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What am I good at?

What am I good at? That's a broad question, and one where you may be tempted to be modest. Don't be - this tool is designed to help you to take stock of your skills and experience.

At Connect we believe that the job you really want next will use the best of your skills, and will give you the chance to do work you enjoy.

Think about what you are good at. When you do well, either in or outside work, what skills do you use? What knowledge or experience can you fall back on? Remember that you have built up skills and experience in all that you've done so far, at work, at home and socially. Don't ignore the strengths you used in organising the barbeque for the Scouts, or in campaigning to keep your local playground free of building.

Without being modest, run through this checklist and mark those skills you recognise as your own. Choose as many as you feel you really can claim. Then mark the top 10, the skills you really want to use in the next job.

Skill High Medium Low
People      
Team management
Team player
Managing others
Counselling skills
Interviewing
Training others
Dealing with the public
Handling conflict
Negotiation skills
Building productive relationships
Practical High Medium Low
Hands-on ability (with machinery)
Ability to experiment
Knowledge of continuous improvement
Putting ideas into practice
Design skills
Managing High Medium Low
Planning and organising
Strategic vision
Focus on quality
Managing ambiguity
Ability to see 'the big picture'
Project management
Working with management information
Managing the performance of others
Decision making
Managing / chairing meetings
Technical High Medium Low
IT Knowledge
Knowledge of PC packages
Process development / mapping
Interpreting the law
Selling High Medium Low
Presentations to audiences
Sales ability
Customer relations skills
Financial High Medium Low
Numeracy - comfortable with numbers
Analysis of data
Interpreting data
Managing budgets
Financial planning and analysis
Auditing
Personal High Medium Low
Literacy - writing / comprehension ability
Spoken communications
Consulting skills
Telephone techniques
Ability to meet deadlines
Handling more than one task at a time
Ability to work on your own initiative
Creative thinking
Languages
Attention to detail
Culturally sensitive
International experience
Ability to follow instructions
Time management and prioritising