SKILLS CHECKLIST
Directions: Important skills can often be overlooked. The
following checklists show adaptive skills most employers find
important, and transferable skills that can enhance your
marketability. Read each skill carefully. If you have or use
the skills under “Adaptive Skills” most of the time, put a
check mark in the first column. If you only use that skill
some of the time, check the second column. Under
“Transferable skills,” if you have strong skills, put a check
mark in that column. If you want to use those skills on your
next job, check the “next job” column. Don’t mark either column if you don’t use that skill often.
Adaptive Skills
CRITICAL SKILLS
These are skills all employers value highly. They reflect a person’s personality and traits.
Employers often won’t hire a person who does not have or use some of these skills.
EMPLOYERS VALUE PEOPLE WHO:
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Skills
Get to work every day
Get along well with coworkers
Arrive on time
Are honest
Get things done
Work hard
Follow instructions from supervisor
OTHER ADAPTIVE SKILLS
GOOD WORKERS HAVE THE FOLLOWING ADAPTIVE SKILLS:
Skills
Ambition
Patience
Assertiveness
Learn quickly
Flexibility
Dependability
Complete assignments
Sincerity
Solve problems
Friendliness
Good sense of humor
Physical strength
Good sense of direction
Highly motivated
Intelligence
Creativity
Leadership
Enthusiasm
Persistence
Are results-oriented
Pride in doing a good job
Willingness to learn new things
Take responsibility
Ask questions
Other:
Transferable Skills
CRITICAL SKILLS
These skills tend to get you higher levels of responsibility and pay. They are worth emphasizing
in an interview! If you have these transferable skills you are able to:
Skills
Meet deadlines
Speak in public
Supervise others
Accept responsibility
Strong
Skills
Next
Job
Strong
Skills
Solve problems
Plan
Understand & control budgets
Increase sales or efficiency
Next
Job
OTHER TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
KEY SKILLS
Strong
Skills
Skills
Instruct others
Manage money
Manage people
Meet deadlines
Meet the public
Next
Job
Strong
Skills
Next
Job
Strong
Skills
Next
Job
Strong
Skills
Next
Job
Strong
Skills
Next
Job
Strong
Skills
Next
Job
Negotiate
Organize/manage projects
Speak in public
Write well
OTHER TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
USING MY HANDS/DEALING WITH THINGS – “REALISTIC”
Skills
Assemble things
Build things
Construct/repair buildings
Drive, operate vehicles
Am good with hands
Strong
Skills
Next
Job
Observe/inspect
Operate tools
Repair things
Use complex equipment
DEALING WITH DATA – “CONVENTIONAL”
Skills
Analyze data
Audit records
Set up budgets
Calculate/compute
Check for accuracy
Classify things
Compare
Compile
Record facts
Research
Skills
Administer
Care for
Confront others
Counsel people
Demonstrate
Diplomatic
Help others
Have insight
Instruct
Interview people
Kind
Listen
Mentor
Negotiate
Strong
Skills
Next
Job
Count
Detail-oriented
Evaluate
Investigate
Keep financial records
Locate answers, information
Manage money
Observe/inspect
Synthesize
Take inventory
WORKING WITH PEOPLE – “SOCIAL”
Strong
Skills
Next
Job
Outgoing
Patience
Persuade
Pleasant
Sensitive
Sociable
Supervise
Tactful
Teaching
Tolerant
Tough
Trusting
Understanding
USING WORDS, IDEAS – “INVESTIGATIVE”
Skills
Articulate
Communicate verbally
Correspond with others
Create new ideas
Design
Edit
Ingenious
Strong
Skills
Next
Job
Inventive
Library research
Logical
Public speaking
Remembering information
Write clearly
LEADERSHIP – “ENTERPRISING”
Skills
Arrange social functions
Competitive
Decisive
Delegate
Make decisions
Manage or direct others
Mediate problems
Motivate people
Negotiate agreements
Planning
Skills
Strong
Skills
Next
Job
Strong
Skills
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Job
Strong
Skills
Next
Job
Direct others
Explain things to others
Influence others
Initiate new tasks
Results oriented
Take risks
Run meetings
Self-confident
Self-motivated
Solve problems
CREATIVE/ARTISTIC – “ARTISTIC”
Strong
Skills
Artistic
Draw
Paint
Expressive
Next
Job
Perform, act
Present artistic ideas
Dance, body movement
Write creatively
OTHERS:
Skills
Strong
Skills
Next
Job
Strong
Skills
Next
Job
Your Top Transferable Skills
Carefully review your list of transferable skills. Then select the top five
skills you want to use in your next job and list them below.
Your Top Five Transferable Skills For Your Next Job
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