Employability Skills Audit

Adapted from: www.york.ac.uk/careers

Rating: Highlight your level of skill by circling the appropriate number:
5 = Always

1 = Never

Evidence:
Identify an experience, or activity that you have been involved in that demonstrates your ability in that skill
Are these skills that are required within your chosen career? If you require this skill but you lack evidence for it, what are
you going to undertake to further develop this skill?
Career Chosen: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Skill

Description

Team working

Being able to co-operate with

others on a shared task, being
aware of and adaptable to the
working styles of others when
working in teams.

Oral
communication/
listening

Being able to give clear and

accurate information, using
appropriate language and style.
Listening to others and clarifying
your understanding.

Presentation
skills

Being able to present ideas and

information clearly, concisely and
appropriately to an audience
using appropriate technology.

Written

Being able to write well-

Level of
skill

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Evidence

Skill
needed?

Action needed

communication

Persuading and
influencing

Negotiation

Leadership

Initiative/creativi
ty

Prioritising/time
management

constructed, well presented

essays, reports and letters for a
variety of audiences.
Being able to convince others
that your ideas are worthy of
consideration or the best course
of action.
Being able to facilitate the
reaching of an agreement with
an individual or group, in a
manner which is clear and
respectful to all.
Being able to lead by example,
providing direction, motivation
and support to others.
Being able to support or start a
new project, or to come up with
new ideas/make changes to the
standard way of doing things

Being able to assess the relative

importance and urgency of tasks
and plan accordingly

Problem
solving /
decision making

Being able to research

alternative actions and devise an
appropriate method to overcome
a problem, systematically
choosing the best path to take.

Using IT

Being able to use appropriate IT

packages, e.g. word processing,

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databases, spread sheets,

PowerPoint, web page
construction, and email.

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Numeracy
Being able to manage everyday
mathematical problems with
confidence.

Analytical/resear
ch skills

Commercial
awareness

Selfmanagement

Positive attitude/
motivation

Self-awareness

Being able to think critically and

logically, employing information
seeking strategies, extracting,
organizing and evaluating
information.
Being able to demonstrate an
insight into how firms operate
and how this relates to the wider
business world.

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Being able to manage your own

learning development by
clarifying your values and
objectives and evaluating
personal performance.

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Having a can-do approach, a

readiness to take part and
contribute, openness to new
ideas and a drive to make these
happen.

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Knowing your own strengths and

skills and having the confidence
to articulate them.

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Flexibility/
adaptability

Project
management/
planning

Being able to anticipate and

handle change and adapt to new
situations.
Being able to plan, organise and
manage resources to being about
the successful completion of
project goals and objectives.

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