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Instructions (Part 1)
The first part of this activity involves asking these people around you what they think your skills are. What are you good at? This
will be the first step towards helping you to identify your skills.
Speak to 5 people around you that you trust. This might be your friends, family, colleagues and others who know you best. Ask
them about what they think your skills are.
We have put together some questions that you might want to use when having these discussions to give you a guide as to the kinds
of information that will be useful to start you off identifying your skills.
There is also a list of skills on the next page, along with a definition of that skill that you may want to refer to when carrying out this
exercise.
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Instructions (Part 2)
The second part of this activity is for you to reflect on your own skills. Below are some examples of strengths-based questions.
These are used by some employers in the recruitment process.
The aim of the questions is to encourage you to reflect on what you are good at and what you enjoy doing.
Answer each question based on your own self-reflection. There are no right or wrong answers. You may again wish to refer to
the list of skills on the next page.
Your answers will be reviewed using the peer assessment tool.
Questions
Advocacy
Aesthetic
Understanding and appreciating what is pleasing to the senses and artistic values.
Agility
Challenging
Comparison & categorisation
Completion
Conceptualisation & theorising
Consistency
Cooperation
Data collection & investigation
Decision making
Developing others
Dexterity
Encouraging and enabling growth, progression and learning in others in order that
they become more effective or achieve greater levels of satisfaction.
Skill and grace in manipulating objects.
Entertaining
Amusing and keeping people interested. Helping them to have a good time.
Explaining
Idea generation
Informing
Initiative
Innovation
Learning ability
Mechanical ability
Monitoring & assessing
Observation
Persistence
Persuading
Planning
Quick thinking
Resilience
Working out how to use time, money, facilities and staff effectively and efficiently
to ensure that tasks are completed.
Understanding and valuing the feelings of others and behaving appropriately.
Motivating
Negotiation & conflict resolution
Numerical & textual manipulation
Public speaking
Social interaction
Putting people at their ease using conversation, behaviour and body language.
Spatial awareness
Having a strong sense of the space around you and of three-dimensional objects.
Timekeeping
Maintaining awareness of time constraints and ensuring that deadlines are met.
Writing
Expressing ideas and information clearly in a written form that is appropriate to its
purpose and readership.