Develop your skills
Assess Your Skills
What kind of person are you? A free test based on Carl Jung’s and Isabel Briggs Myers’ typological approach to personality Learn more about your personality by taking Color Quiz, a 5-minute test developed by color psychologists How to identify your strengths and weaknesses Assess your skills San Jose State University Career Center Assessment Self Assessment Resources. Use this worksheet and this cross-word puzzle to practice the vocabulary for the Keirsey Temperament Test. Use this worksheet to evaluate your personal qualities which may be important in your work Use this worksheet to practice talking about different aspects of your education, job experience, and personality. Skills Inventory: A University of Minnesota skills inventory that will help you know your strengths and areas you need to improve. Goal-setting, Decision-making & Willpower Are you good at setting and reaching your goals? Do the 9thingsdiagnostic.com test and find out. Don't Overthink It: 5 Tips for Daily Decision Making: We make hundreds micro-decisions every day – from what to focus our energy on, to how to respond to an email, to what to eat for lunch. Becoming a better (and swifter) decision-maker may be the fastest route to improving your daily productivity. 9 Things Successful People Won't Do: Managing your emotions is as much about what you will do as it is about what you won’t do. Read about the things which emotionally intelligent people are careful to avoid in order to keep themselves calm, content, and in control. 7 Self-Discipline Techniques Communication Skills Effective Communication: Improving Communications Skills in Business and Relationships Building Effective Interpersonal Communication Skills: Self-Assessment Exercise wikiHow Develop Good Communication Skills Communication Skills Assessment Quiz from OptimalThinking.com Watch this 1-minute video on How to Remember People's Names and read this How to Remember a Person's Name article. Watch these TED talks about how to build self-confidence:The Skill of Self-Confidence by soccer coach Ivan Joseph; Your Body language Shapes Who You Are by social psychologist Amy Cuddy; and The Power of Seduction in Our Everyday Lives by dancer Chen Lizra. |
Time Management
How good is your time management? Take this test to find out. Procrastination refers to a habitual delaying of what needs to be done now. A lot of people suffer from this bad habit, and a lot of techniques have been devised to unlearn it. Use this worksheet to compare two time-management techniques: the 2-minute rule and the pomodoro technique. If you are not sure if you are a procrastinator, take this test to find out. Read also this insightful article about Overcoming Procrastination. Do this matching exercise; then do this fill-in-the-blank exercise to learn about 8 Ways to Take Control of Your Time. Choose the best to-do-list for your needs: list1 | list2 | list3 | list4 | list5 | list6 | list7 l list 8 Learn more tips from the College Board: 5 Ways to Find Career Ideas | Answer 10 Questions and Discover Your Future | Take Control of Homework | Tips for Staying Motivated . 6 Secrets to Success Only Early Birds Know: Are you an early bird or a night owl? Read why some people are early risers and what benefits it has for their career. 8 Things Really Efficient People Do: Everyone wants more time. Efficiency is one way of adding minutes or hours to your day. Here are eight tips effectively used by the most efficient. 10 Time Management Tips That Work Kellie's PPT slides on study habits and time management Stress Management Self-Confidence 5 Ways to Instantly Appear More Confident: A committed nerd teaches how to appear more confident -- and how important it is. Funny and real. Listen to this 20 min lecture by a social psychologist Amy Cuddy about how to train yourself to appear and feel more powerful. Use this worksheet to describe the high- and low-power poses she used in her research. Do you have a leader in you? You probably do. Watch this TED talk about Everyday Leadership and think about the moments when someone reached out to you in a way that changed your life -- or when you reached out to people in such a way. Do you have an entrepreneur in you? Now watch this TED talk, Let's Raise Kids to Be Entrepreneurs, in which Cameron Herold talks about how he revealed entrepreneurial skills from an early age 10 Innovations That Will Transform Medicine |
Transferable Skills
10 Job Skills Every Employer Wants Life Skills for Resumes: Lists of skills to include on a resume and in cover letters. The lists include general skills, as well as lists for a variety of different jobs. 50+ Job Skills You Should List on Your Resume: A variety of transferable job skills you might have learned from past experiences in both paid and non-paid positions which you can use in your resume when applying for a new job. More Transferable Skills: Another list of transferable skills that you can take with you from one job to another which are important to employers. Atypical Job Seeker Finding Work: A Guide for the Over-40s: The age stereotypes and objections commonly held by employers. The Advantages of the Middle-Aged Brain: A TIME article which shows that despite news reports about cognitive decline starting at 45, the middle-aged brain actually performs better in many ways. The 40-Plus Career Reinvention Checklist: Whether you’re trying to land a job, advance your career, or hold onto the position you have right now, you need to be sure you’re presenting the best you possible. Ask yourself the questions in this checklist to get on your way. Older Worker's Resume -- 50+ Resume: Some Do’s and Don’ts about resumes and career searches for the older worker. Transferable Skills: From Motherhood to a Job Resume Tips for Women Reentering the Workforce The World's Toughest Job: Do you have what it takes to do the world's toughest job? 24 applicants were terrified. Then they found out that billions already do it. Watch this video from Huffington Post to find out. Record Sheets Irregular Verbs Record Sheet |