This document provides guidance on competency assessment for career planning. It discusses how individuals understand their own competencies and how that affects career choices. It then outlines a series of exercises for students to identify important experiences, spot competencies in success stories, distinguish between professional and personal competencies, make lists of educational and job experiences and milestones, and create a top 10 competencies list. The document asks students to consider their dreams for future careers and which competencies are relevant. It provides contact information for further questions.

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Your strenghs

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How we understand competency assessement
A person’s own understanding and formulation of experiences, results and
feedback from others.
A person’s subjective perception of its own capability will, combined with
personal expectations and personal goals, affect the career choices, the
person will make.

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Competency spotting – Exercise 1
Think of the 5 most important experiences/ situations that you are proud of –
in relation to education, job experience or spare time
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Competency spotting – Exercise 2
Groups of 3
Focus person: tells a sucess story from your professional life
Interviewer: asks questions to spot the competencies of the focus person
Spotter: writes the competencies spotted on Post-it-notes
You take turns 10 min. each person (including feedback)

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Professional vs. personal competencies
Professional
Professional qualifications – aquirement of knowledge, theories and methods
Practical unfolding of qualifications.
Personal
Personal strenghts, abilities, and qualities
Personal competencies developed through life

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Competency spotting – Exercise 3
Spot your own professional competencies
Part A:
Make a list of elements (e.g. courses, assignments) from your previous education,
jobs and current education.
Part B:
Note down mile stones

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Competency assessment
Competency spotting – Exercise 4
Spot your own personal competencies
Part A:
Make a list of elements (e.g. courses, assignments) from your previous
education, jobs and current education.
Part B:
Note down mile stones

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Competency spotting – Exercise 5
Create your TOP 10 list
(1-10 from lists already created)

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What would I like to become…
…when I grow up?

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What can I become…
…when I grow up

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Dream scenario
What is relevant according
to your dream scenario?
What is the link to your dream?
(which competencies)

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Questions & contacts
Susanne Søes Hejlsvig sush@asb.d