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Chapter 1Self Awareness
Chapter 1Self Awareness
Lesson 1.2 Your Skills and Aptitudes
Lesson 1.2 Your Skills and Aptitudes
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Your Skills and AptitudesYour Skills and Aptitudes
DiscoverDiscover
How skills and aptitudes differ
What your skills and aptitudes are
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DiscoverDiscover
Where your skills and attitudes might lead you
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Why It’s ImportantWhy It’s Important
Your skills and aptitudes are clues to what you can do.
They can point you toward different careers.
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Key TermsKey Terms
skillabilityaptitudejob-specific skillstransferable skills
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Comparing Skills and AptitudesComparing Skills and Aptitudes
A skill is the ability to perform a task due to training and experience.
Once you have learned something, it becomes a skill.
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Comparing Skills and AptitudesComparing Skills and Aptitudes
An ability is a skill you have already developed.
An aptitude is your potential for learning a skill.
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Having an aptitude is having a knack for something, like drawing or training pets.
Aptitudes can be developed into skills.
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Understanding Different Kinds of SkillsUnderstanding Different Kinds of Skills
Job-specific skills are the skills necessary to do a particular job, like balancing a budget or programming a computer.
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Understanding Different Kinds of SkillsUnderstanding Different Kinds of Skills
Transferable skills are general skills used in school and in various types of jobs.
Transferable skills are always necessary.
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Understanding Different Kinds of SkillsUnderstanding Different Kinds of Skills
Employers always want workers to have both job-specific skills and general transferable skills.
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Transferable Workplace SkillsTransferable Workplace SkillsGraphic OrganizerGraphic Organizer
TransferableSkillsProblem-Solving
SkillsTeamwork
Skills
Listening Skills Social Skills
Communication Skills
AdaptabilitySkills
Technology Skills
Organizing andPlanning Skills
Decision-MakingSkills
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Q and AQ and A
I know exactly what job I want.
Why should I waste time developing skills that don’t seem related to this job?
I know exactly what job I want.
Why should I waste time developing skills that don’t seem related to this job?
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Most jobs require workers to have many skills.
A variety of skills is necessary for succeeding and advancing in a job.
Most jobs require workers to have many skills.
A variety of skills is necessary for succeeding and advancing in a job.
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Try This ActivityTry This Activity
Complete a formal career interest and aptitude assessment.Complete a formal career interest and aptitude assessment.
Assess Your CareerInterests and AptitudesAssess Your CareerInterests and Aptitudes
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Match Interests and Aptitudes to Opportunities Once you’ve completed your self assessment, write down several career opportunities that match your interests and aptitudes.
Match Interests and Aptitudes to Opportunities Once you’ve completed your self assessment, write down several career opportunities that match your interests and aptitudes.
Assess Your CareerInterests and AptitudesAssess Your CareerInterests and Aptitudes
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Try This ActivityTry This Activity
Get Feedback Show your list of aptitudes, interests, and potential careers to a friend, a family member, a teacher, or someone else you trust.
Get Feedback Show your list of aptitudes, interests, and potential careers to a friend, a family member, a teacher, or someone else you trust.
Assess Your CareerInterests and AptitudesAssess Your CareerInterests and Aptitudes
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Develop Your Skills Select the career from your list that interests you most and consider what skills you would need to achieve that career.
Develop Your Skills Select the career from your list that interests you most and consider what skills you would need to achieve that career.
Assess Your CareerInterests and AptitudesAssess Your CareerInterests and Aptitudes
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Should you focus on developing skills related to your aptitudes?
It is easier to develop skills for which you already have an aptitude. However, you should work to develop skills that you want to master, even if you don’t have an aptitude.
Should you focus on developing skills related to your aptitudes?
It is easier to develop skills for which you already have an aptitude. However, you should work to develop skills that you want to master, even if you don’t have an aptitude.
Critical Thinking Review
Critical ThinkingCritical Thinking
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Why is it important to develop skills in more than one area?
More job opportunities will be open to those with more skills.
Why is it important to develop skills in more than one area?
More job opportunities will be open to those with more skills.
Critical Thinking Review
Critical ThinkingCritical Thinking
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End of Chapter 1Self Awareness
End of Chapter 1Self Awareness
Lesson 1.2 Your Skills and Aptitudes
Lesson 1.2 Your Skills and Aptitudes