to others
- solve problems
- motivate people
- settle disagreements
- plan activities and put them into action
- take risks when necessary
- organize and chair a meeting
- show self-confidence
People skills
I can:
- help and care for others
- manage conflicts, resolve issues
- counsel people
- be tactful and diplomatic
- interview people
- be kind and understanding
- be a good listener
- negotiate
- be outgoing
- show patience
- be pleasant and sociable
- supervise, teach
- be tough when necessary
- trust people
- trust my instincts
Creative/artistic skills
I can:
- be artistic
- write short stories or articles
- draw or create other art
- express myself through music, poetry, or
art
- design posters, draw cartoons and
illustrations
- perform and act
- present artistic ideas
- dance, create body movement
- use computers to create presentations
- design and lay out Web pages
Verbal/communication skills
I can:
- clearly express myself
- talk easily with others
- create and talk about new ideas
- design presentations
- be inventive
- conduct research in a library or on the
Internet
- set up my own network of experts or helpers
- be logical
- speak in public
- write clear and concise reports
- work well with others
Find your hidden skills
You may have some valuable skills that you haven?t thought about
including on your r?um? Follow these six steps to identify your hidden skills:
1) List all your previous and current experiences, at
work and in other contexts.
When you think about your skills, don?t just consider paid work.
You can also draw from extracurricular activities at school, time spent
volunteering, and even hobbies.
2) Describe the tasks you completed using action words
for each experience.
For example, suppose you worked in a coffee shop. You might
describe the tasks you completed like this:
- I followed recipes, mixed ingredients, set
temperatures, baked muffins, and mixed a variety of hot and cold coffee and
tea drinks.
- I worked with complex equipment.
- I operated a cash register, made change,
and balanced the day's receipts.
- I worked with others under sometimes busy
or stressful situations.
3) Identify the skill(s) required to complete those
tasks.
Your list of skills might look something like this:
- manual skills
- computer skills
- financial and number skills
- teamwork and patience skills
4) List other things you learned to do in that job.
Other things you learned working in the coffee shop include how to:
- manage your time responsibly and organize
your work
- serve customers in a professional and
friendly way
- display products so people will buy them
5) Identify the skills you gained from the other things
you learned.
Your list of skills might look something like this:
- time management skills
- customer service and communication skills
- marketing and promotional skills
6) Build strong sentences by combining the skills you
developed with the tasks you completed.
- I developed marketing and creative skills
while designing window displays to attract customers.
- I developed communication skills while
serving customers and working with my co-workers.
- I developed promotional skills while
helping customers decide what to order.
- I developed financial skills while making
change, ordering inventory, and balancing the day's receipts.
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