Career Guidance Center, University of Cincinnati

Skill Identification

Skill identification will help you pinpoint careers in which you can use your skills as well as let potential employers know what you have to offer them.

Review the following list and rate yourself according to the extent to which you have developed each skill.

As you write your resume and prepare for interviews, refer to this list.

	Poor	Average	Good	Excellent
Supervising
Monitoring
Managing
Meeting the public
Organizing
Displaying
Writing
Budgeting
Programming
Investigating
Processing
Interviewing
Recruiting
Negotiating
Teaching
Selling
Counseling
Speaking
Confronting
Political Skill
Editing
Designing
Constructing
Compiling
Calculating
Evaluating
Explaining
	Poor	Average	Good	Excellent
Gathering information
Recording
Classifying	j	j	j	j
Researching	j	j	j	j
Analyzing	j	j	j	j
Deciding	j	j	j	j
Persuading	j	j	j	j
Reading	j	j	j	j
Outdoor work	j	j	j	j
Timing	j	j	j	j
Coordinating	j	j	j	j
Observing	j	j	j	j
Interpreting	j	j	j	j
Mediating	j	j	j	j
Abstract/Conceptualizing	j	j	j	j
Handling details	j	j	j	j
Enduring	j	j	j	j
Initiating	j	j	j	j
Listening	j	j	j	j
Advising	j	j	j	j
Coaching	j	j	j	j
Working with precision	j	j	j	j
Moving with dexterity	j	j	j	j
Dealing with unknowns	j	j	j	j
Delegating	j	j	j	j
Remembering	j	j	j	j
Motivating	j	j	j	j
Repairing	j	j	j	j
Laboratory work	j	j	j	j
Exhibiting	j	j	j	j
Planning

Review the skills in which you have rated yourself highly. Select 5-10 of those you find most enjoyable and
give an example of how you have used each in either your academic, professional or personal life.

SKILL	EXAMPLE

Again review the list of skills. Which skills do you want to develop? How will you develop these skills?

SKILLS TO WORK ON	ACTION PLAN

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