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These questions can help to identify your skills

This page displays the competencies that can be matched with the skills listed in the employability profiles. Click on each competency to view questions that you can reflect on to identify and measure your own skills and to underpin your personal development planning (PDP). To get a fully rounded picture you will need to consider other matters too, but these questions should get you started on mapping your progress to date and identify areas that need further attention.

Use the glossary of competencies to view descriptions of each competency listed below.

Click on the titles below to read through relevant reflective questions. These links will open in a new window.


Achievement orientation            Lifelong learning and development


Adaptability / flexibility Listening


Analysis Organisation understanding


Attention to detail Organisational sensitivity


Commercial awareness Personal development


Creativity Planning and organisation


Decisiveness Process operation


Financial awareness Professional expertise


Image Questioning


Influencing Teamwork / working with others


Initiative Technical application


Interpersonal sensitivity Technical knowledge


Judgement Tolerance for stress


Leadership Written communication