It’s not hard to figure out what your skills are – and it’ll give you a real confidence boost to do it.
First, think about all the places you could have been picking up skills – school, leisure, after school activities, clubs, jobs, volunteering, work experience and more. Next, think about the tasks you completed there, and what they helped you learn.
Here’s a list of skills you might already have, and ones that people reading your application could be interested in:
Time management
Taking initiative
Resourceful
Creative
Problem solving
Building relationships
Verbal communication
Developing a plan
Empathising
Supporting
Positive attitude
The list goes on!
And the good news is, you don’t suddenly stop learning new skills when you leave school – far from it. You can continue to develop them every day. In fact, you’ll always be developing them – whether you go to college, university, or get a job or apprenticeship.