Skills
Throughout your life, you’ve gained competencies in many areas. Which of these do you excel
in? This list will help you identify your strengths. Apply them to career decision-making and when
transi- tioning to dierent elds. Check o the skills you have demonstrated inside and outside
of the classroom. Then, go back and circle the skills you most enjoy using and cross o those you
do not enjoy using.
Communication Skills
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Leadership, Management, and Administrative
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Develop a plan and set objectives
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Present information to large and small groups
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Handle complaints in person/over the phone
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Sell ideas, products, or services
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Listen carefully and attentively
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Develop rapport easily with diverse individuals
and groups of people
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Read or speak another language
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Edit and proofread written material
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Write clearly and concisely
Skills
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Envision the future and lead change
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Establish policy and/or procedures
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Set goals and determine courses of action
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Create innovative solutions to complex
problems
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Develop and facilitate work teams
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Provide training for sta development
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Demonstrative exibility during crisis
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Evaluate performance
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Set up and keep time schedules
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Anticipate problems and respond with solutions
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Plan and manage events
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Problem-Solving Skills
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Anticipate and/or solve problems
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Bring order to a chaotic situation
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Determine root causes
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Select most eective solution
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Improvise under stress
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Help a group identify solutions
Counseling, Serving, and
Interpersonal Relations Skills
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Counsel, advise, consult, guide others
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Demonstrate empathy, sensitivity, and patience
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Help people make their own decisions
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Help others improve health and welfare
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Listen empathically and with objectivity
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Create positive, hospitable environment
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Encourage, empower, advocate for people
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Streamline processes
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Life Skills
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Flexibility
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Adaptability
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Initiative
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Accountability
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Work ethic
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Responsibility
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Mechanical and Technical Skills
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Invent
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Handle dicult people
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Stay calm in emergencies
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Research and Analytical Skills
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Identify appropriate information sources
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Hypothesize and test for results
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Compile numerical and statistical data
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Classify and sort information into categories
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Write analysis of study and research
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Compare and evaluate information
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Formulate insightful and relevant questions
Creative and Innovative Skills
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Assemble, build, install
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Perform precision work
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Use technology for statistical analysis
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Keep accurate and complete records
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Visualize concepts and results
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Operate hand and/or power tools
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Training and Teaching Skills
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Brainstorm and make use of group synergy
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Troubleshoot, diagnose problems
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Use a variety of media for presentations
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Design materials, products, or services
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Drafting, mechanical drawing
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Develop educational curriculum and materials
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Express ideas through a form
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Understand manuals, diagrams
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Create and administer evaluation plans
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Use computer software to create art
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Learn new technology easily
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Facilitate a group
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Write poetry, ction, plays
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Program/code
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Explain dicult ideas, complex topics
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Using technology to identify information
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Assess learning styles and respond accordingly
Cultural Respect Skills
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Understanding dierences
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Global mindset
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Numerical Skills
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Solid ability with basic arithmetic
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Multiply numbers in your head
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Consult and recommend solutions
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Sensitivity
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Openness
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Figure out percentages
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Recognize patterns and relationships in
numbers
Financial Skills
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Develop and/or stay within a budget
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Eye for prot
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Recognize money-making opportunities
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Manage money/make money grow
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Set nancial priorities
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Develop cost-cutting solutions
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Negotiate nancial deals
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Understand economic principles
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Gain valuable information from graphs, tables,
and charts
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Quickly spot numerical errors
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Make decisions based on numerical data
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Make rough calculations, estimates in your head
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Analyze statistical data
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Planning and Organizing Skills
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Identify and organize tasks or information
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Coordinate and organize people, activities,
processes, systems, and programs
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