Wordscapes® (David Turner, Registered Trademark Owner) Technical Skills

Technical Skills

Make another list of all of the other skills you've developed throughout life - not just in paid employment. These might include:

operating a cash register when working part-time at a supermarket
computer skills or word/data processing skills learned in school, on the job, or as part of a course. List specific hardware and software you can work with.
office skills such as reception, filing, opening mail
knowledge or skills gained while earning your degree at university

These are your technical or work content skills. Write these on the Skills Inventory below.

Skills Inventory

Transferable/Functional

Personal/Self-Management

Technical/Work Content

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Your skills inventory might look something ike this:

Transferable/Functional	Personal/Self-Management
project management leadership-coordinating, coaching, training giving feedback giving presentations fundraising influencing others negotiating skills designing policy and procedures writing proposals	organized motivated enthusiastic supportive determined resourceful perceptive creative loyal trustworthy energetic committed positive

Results Achieved Through Skills Use

Now make a list of examples of how you've used your skill strengths. Where possible, indicate the result or the contribution you made. This will be useful to you in writing your resume and in interview situations, where your ability to link your skills to results achieved enhances your credibility and sales effectiveness.

For example, you might write on your list:

"Used fundraising, organizing and presentation skills to influence corporate donors to increase their donations to the ballet by 48 percent over the previous year."

Key Point: The average adult has somewhere between 400 and 700 skills. Yet, job-seekers struggle to identify five. Why is this so?

adapted
attained
completed
contributed
decreased (lowered)
doubled (tripled)
eliminated
established
expanded
implemented
improved

increased (raised)
introduced
maintained
multiplied
opened
proposed
provided (furnished)
realized
recommended
reduced (cut)
revamped

revised
revitalized
risked
saved
simplified
sold
solved
stimulated
streamlined
strengthened
structured

successful
supported
transferred
trouble-shot
uncovered
unified
upgraded
utilized
widened
won

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