1. Skills cardSkills card
analysisanalysis
Dr Tina DaviesDr Tina Davies
Windmills ChampionWindmills Champion
1313thth
January 2010January 2010

2. Importance of skillsImportance of skills
analysisanalysis
 look at individual skills in depthlook at individual skills in depth
 focus career goalsfocus career goals
 improve self promotionimprove self promotion
 work based discussionswork based discussions

3. Skills card analysisSkills card analysis
 focus on positivesfocus on positives
 what are your strengthswhat are your strengths
 what do you enjoy!what do you enjoy!

4. Skills card analysisSkills card analysis
 7 cards in each colour7 cards in each colour
 find some spacefind some space
 get comfortableget comfortable

5. Skills you
love using
Skills you
quite enjoy
Skills you
don’t enjoy
LOVE USING
QUITE ENJOY
DON’T ENJOY
Skills- not just about work

6. LOVE USING
QUITE ENJOY
DON’T ENJOY
NEEDS
DEVELOPING
REASONABLE GOOD
Skills matrix
PRIME SKILLS

7. LOVE USING
QUITE ENJOY
DON’T ENJOY
NEEDS
DEVELOPING
REASONABLE GOOD
Skills matrix
C
F
I
B
E
H
A
D
G

8. LOVE USING
QUITE ENJOY
DON’T ENJOY
NEEDS
DEVELOPING
REASONABLE GOOD
Skills matrix
training and
development
opportunity
burn out
80% job more
likely enjoy work
< 20% job

9. SkillsSkills
 love using but needslove using but needs
development (C)development (C)
– training and developmenttraining and development
opportunityopportunity
 love using and are good atlove using and are good at
(A)(A)
– if 80% work more likely toif 80% work more likely to
enjoy jobenjoy job

10. SkillsSkills
 don’t enjoy and needsdon’t enjoy and needs
developing (I)developing (I)
– if large part of job ‘burnif large part of job ‘burn
out’out’
– avoid!avoid!

11. SkillsSkills
 don’t enjoy and but aredon’t enjoy and but are
good at (G)good at (G)
– if less than 20% workif less than 20% work
more likely to enjoy jobmore likely to enjoy job

12. Priority profilePriority profile
 Love the mostLove the most
 Love the bestLove the best
 List the top six in order of preferenceList the top six in order of preference

13. Benefits of skills analysisBenefits of skills analysis
 job applications and CVjob applications and CV
 identify own strengthsidentify own strengths
 identify areas of developmentidentify areas of development
 help for discussionhelp for discussion
 starting point if struggling with careerstarting point if struggling with career