Milepost 5:
My Personal Skills Assessment
At this stop, you'll discover a great deal about yourself.
You may not realize it, but you have many valuable personal skills!
This assessment will help you identify your personal skills
-- important skills you use every day that you can apply to any job, anywhere,
anytime.
Personal skills are important to consider when you begin
thinking about career options. Will your personal skills be a good match
for a particular career? Or will they be better suited for one career more
than another?
Let's get started revealing all the great skills you have!
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My Personal Skills Assessment
Place a check (
) next to
the skills you possess and demonstrate.
I possess these skills: (check all that
apply)
____ Show
motivation
____ Show maturity
____ Set and achieve
goals
____ Learn quickly
____ Act
responsibly
____ Accept supervision
____ Am
well-organized
____ Accept direction
____ Complete
tasks
____ Show interest
____ Am
reliable
____ Am cooperative
____ Absorb and manage
stress
____ Am creative
____ Work
hard
____ Am considerate of others
____ Make good
decisions
____ Follow instructions
____ Can locate
information
____ Am a good planner
____ Meet
deadlines
____ Am trustworthy
____ Show
patience
____ Am punctual (on time)
____ Am
cheerful
____ Can solve problems
____ Have a sense of
humor
____ Show sensitivity
____ Remember
facts
____ Am realistic
____ Am
sincere
____ Am helpful and resourceful
____ Absorb and manage
anger
____ Show concern for others
____ Am
self-confident
____ Am ambitious
____ Am
dependable
____ Am thrifty (not wasteful)
____ Know how to
learn
____ Show leadership
____ Am
independent
____ Am honest
____ Am
self-motivated
____ Respect authority
____ Show good
attendance
____ Am versatile (can do many things)
____ Use common
sense
____ Have good sense of direction
____ Am a good
listener
____ Am willing to learn new things
____ Get things
done
____ Act friendly
____ Am
eager
____ Have a good nature
____ Can
coordinate
____ Am flexible
____ Share with
others
____ Get along with others
____ Am
loyal
____ Manage time well
____ Set
priorities
____ Am spontaneous
____ Am
optimistic
____ Make effort and keep trying
____ Am
methodical
____ Am productive
____ Am
accurate
____ Show good self-esteem
____ Can identify
needs
____ Can work well with people
____ Am
practical
____ Am careful
____ Am
open-minded
____ Am innovative
____ Am
expressive
____ Can overcome challenges
As you can see, you have many personal skills! All the
skills listed in this exercise are valuable and important in any work
environment.
Did you check them all? If not, did you come across a
skill would like to develop? It's worth a try!
Now, let's summarize....
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My Top 10 Personal Skills
In the space below, list your Top Ten personal skills.
Which ten personal skills are your strongest?
1. _________________________________
2. _________________________________
3. _________________________________
4. _________________________________
5. _________________________________
6. _________________________________
7. _________________________________
8. _________________________________
9. _________________________________
10. _________________________________
Save these results for the final Assessment Summary!
Let's proceed on to Milepost 6 at the Assessment Contents
Page!
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