REPORT 1 - PERSONAL SKILL PROFILE - SUGGESTED ACTION STEPS
REPORT 1 - PERSONAL SKILL PROFILE - SUGGESTED ACTION STEPS
There are different ways to best use the results of this report depending on your individual career needs and goals. Use the suggestions below that best fit your current career situation.
Tip: If you do not have sufficient time to explore the suggestions now (underlined topics) you can access the information later using Your Career Roadmap (link on home page).
Assessment
Read the definition for each Major Skill Category to understand your greatest areas of strength and preference. Evaluate your current career against your report to determine if you are using your strengths in the proportion and degree you would like. In planning your next move, optimize your level of satisfaction by focusing on your favorite skill categories and key skills.
Generalist vs. Specialist - The pattern of your skills will give you clues as to if you are more of a generalist or specialist. Generalists typically prefer using a wide range of skills from different categories in various tasks and activities. Specialists typically prefer using a few Major Role Skills concentrated in two or three categories and like gaining mastery in a few key areas. Be aware of your natural preference in assessing career options.
Exploration
If you wish to learn about other career options that draw on your preferred skill categories and skills you may want to invest time in researching:
Since you may not want to utilize all of the skills listed on your Personal Skill Profile Report, your Core Skill Wheel Report (next report) will highlight your four preferred Major Skill Categories (areas of strength) and specific favorite skills.
Skill Development
You can increase your overall effectiveness in your career by gaining experience in your preferred Major Role Skills and then developing your less preferred Secondary and Minor role skills.
Self-Promotion
In promoting yourself in resumes and interviews, use the skills, listed in your report as "action" words. These "action" words will demonstrate your abilities in clear and precise terms. Learn about strategies for translating your skills into accomplishments using Self-Promotion Tools and Tips.
REPORT 2 - CORE SKILL WHEEL - SUGGESTED ACTION STEPS
There are different ways to best use the results of this report depending on your individual career needs and goals. Use the suggestions below that best fit your current career situation.
Tip: If you do not have sufficient time to explore the suggestions now (underlined topics) you can access the information later using Your Career Roadmap (link on home page).
Assessment and Skill Development
Use a highlighter pen to identify those skills in your report you are using in the way you like. Then note the skills you are not currently using to optimum capacity. Begin brainstorming new projects, assignments or training classes to increase your competency in these areas. Discuss your ideas with your supervisor to gain support in planning for your development. Also, gain additional suggestions of ways to develop your skills using SkillScan's Skill Development Activities.
To learn about possible causes underlying your career incompatibility and to acquire strategies for correcting the situation, refer to the Assessment Troubleshooting Guide.
To gain a more comprehensive picture of your career preferences, complete additional online assessments such as Holland's Career Interests Game and Keirsey Temperment Sorter located in the Assessment section of Your Career Roadmap. Then compare those results with your four Major Skill Categories using Integrating SkillScan Results With Your Interests and Personality. You can access this information at a later time using Your Career Roadmap link on the home page.
Exploration
If your current career is a poor fit with your skills, use this report as a planning tool in identifying and evaluating new options using SkillScan's Suggested Career Options.
Self-Promotion
When writing your resume, a cover letter or preparing for an interview, analyze the key skills needed and use the skill language from your Core Skill Wheel Report to target your greatest strengths that match the position requirements. Learn how to write accomplishment statements, which demonstrate evidence of your skill using Self-Promotion Tools and Tips. Also, gain a variety of resources for marketing yourself using Self-Promotion Websites.
REPORT 3 - PORTABLE SKILL SETS - SUGGESTED ACTION STEPS
There are different ways to best use the results of this report depending on your individual career needs and goals. Use the suggestions below that best fit your current situation.
Tip: If you do not have sufficient time to explore the suggestions now (underlined topics) you can access the information later using Your Career Roadmap (link on home page).
Assessment
Evaluate your current position to determine if you are using your preferred Skill Sets.
If your current work does not draw on your preferred Skill Sets, explore the range of career options within your organization that might be a better fit.
Exploration
Use your strongest Skill Sets to expand your awareness of the range of career options that draw on your preferred skills - SkillScan's Suggested Career Options.
Gain strategies and resources for identifying new options using Exploration Tips and Strategies.
Expand your knowledge of additional career options using Exploration Websites.
Skill Development
You may realize you need to develop your skills but are not clear about your motivation. Use the Skill Development Troubleshooting Guide to gain greater clarity about your current career need and gain strategies for accomplishing your goals.
If you feel you have optimized your current Skill Sets and need new skill challenges, identify one or two Skill Sets you would like to develop. Obtain suggestions for skill development in these Skill Sets by clicking on Skill Development Activities.
Once you have gained a level of mastery in a skill, you can challenge yourself by using that skill in a different context (function) or with a different subject matter. For example, you have acquired a high level of competence in "analyzing" consumer-buying trends in the marketing department of your organization. You could apply the same skill of "analyzing" employment and labor information within the human resources department of your organization. Look for new ways to stretch the boundaries of a using your skills.
Self-Promotion
Many positions list job requirements in terms of Skill Sets. You may see an advertisement seeking an individual with "strong communication and leadership" skills. You should research the position in more detail to determine the specific type of communication or leadership skills that are most desired in this position. This information can help you directly target your particular Skill Sets to the position and give you a competitive advantage. See Self-Promotion Tools and Tips.
Once you know your skills and are ready to market yourself toward a particular position use the Self-Promotion Guide to learn strategies for marketing yourself and explore Self-Promotion Websites for writing resumes, cover letters, interviewing and negotiating salary.
REPORT 4 - SKILL DEVELOPMENT - SUGGESTED ACTION STEPS
There are different ways to best use the results of this report depending on your individual career needs and goals. Use the suggestions below that best fit your current situation.
Tip: If you do not have sufficient time to explore the suggestions now (underlined topics) you can access the information later using Your Career Roadmap (link on home page).
Assessment
Use your "Plan to Develop" skills to identify practical on-the job, at-home and volunteer development activities from SkillScan's Skill Development Activities.
Research and identify training and educational classes and programs to expand and extend your development of key skills.
Use the Individual Development Plan to outline the specific actions steps for goal achievement.
Exploration
It is sometimes difficult to know whether you will like using or be good at a skill until you gain a level of competency in it. Select one or two "Plan to Develop" skills from your report and look for on-the-job tasks, classes or SkillScan's Skill Development Activities to begin developing the skill. By testing out the skill in easily achievable ways you will know whether you should continue to develop that skill.
Skill Development
Learn more about your skill development motivations and gain strategies for developing your career using the Skill Development Troubleshooting Guide.
When you know the skills you want to develop and are ready to plan the next steps, print out and complete the Individual Development Plan from Your Career Roadmap to move your career forward.
