Skills
The abilities you use to do tasks or activities well.
Skills, strengths and values
We all have different skills, strengths and values.
Understanding yours can help you make choices about school subjects, jobs or future careers.
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Strengths
The things you naturally do well or enjoy. -
Values
The beliefs or principles that guide your choices and what’s important to you.
How to identify your strengths and skills
The Job Jumpstart activity helps you explore your strengths and skills. It includes practical examples and simple questions to help you think about what you’re good at and what you enjoy doing.
Identify your strengths and skills
The ABC for success
We often need a mix of strengths, effort and confidence to do well.
Think about the ABC:
Think about the ABC:
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Ability
The strengths or skills you use -
Behaviour
The effort and practice you put in
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Confidence
Believing in yourself and thinking positively
Your ABC
Think of an activity or something you’re really good at. This is one of your strengths.
Score yourself out of 10 for your:
- Ability
- Behaviour
- Confidence
Your career skills
You can explore your skills further using myfuture.
- Create an account, or log in if you already have one.
- Go to My career profile.
- Complete the Skills activity
Your results
When you view your results, think about:
- What are your top three skills?
- Do these match your career interests, or are they different?
- What types of careers might suit these skills?
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