Women’s Skills: Valuing your experience
Naming skills you have used in employment
To help you name skills, some common work duties and responsibilities are listed below. Tick the skills that relate to you.To do this, copy this tick and paste it into the left hand column. The first is done for you.
/ Before you start, save this document to your own computer or storage device. (Otherwise your work won’t save). / I have lots of skills.
Word processing, desktop publishing
Information management
Customer service, reception duties
Meeting arrangements, correspondence, diary management
Accounts, cash management
Recruiting, training and supervising new staff
Stock control, displays, dealing with suppliers, advertising
Marketing, research
Record keeping
Caring for patients, caring for special needs, reporting, counselling
First aid, medical knowledge, pharmaceutical knowledge
Measurements, operating equipment
Welfare, referrals
Designing, drawing
Counselling, conflict resolution, nurturing new employees
Arranging things in an orderly way
Assuming responsibility
Inducting new staff
Written instruction manuals/giving detailed instruction
Clear thinking under stress
Valuable and essential skills related to a range of occupations
Tick the skills you think relate to you:
To do this, copy this tick and paste it into the left hand column. The first is done for you!
/ I have a lot of valuable skillsCommunication skills (oral and written)
Diagnosing problems
Implementing policies
Interviewing clients
Administration
Coordinating resources
Time management
Technical knowledge, eg computer systems, medical terminology
Customer service
Stock control
Training
Staff supervision
Marketing and sales
Public relations
Reporting (oral and written)
Financial management
Technological skills, eg operating business machines, computer systems, cash registers
Negotiating with others
Concentrating for long periods
Imagining and designing things
Learning new languages
Your skills list
Now it’s time to make a list of skills that you have using formal language.You need to be MULTISKILLED. Think of a fork with lots of prongs. Each prong represents your skills.
My skills
The more varied your skills, the more employable you are. List them here.
Keep the prongs sharp!
Make another list of skills that you feel you need to sharpen, update or upgrade. Where are your gaps?
Prong sharpening needed:
How will I sharpen?
You may need to do a course; read; ask questions; research or practice.
Although this language might seem strange, the more you use it and say it out loud, the easier it will become in using it. Practise saying it in the car, in front of the mirror, to a trusted friend. It is important to hear it coming out of your mouth, not just in your mind.
/ Remember! Name and own your own skills. If you don’t believe you are skilled, no one else will.Your skills are valuable and transferable.When you’ve finished, print and keep this document.
Skills activity : Identify your own skills worksheet
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