Step 2 Recognise your strengths As an apprentice, an early career professional or with several years of experience, you bring many important benefits to your employer and your future career and knowing these strengths and attributes is key for keeping motivated and positive when considering your next step. Further to becoming an expert in your current role or course subject, you have developed technical, specialist and transferable skills that have equipped you for work, within your organisation or wider. Consider your current and previous positions, any volunteering, research, short training courses, presentations you have made, social groups or sports, etc. Consider the skills you may want to tell employers about? ■
Research and analysing information and experiences
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Evaluation and articulation of reasoned arguments
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Organisation and time management, with the capacity to set goals and meet deadlines
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Written and verbal communication and presentation of ideas, information or reports
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Leadership and motivation or coaching of others
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Problem solving, being creative and developing ideas.
For applications and interviews you will be required to highlight your most relevant examples of skills and achievements that you are most proud of from these activities that will help you showcase your strengths, and therefore help you to stand out from the crowd.
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Self Reflective Activity Think about your current roll. Can you list the strengths you have developed while doing it whilst juggling work with study.
