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 Please have a look at this Job Skills Checklist. You can see it provides you with a skills inventory list that will be helpful to you when you put your CV together, or you can use it when you put together a covering letter to a potential employer.
The purpose here is to help jog your memory when you are asked to list your skills.
The following is a list of skills that is found in a cross section of careers. Please circle every skill that applies to you. Write down examples of situations you have experienced in your working life that demonstrates these skills, then incorporate these skills into your CV or covering letter.
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| administering programmes |
planning agendas/meetings |
updating files |
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| advising people |
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planning organisational needs |
setting up demonstrations |
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| analising data |
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predicting futures |
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sketching charts / diagrams |
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| assembling apparatus |
rehabilitating people |
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writing reports |
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| auditing financial reports |
organising tasks |
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writing for publication |
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| budgeting expenses |
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prioritising work |
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expressing feelings |
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| calculating numerical data |
creating new ideas |
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checking for accuracy |
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| finding information |
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meeting people |
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classifying records |
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| handling complaints |
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evaluating programmes |
coaching individuals |
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| handling detail work |
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editing work |
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collecting money |
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| imagining new solutions |
tolerating interruptions |
compiling statistics |
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| interpreting languages |
confronting other people |
inventing new ideas |
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| dispensing information |
constructing buildings |
proposing ideas |
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| adapting new procedures |
coping with deadlines |
investigating problems |
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| negotiating / arbitrating conflicts |
promoting events |
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locating missing information |
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| speaking to an audience |
raising funds |
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dramatising ideas |
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| writing letters / proposals/papers |
questioning others |
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estimating physical space |
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| reading volumes of material |
being thorough |
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organising files |
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| remembering information |
co ordinating schedules / files |
managing people |
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| interviewing prospective employees |
running meetings |
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selling products |
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| listening to others |
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supervising employees |
teaching / instructing / training |
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| relating to the public |
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enduring long hours |
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inspecting physical objects |
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| entertaining people |
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displaying artistic ideas |
distributing products |
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| deciding uses of money |
managing an organisation |
delegating responsibility |
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| measuring boundaries |
serving individuals |
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mediating between people |
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| counseling / consulting people |
motivating others |
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generating accounts |
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| operating equipment |
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reporting information |
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summarising information |
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| supporting others |
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encouraging others |
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delegating responsibilities |
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| determining a problem |
defining a problem |
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comparing results |
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| screening telephone calls |
maintaining accurate records |
drafting reports |
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| collaborating ideas |
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administering medication |
comprehending ideas |
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| overseeing operations |
motivating others |
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generating accounts |
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| teaching / instructing / training |
thinking in a logical manner |
making decisions |
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| becoming actively involved |
defining performance standards |
resolving conflict |
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| analising problems |
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recomending a course of action |
selling ideas |
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| preparing written communication |
expressing ideas to groups |
conducting interviews |
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| performing numeric analysis |
conducting meetings |
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setting priorities |
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| setting work / committee goals |
developing plans for projects |
gathering information |
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| taking personal responsibility |
thinking of creative ideas |
providing discipline when req`d |
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| maintaining a high level of activity |
enforcing rules and regulations |
meeting new people |
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| developing a climate of enthusiasm, |
interacting with people at |
picking out important information |
| teamwork and co operation |
different levels |
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| creating meaningful and |
taking independent action |
skilfully applying professional |
| challenging work |
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knowledge |
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| maintaining emotional control |
knowledge of concepts and |
providing customers with service |
| under stress |
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principals |
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| knowledge of community / |
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| government affairs |
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