Skills Exercise
SKILLS EXERCISe
Below is a list of skills typically found in a cross section of careers. Read the list and choose those skills that you feel you have and would enjoy using on the job.
Administering programs Assessing validity/quality Advising people Analyzing data Arranging social functions Assembling apparatus Auditing financial records Budgeting expenses Calculating numerical data Checking for accuracy Classifying records Coaching individuals Collecting money Compiling statistics Confronting other people Constructing buildings Expressing feelings Handling complaints Imagining new solutions Inspecting physical objects Interviewing people Coordinating events Coping with others Corresponding with others Counseling people Deciding uses of money Delegating responsibility Designing data systems Dispensing information Dramatizing ideas/problems Editing publications Enduring long hours Entertaining clients | Estimating physical space Evaluating programs Exhibiting plans Finding information Handling detail work Interpreting languages Inventing new ideas Investigating problems Locating missing information Measuring boundaries Meeting the public Motivating others Operating equipment Persuading others Planning organizational needs Creating new ideas Promoting events Repeating same procedure Reviewing programs Protecting property Raising funds Recording scientific data Rehabilitating people Researching in a library Running meetings Serving individuals Monitoring other’s progress Negotiating contracts Organizing people/tasks Planning agendas Politicking with others Appraising services Preparing materials Initiating conversations with strangers | Selling products Predicting futures Recruiting people for hire Setting up demonstrations Speaking in public Supervising others Sketching charts or diagrams Tolerating interruptions Visualizing new formats Writing clear reports Listening to others Managing an organization Programming computers Mediating between people Questioning others Reading volumes of materials Repairing mechanical devices Remembering information Updating files Working with precision Writing for publication Teaching classes/training Coping with pressure/time cconstraints |
