A. Having a lot of one colour could indicate the type of role that's ideal for you. A mix suggests you might combine a variety of roles.
A. Avoid 'burn-out' – spend 80% of the time on your prime skills but only 20% on skills you don't enjoy.
A. Check your motivation is strong enough. Focus on one single thing you're really passionate about and be ruthless about making time for this.
A. Be single-minded for once - even if it means saying no or compromising. Take small steps rather than tackling everything at once.
A. Other areas of your working, learning, playing and giving may offer ways of getting these things e.g. volunteering or learning something new.
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Think about it...
Listed below are the skills you decided you both love using and are good at (i.e. the ones that you placed top right in the exercise).
These are known as your prime skills.
Now you've discovered what they are, you can start to move forward.
What do I do now?
First decide how you rate each skill in order in terms of the time you'd like to spend using it.
Type a number (1,2, 3 etc) into each box on the left to show this order.
Press Put in order to see the list in correct order.
Roll your mouse over each item in the list to see the card you chose.
Next take a closer look at the colours of those cards you chose – each indicates a particular family of skills. Just about every organization needs people with at least one of these types of skills.
If you chose several of the same colour, that's clearly the type of skill area you should be promoting to a future employer.
For example if you have loads of orange 'processing' skills you'll probably enjoy roles relating to administration, processing, controlling, maintaining quality, reviewing and managing finances.
caring
empowering
teamworking
helping hand
creating
designing
adapting
connecting
interviewing
observing
revealing
solving
making
nurturing
fixing
co-ordinating
leading
planning
marketing
networking
managing
monitoring
budgeting
reviewing
- Assess how far your current role uses your prime skills
- Always collect evidence of your prime skills and get feedback from others
- Put yourself on an employer's shoes. How do your prime skills match their needs?
- Think about how you can develop and use your other strong skills
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