Skill Lists

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Skill Lists

Job Skills The following is a list of job skills. There are literally thousands of job specific skills. This is not an adequate check list, it is only intended as an example of what to look for. You will have to research the job skills specific to your occupation.

Auditing Brake Alignments Building Maintenance C++ Programming Carpet Laying Cleaning CNC Machine Composite Engineering Cooking Counseling Customer Service Desk Top Publishing Drill Press Operation

Driving Editing Electronic Repair Filing Hammering Interviewing LAN Administration Management Mechanical Drafting Metal Fabrication Microsoft Word Operation

Payroll Accounting Public Speaking Scheduling Soldering Surgery Teaching Technical Writing Telemarketing Total Quality Typing Welding WordPerfect

Self-Management Skills
These are the skills you use every day to survive and to get along. These skills are often important because employers hire people who they feel will fit with the work group. Self- management skills are used to define "a good worker." Below, you will find a list of some self-management skills. Look it over and mark the skills you possess right now.
Critical Skills:

Responsible Follow instructions Punctual Responsible

Follow instructions Punctual Get along well with others Get things done Honesty

Other Adaptive Skills:

Ambitious Ask questions Assertive Assume responsibility Competitive Complete assignments Creative Decisive Dependable Detail-oriented Diplomatic Enthusiastic Flexible Friendly Highly motivated Ingenious Integrity Intelligent Inventive Kind

Learn quickly Mature Outgoing Patient Persistent Physically strong Pleasant Proud of doing a good job Results-oriented Self-motivated Sense of direction (purpose) Sense of humor Sensitive Sincere Sociable Tactful Tolerant Tough Trusting Understanding Willing to learn new things

Transferable Skills
These are general skills that can be useful on a variety of jobs. They are called transferable skills because they can be transferred from one job, or even one career, to another.
Critical Transferable Skills...these tend to get you higher levels of responsibility and pay. Emphasize them in an interview as well as on your resume.

Meet deadlines Public Speaking Supervise others Accept responsibility Solve problems

Project planning Budgeting Sales Efficiency

Thing skills:

Sense of touch Key boarding, typing Manual dexterity Gathering Separating Sorting Assembling Driving Observing/inspecting Operating machines Balancing, juggling Drawing, painting Sewing

Weaving Hammering Hand Crafts Precise tolerance or standards Physical agility, strength Endurance Finishing\refinishing Restoring Sandblasting Grinding Keypunching, drilling Modeling or remodeling

"People" Skills:

Caring Comforting Counseling Consulting Diplomacy Helping others Instructing Interviewing Listening Mentoring Negotiating Outgoing Mediating Group facilitating Communicating Encouraging

Conflict management Tolerance Diversity Conflict resolution Respect Empathy Sympathy Sensitive Responsive Problem solving Negotiating Motivating Inspiring trust Developing rapport Interviewing Inquiry

Dealing with data:

Analyzing Auditing Budgeting Calculating/computing Checking for accuracy Classifying Comparing Compiling Counting Detail-oriented Evaluating Investigating Financial records

Research Financial Management Recording facts Synthesizing Taking inventory Surveying Examining Detail oriented Following instructions Financial or fiscal analysis Cost analysis Organizing Problem solving

Using words, ideas:

Articulate Verbal Communication Correspondence Brainstorming Design Edit Inventive Logical Public speaking

Write clearly, concisely Telephone skills Imaginative Quick thinking Speech writing Promotional writing Advertising Publicity Sign Language

Leadership:

Competitive Decisive Delegate Direct others Influence others Initiate new tasks Decision making Manage or direct others Mediate problems Motivate people Negotiate agreements Planning Results oriented Risk taker

Run meetings Self-confident Self-motivated Solve problems Judgment Integrity Coordinating Work schedules Results oriented Self directed Multi-tasking Decisive Goal setting Strategic planning

Creative/Artistic

Artistic Drawing Expressive Perform Present artistic ideas Dance, body movement Visualize shapes

Designing Model making Handicrafts Poetic images Visualizing Illustrating, sketching Photography Mechanical drawing

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