Step 1
Listed below is a sample list of skills typically
found in a cross section of careers. Take a moment to read the list and
check off those skills that you feel that you have and would enjoy using
on the job.
Administering programs
Deciding uses of money
Assessing validity/quality
Delegating responsibility
Advising people
Designing data systems
Analyzing data
Dispensing information
Arranging social functions
Displaying artistic ideas
Assembling apparatus
Dramatizing ideas/problems
Auditing financial records
Editing publications
Budgeting expenses
Enduring long hours
Calculating numerical data
Entertaining clients
Checking for accuracy
Estimating physical space
Classifying records
Evaluating programs
Coaching individuals
Exhibiting plans
Collecting money
Finding information
Compiling statistics
Handling detail work
Confronting other people
Initiating conversations with strangers
Constructing buildings
Interpreting languages
Expressing feelings
Inventing new ideas
Handling complaints
Investigating problems
Imagining new solutions
Locating missing information
Inspecting physical objects
Measuring boundaries
Interviewing people
Meeting the public
Coordinating events
Motivating others
Coping with pressure/time constraints
Operating equipment
Corresponding with others
Persuading others
Counseling people
Planning organizational needs
Creating new ideas
Predicting Futures
Promoting events
Recruiting people for hire
Repeating same procedure
Setting up demonstrations
Reviewing programs
Speaking in public
Protecting property
Sketching charts or diagrams
Raising funds
Supervising others
Recording scientific data
Tolerating interruptions
Rehabilitating people
Visualizing new formats
Repairing mechanical devices
Writing clear reports
Researching in library
Listening to others
Running meetings
Managing an organization
Serving individuals
Mediating between people
Monitoring other's progress
Programming computers
Negotiating contracts
Questioning others
Organizing people/tasks
Reading volumes of materials
Planning agendas
Remembering information
Politicking with others
Updating files
Appraising services
Working with precision
Preparing materials
Writing for publication
Selling products
Teaching classes/training
Step 2
Now that you have a
list of skills that you enjoy using from Step
1 you will want to begin prioritizing those
skills. Select 8-10 skills that you have Strong Desire
to incorporate into your job, and 8-10 of those that you haveLittle Desire to
incorporate into your job.