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Skills: How Do you Know What You Are Good At?

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 have Little Desire to incorporate into your job.

 

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