Current and Future Skills Clarify Career Possibilities

Skills

  are the competencies you have developed though education or training.
All jobs require specific skills. When you have the ability to preform a task well you are a skilled worker.

    eview the following list.
Put an X next to all of the skills you have now or plan to develop in the future. The results of this survey will show the career cluster for which you may be a skilled worker.

    Planting, cultivating or harvesting a garden
Building things with tools
Understanding technical information
Playing, writing or preforming music
Taking care of people or animals
Being a leader
Keeping track of numbers, systems, people or records
Developing outdoor survival skills
Repairing or using mechanical things
Observing, studying or experimenting with scientific information
Finding new ways of doing things
Using verbal skills to help people solve problems
Using verbal skills to influence others
Following directions from other precisely
Developing outdoor camping skills
Using tools and drawings to repair things
Solving math or science problems
Performing in dramas or dance
Planning social activities for groups of people
Organizing students for an activity
Keeping neat and accurate records
Observing behavior patterns of birds or animals
Making crafts or clothes
Knowing how computers work
Using imagination to write or draw
Getting along well with others
Being a good speaker
Keeping homework organized
Developing fishing or hunting skills
Driving or operating a vehicle
Figuring out problems
Visualizing objects and creating drawings
Explaining ideas to people
Setting and reaching goals
Keeping accurate records
Doing yard work
Operating machinery or equipment
Understanding good chess moves and strategy games
Expressing feelings or ideas through art, music or writing
Teaching or instructing people
Convincing people to do things your way
Knowing and following correct rules and procedures

     To tally your score,

And the winning choice is...

 

Consumer Service,
Hospitality, Tourism

Transportation Technologies

Busies Management and Finance

Arts, Media and Communication

Construction and Development

Human Resource Services

Environmental, Agricultural and Natural Resources

Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology

Health and Biosciences

Making good choices for your future

  Tips for Writing a Good Job Objective
Narrow your focus with a strong career objective.

Aptitude Tests
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