Self Assessment: Transferable Skills Survey

As you begin your job search, it is important that you know your own qualifications. Over the years you have developed many skills from coursework, extracurricular activities and your total life experiences. If you've researched topics and written, edited and presented papers for classes, you've used skills which are not limited to any one academic discipline or knowledge area but are transferable to many occupations. A prospective employer expects you to be able to apply the skills you have learned in college to the work environment.

Below is a list of five broad skill areas which are divided into more specific, skills. Rate the skills indicating your ability in each area.

Scale: 0 = no ability, 1 = enough ability to get by with help from others, 2 = some ability, 3 = strong ability