Everyone has extensive skills but overlook many of
their skills if they cannot relate them to a specific work situation. When
checking skills, recognize that you have three basic types of skills:
1.
Work/special or knowledge
skills
2.
Functional/transferable
skills
3.
Personal/self-management
skills
Work/special or knowledge skills relate to activities
you have done in a particular work situation; activities that you have learned
on-the-job. For example, if you are an accountant you understand accounting
principles; a chemical technician has special knowledge about chemistry. So,
not anyone can do that job without having some special knowledge about that
field.
Functional/transferable skills are any ability that is
not specific to a single job or task. They can be applied to a wide variety of
tasks in a wide variety of contexts. Supervising, corresponding, public
speaking and motivating are examples of functional skills. If you have
supervisory skills, you can transfer those abilities to any work environment.
Personal/self-management skills involve a person's
self-control when dealing either with people or the budgeting of time. Being
punctual, dependable, conscientious, patient and sympathetic are important
attributes for many jobs and should not be overlooked when skills are assessed.
Employers often base a hiring decision on how an individual manages
himself/herself and how that behaviour will relate to the work environment.
The following is an alphabetical list of functional skills. Review the
ones you have.
Administering
A department of people
programs, a specific activity, such as a test.
Advertising
Giving financial counsel, advice
in an educational system
Analysing
Quantitative data,
statistical data
Human/social situations
Anticipating
Staying one step ahead of
moods of the public
Being able to sense what
will be fashionable in consumer goods
Expecting a problem before
it develops, seeing first signs
Arranging
Social functions, events
Meeting between specific
people
Assembling
Technical apparatus or
equipment
Items of information into a
coherent whole
Auditing
Assessing the financial
status of an organization
Budgeting
Outlining costs of a
project
Assuring that money will
not be spent in excess of funds
Using money efficiently and
economically
Calculating
Performing mathematical
computations
Assessing risks in advance
Committee Working
Attaining objectives
through committee processes
Creating and implementing
committee structures
Compiling
Gathering numerical,
statistical data
Accumulating facts in a
given topic area
Confronting
Obtaining decisions form
reluctant people
Giving bad news to others
Obtaining information form
others who are unwilling to disclose information
Receiving personal
conflicts
Constructing
Mechanical apparatus
Physical objects,
furniture, etc.
House construction or
similar
Controlling
Exercising financial
control
Crowd behaviour; children
Environmental control
Coordinating
Numerous events involving
groups of people
Quantities of information
Activities in several
locations
Events in time sequence
Corresponding
Answering inquiries by mail
Initiating letters to
others
Soliciting business by mail
Counselling
Helping people with
personal/emotional concerns
Helping people with life
Development concerns:
career, finances
Helping people with
educational plans
Helping people with family
matters
Classifying
Sorting information into
categories
Coaching
Guiding activities of an
athletic team
Tutoring in academic
subjects or other pursuits on a one-to-one basis
Collecting
Money or services from
people
Widely scattered items
Many items in a single
class
Dealing with Unknowns
Making decisions based upon
severely limited information
Making hypothesis about
unknown phenomena
Deciding
Making decisions about use
of money
Making decisions involving
safety
Making decision about
alternatives
Delegating
Distributing tasks to
others
Giving responsibility to
others on a work team
Designing
Physical interiors of rooms
Exteriors of buildings
Plans involving processing
of information
Developing Mathematical Models
For scientific phenomena
For behavioural phenomena
For economic phenomena
Dispensing
Information to the public
Materials, equipment,
medicine
Creating
Artistically (visual arts,
etc.)
New ideas for an
organization
New ways of solving mechanical
problems
Inventing new apparatus,
equipment
Dealing with Pressure
Risks toward self, physical
and otherwise
Risks towards others
Time pressure, deadlines
for getting work done Judging likely costs of an operation
Projecting possibilities of
future income
Judging physical space
accurately
Physical hardship
Complaints, abuse from
others
Displaying
Ideas in artistic form
Pictures for public display
Products in a store window
Equipment, mechanical
devices
Distributing
Products to people
personally
Marketing products, making
them available to customers
Dramatizing
Business/commercial ideas
(e.g. advertising presentations)
Social concerns, problems
Working behind the scenes
Editing
Newspaper, magazine pieces,
book manuscripts, etc.
Enduring
Long hours of work
Physical danger
People who are
"difficult"
Periods of being alone
Entertaining
On an in-person basis, to
audience
Via electronics media
Giving parties, social
events
Evaluating
Assessing determine success
Judging the performance of
an individual
Examining
Administering written tests
Making a financial
assessment
Looking for
physical/medical symptoms
Exhibiting
Showing or demonstrating
Explaining
Justifying one's actions to
others
Making obscure ideas clear
to others
Expressing Feelings
To another individual
personally
To an audience or other
group
Finding
Information from obscure,
remote or varied sources
People who can be helpful
to you or others
Fund Raising
On person-to-person basis
such as door-to-door
by mail for large
foundation
For political candidates,
on in-person basis
Through sale of products
for charity
Through advertising media
Group Facilitating
Managing the positive interaction
of members in a group
Specific facilitation
involving therapy
Handling Complaints
Customers of retail stores
Stockholders of
corporations
Citizens to government
Agencies
Parents of school or
college students
Handling Detail Work
Doing numerous small tasks
within a short time period
Following through on small
detailed assignments
Hurrying
Working at a fast pace
Moving quickly form place
to Place
Imagining
New ways of dealing with
old problems
Theoretical relationships
Artistic ideas or
perspective
Initiating
Personal contacts with
strangers
New ideas, ways of doing
things, new approaches
Inspecting
Physical objects to meet
standards
People to determine
criteria or detect information
Interpreting
Other languages
Obscure phrases or passages
in English
Meaning of statistical data
Interviewing
Evaluating applicants For
an organization obtaining information from others
Investigating
Seeking information, which
individuals may attempt to keep secret
Seeking the underlying
causes of a problem
Laboratory Working
Setting up scientific
equipment
Obtaining results from
controlled experiments
Listening
To extended conversations
between others
To extended conversation
from one person in order to help
To recording devices or
other monotonous listening situations
Locating
Finding people who are
missing
Detecting missing
information
Sources of help for others
Making Layouts
For printed media,
newspaper
For public displays,
posters
Managing
Being responsible for the
work of others
Having responsibility for
the processing of information
Guiding activities of a
team
Having responsibility for
meeting objectives of an organization or department
Mapping
Mapping geographical,
physical boundaries
Putting sequences of events
into graphic form
Measuring
Obtaining accurate
scientific measurements
Mediating
Being a peacemaker between
conflicting parties
Acting as liaison between
competing interests or differing constituencies
Meeting the Public
Being a receptionist or
greeter
Giving tours
Being public representative
of an agency
Selling products in a
public place
Dealing with public in a
service capacity (e.g. Policeman, Barber)
Monitoring
Following progress of
another person
Observing progress on
equipment or apparatus
Motivating
Others for peak physical
performances
Others for psychological
efforts, helping them to overcome their inertia
Moving with Dexterity
Being able to move with
speed and grace (sports, etc.)
Negotiating
Financial contracts
Between individuals or
groups in conflict
Observing
Physical phenomena with
accuracy
Behaviour of human beings
Social/Historical changes
Small details in physical
objects
Small details in written
materials
Obtaining Information
From written sources,
documents
From unwilling individuals
Operating
Scientific equipment
Mechanical devices,
vehicles
Electronic data equipment,
etc.
Organizing
Bringing people together
for certain tasks
Gathering information and
arranging it in clear, interpretable form
Arranging political
activity
Rousing the public to
action
Outdoor Working
Involvement with the land
and its resources
Involvement with animal
life
Testing oneself against
physical challenges
Involvement with wild
animals
Collecting scientific data
Recasting land for
commercial use
Persuading
Influencing others to see
your point of view
Using influence with others
where money is involved
Persuading others to help
you
Planning
Anticipating future needs
of a company or organization
Scheduling a sequence of
events
Arranging an itinerary for
a trip
Politicking
Generating support for
one's ideas within an organization
Generating financial
support form another agency or organization
Attempting to influence
Policy within an
organization
Predicting
Forecasting physical
phenomena
Forecasting
psychological/social events
Forecasting the outcome of
contents
Forecasting economic trends
Preparing
Scientific equipment or
specimens
Written materials for a
presentation
Printing
Using mechanical printing
equipment
Printing letters carefully
by hand
Processing
The orderly flow of
electronic data
Introducing an individual
to procedures of an organization
Identifying human
interactions taking place in a group
Channelling information
through a system
Programming
Electronic computers
Developing and arranging sequence
of events
Promoting
Through written media
On a personal basis,
one-to-one
Arranging financial backing
Proposal Writing
For government funding
For revising in-house
operations
Protecting
Protecting people from
physical harm
Protecting property from
people
Building protective devices
or equipment
Preventing destructive
natural phenomena
Questioning
Obtaining evidence in legal
situations
Asking creative questions
in fluid situations
Reading
Reading large amounts of
material quickly
Reading written materials
with great care
Reading numbers or symbols
at a great distance
Reading illegible or very
small writing
Recording
Numerical, Quantitative
data
Scientific data, using
instruments
Recording Keeping
Orderly keeping of
numerical data records
Keeping log of sequential
information
Creating and Maintaining
files
Clear and accurate
financial records
Records of services
rendered
Recruiting
Attempting to acquire the
service of people for an organization
Rehabilitating
Helping people to resume
use of limbs, etc. after injury
Working with patients
through non-physical media such as art, music, dance, etc.
Remembering
Large quantities of
information for immediate recall
Names, faces, places, etc.
Long sequences of events or
instructions
Repairing
Mechanical devices,
equipment
Furniture, doors, walls,
etc.
Repeating
Same procedure many times
Many attempts to obtain a
difficult result
Representing
Representing an employer to
the public
Researching
Extracting information form
library, archives, etc.
Obtaining information from
other people (surveys)
Obtaining information form
physical data
Reviewing
Re-assessing effects of a
program
Assessing performance of an
individual
Evaluating a play, movie,
concert, recital, etc.
Rewriting
Technical language into
popular form
Revising manuscripts
Selling
Ideas to others personally
Ideas through writing
Products to individuals
Policies to the public
Serving
Providing service to an
individual
Serving product to
individuals such as food
Setting Up
Arranging for a
demonstration of some physical apparatus
Getting people and things
ready for a show, an exhibit, etc.
Sketching
Pictures of things, people
Diagrams, charts, other
symbols
Speaking
Speaking publicly to an
audience
Speaking individually to
groups
Speaking on electronic
media (radio, TV, tape recorder, etc.)
Speaking with clear diction
Supervising
Directly supervising work
of others in a white collar setting
Overseeing labourers
Being responsible for
maintenance of a physical plant, building set of apartments, etc.
Talking
For long periods of time
Able to sustain social
chatter
Teaching
In a school or college
classroom
Individual to perform
certain tasks
Tutoring individuals in
certain subjects
Timing
Organizing time efficiently
so that many tasks are completed in a definite time period
Arranging an event so that
it occurs at precisely the right moment
Toleration
Ability to accept
misbehaviour or mistakes by people for whom you are responsible
Being philosophical about
lack of support for what you are doing and misunderstanding, lack of reward or
recognition
Translating
Expressing one's words
Language of words of
another
Reducing sophisticated
language to simpler terms
Treating
Treating physical ailments
of humans or animals
Trouble Shooting
Finding sources of
difficulty in human relations
Detecting sources of
difficulty in physical apparatus
Updating
Keeping a file of information up-to-date
Completing historical record of a person or
organization
Acquiring
new information on an old topic Using Instruments
Of a scientific nature
Of a medical nature
Related to motion,
transportation
Working with Precision
On physical materials
With numerical data
In time and space
situations
Calling for little error
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