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Being able to identify your skills can help you feel confident communicating your value to a future employer. Knowing what skills you are confident with and which ones you are not confident with can also help you know which skills you want to focus on learning/developing during the rest of your degree experience. Using the Sheffield Graduate Attributes as a useful framework, the questions below will help you identify which skills you have learnt, developed, and feel confident using, and which skills you might want to continue learning/developing.
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Sometimes it can be hard to know exactly what skills you have and to name them. The Sheffield Graduate Attributes are a helpful framework for breaking down exactly which skills you will be developing in your university experience, but it can also be useful to think of other skills you can identify. Look at the list of SGAs and the list of skills, categorise these skills into:
Skills you feel confident with
Skills you want to develop
Skills you want to learn
The Sheffield Graduate Attributes:
The Sheffield Graduate Attributes:
You can find explanations and examples of each attribute here.
Academic writing
Numeracy & data
Study skills
Research skills
Research impact
Critical thinking
Translating knowledge
Problem solving
Knowledge Exchange
Digital fluency
Digital communication
Digital citizenship
Communication
Networking
Emotional intelligence
Community
Global citizen
Inclusive
Collaboration
Influence
Leadership
Integrity
Appropriate conduct
Sustainability
Self care
Autonomy
Self-awareness
Growth mindset
Determined
Resilient
Healthy relationships
Defining purpose
Positive mindset
Innovative
Commercially aware
Adaptable
Other Skills:
Other Skills:
Here is a list of common and transferable skills.
Active listening
Independent working
Presentation skills
Motivated
Organised
Creative thinking
Summarising information
Attention to detail
Time management
Editing
Storytelling
Understanding context
Interpreting information
Multi-tasking
Reviewing texts
Rating these skills:
Rating these skills:
Once you have categorised these skills, you can now decide which ones you feel most and least confident using. This can help you identify which opportunities you might want to find in order to develop your employability. You can use the How to Gain Experience Guide and the Developing Skills activity to identify how you can develop these skills.
By completing this activity, you will have used these SGAs:
Growth Mindset
Positive Mindset
Defining Purpose
Self-awareness
Communication
Critical Thinking
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