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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