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3: IDENTIFYING YOUR SKILLS

DESCRIBING YOUR SKILLS View the listing of skills below and identify the skills you possess. Skills listed below are broken out into common hard skills and soft skills. Do you have any additional hard or soft skills that you should share with employers that aren’t on these lists? Highlight your pertinent skills in your resumes, cover letters, job interviews and other communication with employers.

General Traits What kind of person are you? General traits describe you, not just as an employee, but as a human being. The descriptive words offered below will give you an idea of the many positive things you can say about yourself.

Able Accepting Active

Dependable Determined Dignified Frank Friendly Thrifty Gentle Giving Helpful Honorable Idealistic Imaginative Independent Innovative Inquisitive Intelligent

Introverted Intuitive Kind Knowledgeable Liberal Lively

Persuasive Playful Pleasant Poised Powerful Precise Principled Progressive Protective Questioning Quiet

Reflective Relaxed Reliable Reserved Resolute Respectful Responsible Responsive

Adaptable Ambitious Assertive Bold Bright Calm Caring Certain Cheerful Clever Confident Courageous Creative

Logical Loving Mature Modest

Scientific Sensitive Spiritual

Observant Organized Original Passive Patient Perceptive

Rational Realistic

Useful Warm Wise

Reasonable Reassuring

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