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Section 1
Consider the skills listed below and rate how important you think each skill is for employment and how competent you are in this skill.
Consider how each of these skills may enhance your performance, and allow you to develop and advance further. You may wish to discuss
these with your advisor of studies. Alternatively, you may wish to ask a friend or family member, and to compare and discuss your separate
findings.
Once you have rated yourself, multiply the number in the column marked ‘Competence’ with that in the column ‘Job Importance’. So, for
example, if you feel that you are not very proficient in verbal and written communication (i.e. you have rated your competence at 4), but that
these skills are very important for employment (i.e. you have rated it at 5), then your overall total score would be 5 X 4 = 20.
Section 2
This section will provide you with examples of the types of evidence you can provide to demonstrate your level of competence with each skill.
Competence – How competent are you Job Importance – How important do you
in this skill? think this skill is in Employment?
1. Highly proficient 1. Unnecessary
2. Fairly proficient 2. Not very important
3. Adequate 3. Helpful
4. Not very proficient 4. Fairly important
5. Unskilled 5. Essential
SKILL COMPETENCE JOB IMPORTANCE COMPETENCE EVIDENCE FOR YOUR LEVEL OF
X COMPETENCE
JOB
IMPORTANCE
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
COMMUNICATION
Written:
12 I’m not very good at expressing myself in writing,
Ability to express self well in writing therefore I need to gain experience in doing this although
it’s not exactly necessary for my future career but it will
be extremely helpful for life in general for personal
statements.
Verbal:
Informal – ability to network easily 15 I can communicate well with people, but I am not very
with other people confident at all about doing this, but it is extremely helpful
in my job and a must for my job so I need to learn how to
do this well and successfully.
Formal – ability to express yourself 20 I have no confidence to do this concisely, I can express
clearly and concisely to a group of myself well to friends, tutors and those I know but not
people with the confidence that I require. I need to be able to do
this as I will be teaching children and this needs to be done
with confidence.
Non-verbal:
Listening – ability to attend actively to 8 I am very good at listening to other peoples views on a
others’ views and ideas and understand situation, I am also good at acting upon all the views I’ve
their point of view received. For my job it is quite important but not entirely
essential but it will be useful for my career as I’ll have to
listen to many people.
Body Language – ability to match 16 I am bad at expressions and body language, I always seem
body language appropriately to what is to have the same face whether they’re a good circumstance
being said verbally or bad. This means that I can give an appropriate
expression. I need to learn this in time for my career
because it will be helpful especially in front of students.
WORKING WITH OTHERS
Cooperation
Ability to collaborate effectively within 6 Having the ability to work as a team in teaching isn’t too
a team important as you usually work solo and the only time you
need to work as a team is during training. However I have
the ability to work quite well as a team whatever the
situation, due to current work.
Negotiation
Ability to reach a mutually satisfactory 12 Having the ability to compromise is pretty important in
outcome through compromise teaching as you’re going to have to make compromises a
lot especially when it comes to different people's needs
and ability as many people have different requirements
and this will take compromise. I am quite good at
compromise and learning to accept that things have to be
done on the terms of two people rather than just one
persons need.
Sensitivity
Ability to respond appropriately to 10 This is important because things change and new beliefs
individual differences, e.g., age, gender, and cultures become a thing and these need to be accepted
etc. rather than ignored or someone to be made uncomfortable
by. In teaching, children will go through different things,
decide different things and also will be different to another
student and it’s about taking these into consideration to
provide the best for the student. I am quite good at this
especially from working with a team with many different
ages, sexualities and genders.
Leadership
Ability to encourage and motivate In teaching you have to encourage and motivate students
others regularly so they can achieve the very best, this means that
you’ve got to be positive and motivational at any point
possible. This is something that I feel I’m quite good at but
could do with a lot of improvements to achieve my full
best to a level I could encourage students to be their best.
SKILL COMPETENCE JOB IMPORTANCE COMPETENCE EVIDENCE FOR YOUR LEVEL OF
X COMPETENCE
JOB
IMPORTANCE
Ability to supervise or direct work of 15 Supervising work and directing someone to do work is a
others massive part of teaching as students will have to do work
to achieve the very best from something. This means that
you have to be confident that the work your giving is for
the students and that you’re supervising those doing their
work.
Ability to evaluate competing priorities 16 Planning things in order of priority is important within
to plan ahead teaching as students need to be taught in order of units and
subjects, but also they need to be taught successfully and
this may have to be done in ways that at the time didn’t
seem specifically ideal. I am not very good at prioritising
as in a sense of has to be done this way, I am good at
doing things in order of what I feel will work best for
everyone involved.
APPLICATION OF NUMBER
Calculations
Ability to use a calculator or PC to 5 I am extremely good at using a calculator after doing
make calculations Maths Statistics at school, I also know how to use a PC to
these sums. This is important for a teacher as they need to
be able to demonstrate this to students in order for them to
be able to complete work.
Interpretation
Ability to interpret descriptive statistics, 10 I was always really bad at Maths and anything relating to
e.g. ratios percentages, means, standard Maths so this is not at all my strongest point and I
deviations wouldn’t be able to offer help with hard equations and
ratios. I don’t think I became a teacher I’d need to be good
at Maths unless I went into teaching that subject.
Ability to interpret inferential statistics, 10 I have very little idea on the meaning of this, so I have
e.g., confidence intervals, statistical marked myself low because I am not sure I’d be able to
significance, effect size show a good understanding of this.
Application
Ability to organise and present 6 I can do this, as it is something I enjoy doing however I
numerical data in an appropriate don’t think it's important in terms of my career unless I
manner become a Maths Teacher.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
File Management Techniques
Ability to create, store and retrieve files 15 I am confidently able to do this, with many different
programs whether this is Google or just the simple
computer. I am good at savings files to multiple different
places as I do this at work, College and work experience. I
think this is really important in my future job because I’ll
be saving students works, my lesson plans and
powerpoints.
Word Processing (e.g. MS Word)
Ability to use a word processing (WP) 10 I have attended school and college which all require the
package to produce a variety of formats information and work you do to be on word or Google
of documents docs. I am confidently able to do this to a high level of
precision. I feel this is extremely important for the job I
want to do as you will have to do many documents for the
students.
Spreadsheets (e.g., MS Excel)
Ability to use a spreadsheet to record 9 I am able to use spreadsheets and create different ones for
and manipulate different sets of data different pieces of information, I am happy to create these
and then send them to the relevant people. Usually in
teaching you don’t have to use these, unless you chose to
create trackers using these. This I can do anyway.
Skill Area Action Plan for Development and where you can access these
1. Creativity - I am not a very creative person, this is something I really struggle with. I aim to improve this by looking
at other peoples work for inspiration so that I can then learn how everyone else thinks things should look
Ability to generate new and how creativity is created by them. I aim to look at different Youtube videos for inspiration as they are
ideas or conceive existing sometimes like being taught something by a teacher/tutor.
ideas in a new way
2. Leadership - I prefer to do things in order of the sense that they make rather than prioritizing tasks, this is because I
can get then confused and not understand the whole point to something. I aim to work at this by
Ability to evaluate following set rules from work and seeing whether I can train myself to understand how prioritising does
competing priorities to plan help.
ahead
3. Non-Verbal
I need to learn to change my body language so that I match either the expression or mood of the
Body Language – ability to conversation/topic so that I can show more emotion than I normally do. This can make me seem more
match body language approachable and caring than I sometimes can come across.
appropriately to what is being
said verbally
4. Verbal -
I am not very good at expressing myself in any way in front of people, I have no confidence for that and
Formal – ability to express it affects who I then speak to. I find it hard to express myself in front of new people, this is something I
yourself clearly and concisely hope to improve over time ready for my university course.
to a group of people
5. Written -
I enjoy writing however I am not good at writing about myself no matter who or what it is for. Therefore it
Ability to express self well in is something I need to learn to do before I get to University.
writing
COMMUNICATION
Communication may be formal or informal, personal or impersonal, creative or factual. Messages may be delivered verbally, in writing or non-
verbally. There are many areas where examples of each communication approach may have been successfully applied, at university, at work, at
home, etc
Written - Ability to express self well in writing Ability to express self well in writing
● Presented a business plan at college, at the beginning of the course Year 1.
● Completed a about me page on a website portofolio
● Completed a personal statement stating about myself and expressing myself in writing.
● I have created a document all about myself ahead of beginning volunteering at Bingley Children’s Contact Centre.
Written - Ability to express self well in writing
Verbal:
Informal – ability to network easily with other people
● I have been part of many social gathering including planning these for work parties, birthday parties, friends meals.
● I have been part of dealing with issues inside work and been able to provide good ideas.
Non-verbal:
Listening – ability to attend actively to others’ views and ideas and understand their point of view
● Within college we have to take notes on what the tutor has said ready for our assignments, I am able to take good and precise notes on
what can be done to make my assignment the best I can.
● In meetings at work I am able to listen and then use what we’ve been told to improve my work and the effort I put in.
Body Language – ability to match body language appropriately to what is being said verbally
● At work working with customers means that body language always has to be positive and not too judgemental or anything like that so you
have to be able to prove that you are listening to the customer in terms of complaints or anything like that.
Sensitivity- Ability to respond appropriately to individual differences, e.g., age, gender, etc.
● At the contact centre there are many people there that are there for personal and sensitive reasons and you have to be sensitive and
understand that everyone's lives are different.
APPLICATION OF NUMBER
Calculations -
Interpretation - - Ability to interpret descriptive statistics, e.g. ratios percentages, means, standard deviations
- Ability to interpret inferential statistics, e.g., confidence intervals, statistical significance, effect size
Application -Ability to organize and present numerical data in an appropriate manner
● Within school I did a maths GCSE and also Maths Statistics this meant that I can do maths quite well. I also sometimes use maths within my
business course.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
File Management Techniques - Ability to create, store and retrieve files
● At college we have to create and store files and even sometimes look for these files, I can do this really well so this
gives me this ability.
Word Processing - Ability to use a word processing package to produce a variety of formats of documents
● We have to regularly create Google Docs, whether this be a report, spreadsheet, powerpoint. Therefore I am good at creating a wide range of
documents.
Spreadsheets - Ability to use a spreadsheet to record and manipulate different sets of data
● I am able to input information onto a spreadsheet which then can be used to record details and things that have happened or are happening.
PROBLEM SOLVING
Creativity - Ability to generate new ideas or conceive existing ideas in a new way
● I have worked out new ways to make working more fun when it’s busy or tiring this builds motivation
Organisation and Planning - Ability to set down a systematic sequence of activities and carry them through in an effective manner
● This is used to plan what we can do at work and in what order.
Self-awareness – ability to identify and reflect on own strengths and weaknesses in relation to:
● Personal Development: I am not confident at giving an overview at what my strengths are but I’m really good at saying what my
weaknesses are.
● Educational Development: I regularly review my targets, I also then use this to make sure that I can achieve everything I intend to
achieve. know exactly what I need to do to pass my course.
● Career Development: I have a plan to regularly update my CV this is because this is the key point of success as it details everything I
am capable of.
Effective learning – ability to learn from a range of situations and apply learning in a variety of contexts
● I used to play rugby for a team for Stanningley Rugby Team.
Reasoning skills – ability to defend argument using logical and systematic thinking based on sound evidence
● This is something I need to work on.
Reflection – ability to reflect on and critique own performance
● Mistakes are there to be made therefore, I can learn from these and then fix them for next time.
● I use feedback from assignments this means that I can achieve my best.
Study Skills - Ability to manage and prioritise time to meet deadlines - I hand my assignments in either before the deadline or on the deadline,
this means that I can be manage and prioritise my deadlines. This means that I can work through everything perfectly.
- Ability to identify relevant sources of information, including people and reference material - I can use work books, for example
textbooks to make sure that I get as much information as I need. I know to ask tutors for the help that I need.
- Ability to take notes, organize them, and integrate them with other sources of information - I am good at working at taking
notes, this means that I can take perfect notes. I like organising all the notes that I make so that I can use these in my assignments.
- Ability to reference materials using an appropriate system, e.g., Harvard or Vancouver - I use Harvard in all my assignments
this means that I can I can reference my sources.