Skills Audit
Your skills describe your ability to do something well. In addition, it’s also important to consider what you like to do. Most jobs require both technical skills (such as those related to a specific profession or industry) and soft skills which are generic and of broader value (such as communication and team work).
You can develop skills through a wide variety of experiences, but only you can decide if you will enjoy using that skill.
The below skills audit will help you assess your level of ability in a range of skills and identify those you enjoy. It will also help identify any skills gaps you have for you to work on in the future.
I enjoy
I don’t enjoy
Skill
(see below for definitions)
I have no ability
I have some ability
I have strong ability
Adaptability
Agility
Analysis
Attention to detail
Building relationships
Communication
Conflict resolution
Continuous improvement
Creativity/Innovation
Critical thinking
Customer service
Decision making
Delegation
Digital literacy
Emotional Intelligence
Entrepreneurial
Facilitation
Flexibility
Initiative
Interpersonal skills
Interpret complex data
Leadership
Mentoring
Negotiating
Networking
Planning and Organising
Presentations skills
Problem solving
Project management
Questioning/Investigating
Research
Resilience
Self–management
Teamwork
Teaching/Training others
Technical skills
Thinking on your feet
Time management
Verbal Communication
Working under pressure
Written Communication
5 skills I enjoy doing and have strong ability in?
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5 skills I enjoy doing but need to develop further? What experiences will help me develop these skills?
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5 skills required in my future career or expected by future employers?
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Identifying your Skills
This activity will help you identify what skills you are developing through your experiences.
Think broadly about the activities you are or have been involved in- casual or part-time work, sport, leadership roles, church, youth group, music, tutoring, student clubs or societies, travelling, mentoring, internships. Your day-to-day experiences are helping you develop critical skills.
Think of a success you have recently achieved…
What was the success? What did you do to achieve the success?
What skills did you draw on in this situation? What skills did you develop in this situation?
Think of a challenge you have recently faced…
What was this challenge? How did it impact you? How did you overcome/address the challenge?
What skills did you draw on in this situation? What skills did you develop in this situation?
Think of a problem that you recently solved…
What was the problem? What did you do to solve it? What was the outcome?
What skills did you draw on in this situation? What skills did you develop in this situation?
Think of a time when you had to communicate differently to someone…
What communication style/approach did you use first? Did it work? What other communication styles/approaches did you try? Did they work?
What skills did you draw on in this situation? What skills did you develop in this situation?
Think of a time when you received positive feedback…
What did you do? How did you go above and beyond in this situation? What impact did your actions have and on who?
What skills did you draw on in this situation? What skills did you develop in this situation?
Think of a time when you were involved in a conflict…
What was the situation? Did you try to resolve the conflict? What did you do?
What skills did you draw on in this situation? What skills did you develop in this situation?
Skills Glossary
Skill
Definition
Adaptability
Being able to adjust to new conditions
Agility
Able to change your ways quickly
Analysis
Detailed examination of something
Attention to detail
Ability to achieve thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task
Building relationships
Being able to build strong relationships with others
Communication
Ability to convey or share ideas and feelings effectively
Conflict resolution
The methods and processes involved in facilitating the peaceful ending of conflict
Continuous improvement
Ongoing effort to improve something
Creativity/Innovation
The process of translating an idea or invention into a good or service
Critical thinking
Objective analysis of facts to make decisions
Customer service
The assistance provided to people who are buying a service or product
Decision making
The process of making important decisions
Delegation
Being able to assign responsibility to another person to carry out activities
Digital literacy
Someone’s ability to find, evaluate, produce and communicate information on various digital platforms.
Emotional Intelligence
The capacity to be aware of, control, and express emotions and handle relationships empathetically
Entrepreneurial
Creation, development of economic adventures
Facilitation
The act of making something easier
Flexibility
Willingness to change or compromise
Initiative
Making change before others do
Interpersonal skills
Ability to communicate or interact well with other people
Interpret complex data
Being able to transfer technical data and report on it
Leadership
Being able to lead a group of people
Mentoring
Advise or train others
Negotiating
To deal/bargain with someone to reach an agreement
Networking
Interact with others to exchange information and develop professional or social contacts
Planning and Organising
Ability to make arrangements and preparations in advance
Presentation skills
Ability to deliver effective and engaging presentations to a variety of audiences
Problem solving
Identifying problems, reviewing , developing and evaluating ideas and implementing
Project management
The practice of initiating, planning and executing a project
Questioning/Investigating
Make enquiries to gain more information
Research
Studying materials and resources in order to establish facts
Resilience
The capacity to recover/bounce-back quickly from difficulties, misfortune or change
Self–management
Taking responsibility for your time and managing it effectively
Teamwork
Working with others to achieve a goal or task
Teaching/Training
Being able to teach someone a particular skill or behaviour
Technical skills
Knowledge and abilities needed to accomplish tasks relating to a discipline
Thinking on your feet
Ability to react to something decisively, effectively and without prior thought.
Time management
Managing your own time and time of others
Verbal Communication
Ability to communicate information and ideas clearly and effectively verbally in a variety of situations
Working under pressure
Working well with stress and urgency of a task
Written Communication
Ability to communicate ideas and information effectively through writing
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