identifying your skills sets
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Identifying Your Skills Sets
The First Step of Your Job Search
What Skills Do You Have?
What tools can you use?
Can you operate a computer, multi-line phone, fax or copier?
What software are you proficient using?
Do you have a security clearance?
What skills have you acquired from your work experiences? From life? From Education?
What are your “soft” skills?
What are your “hard” skills?
What are your “transferrable” skills?
Soft SkillsSelf-management or SOFT skills are in greater demand than job seekers believe, i.e., teamwork, communication, attitude, reliability. Every employer wants employees to have these skills, and they make hiring decisions based on you having them. If you ignore them, you will not get hired!
Hard SkillsWork content or HARD skills that are unique to the occupation, i.e., a Carpenter has specific skills that are very different from an Accountant. Carpenters measure, cut, build. Accountants calculate, audit, analyze.
Transferrable SkillsPortable or TRANSFERABLE skills are those HARD and SOFT skills that relate to many occupations, i.e., proficiency with MS Office Suite applications, or the ability to manage time using Outlook, etc.
SKILL SETSEnthusiasmPersonalityHonestyAttitudeHonestyDedication
Job Specific Knowledge
Degrees/EducationJob Specific SkillsLicencesProfessional Affiliations
Leadership
How to Identify Your Skills
Where Do I Start? - ONET
ONET & Labor Market Information
Summary and Job Code
Related Job TitlesTasksTools and TechnologyKnowledge, Skills and Abilities
Work Contexts
EducationWork Styles and Values
InterestsRelated OccupationsWage and Employment Trends
Current Job Postings
Other ResourcesCareer One Stop – Skills ProfilerMy Skills My Future – Career MatchingMy Next Move – Interest Profiler
My Next Move – Interest Profiler
It’s a good tool and starting point.The Interest Profiler matches interests and aptitudes with careers and helps you decide what you want to do.
Simple, easy and only takes about 15 minutes.
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Understanding What You Can Bring To An Employer Helps You Secure A Better Career!It Takes Some Thought and Work, But It Pays Off with a Job Offer!