You Have Skills

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In my, "Bragging About You" training video, I talk about skills, skills, skills. I keep it pretty high level. Here, I'm going to ask you to drill a little deeper into your skillset. I've written dozens of job descriptions that ask for particular skill sets.  I'm going to use myself as an example, so you can see what I'm talking about. I am going to show you a couple of broad categories of skills, and then you can choose a category and state how you use those skills. If you need to, you can use the internet to help you identify the skills you use in your current job. Okay, here are a few of my skills from jobs I currently hold or have held within the past 10 years. I will start with a broad category and then give specific skill sets under each one.

1. Entrepreneurial Skills: As an entrepreneur I...

• Write weekly blog content for the site to provide education, information, public health training, and leadership development resources for healthcare professionals.
• Conduct research in public health and healthcare administration.
• Develop training tools using online resources such as YouTube and Teachable to create course content.
• Design social media marketing campaigns and establish growth targets. 

2. Teaching Skills: As a faculty member I....

• Utilize teaching methods and techniques to facilitate students' learning in online and face to face classrooms.
• Read, review, and research current topics in the field to portray that information to students in as clear a manner as possible at their level of learning and development.
• Create a variety of teaching modalities to use in the classroom environment to engage different learning styles. 
• Serve as a mentor to students as they prepare for their future careers. 

Your Turn. Think of how you use the specific skill set of "Communication Skills." I picked this one because it is a commonly requested skill set on job descriptions. 

3. Communication Skills: In my job I...

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After you list out your specific communication skills, then create another skills list that you commonly use. Identify the specific underlying skills you use for that skill set in your current role, previous role, or in your educational experience.