TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
1. Look at the list of skills on the left hand side of the page. Go down the list and
identify by ticking the appropriate column whether for each skill you feel you
are
VERY COMPETENT
COMPETENT
ADEQUATE FOR THE TASK
UNDEVELOPED
2. Of those skills you have placed in the VERY COMPETENT and COMPETENT
columns, which ones do you enjoy using? Place a tick in the ENJOY USING
column for these skills.
3. Now look at the ADEQUATE and UNDEVELOPED skills. Highlight any of
these skills you would like to develop further
The skills you have identified as VERY COMPETENT and WANT TO USE A LOT
are your most transferable skills.
People, Creativity, Information, Things
4. For the next part of the exercise, note that each of the skill cards has a letter
on them: I,C,P,T –standing for Ideas, Creativity, People and Things.
I = IdeasThese cards represent the kind of skills required to record, communicate,
evaluate and organise facts or data about goods and services. People who like using
these skills typically enjoy working with figures, systems and routines.
C= CreativeThese represent skills used in being creative, designing conceptual
models and systems, experimenting with words, figures, music. People who like using
these skills typically enjoy creating, discovering, interpreting, synthesising and
abstract thinking.
P= People. These represent skills used in helping, informing, teaching, serving,
persuading, entertaining, motivating, selling and directing other people. People with
these skills generally like to engage in work with a great deal of interaction with
others.
T= Things. These represent skills used in making, repairing, transporting, servicing,
using equipment or carrying out technical tasks. People with these skills like using
tools and machinery and understanding how things work.
How many of your transferable skills are in each of the categories- Data, Ideas,
People or Things?
5. Add these letters to the table which lists your transferable skills. Place I, C,P
or T after each skill.
Completing this exercise may serve to confirm areas of interest, but may also help to
identify more skills than you thought you had.