Preston's College Pre Apprenticeship Workshop

04 SKILLS Use your interests to impress an employer: Hobbies are a fantastic way to showcase your skills and attributes and employers are always interested on how they may positvely impact the work environment. Employers are looking for various qualities and characteristics in a potential employee. The following list of words may be useful in helping you to identify where you have stengths or you may be able to identify some strengths of your own. Preparing sentences using your strengths is a good way to support job applications and to prepare for interviews, there are a variety of different ways you can start to describe your strengths as shown below. A good example would be... I am friendly and a good communicator. An example of this is when I was buddied with a new, year 7 student show themaround school and help them to settle in. Able Decisive Gifted Organised Accurate Dedicated Hardworking Patient Adaptable Dependable Helpful Perceptive Alert Desire to succeed Highly motivated Persistent Ambitious Determined Honest Polite Analytical Diplomatic Imaginative Positive Articulate Diverse Impressive Practical Assertive Drive Insightful Pro active Astute Dynamic Inter personal skills Punctual Bright Educated Independent Rational Capable Effective Innovative Reliable Calm Efficient Initiative Resourceful Confident Energetic Intelligent Responsible Committed Enjoy a challenge Intuitive Supportive Common sense Enthusiastic Keen Tactful Competent Fast learner Knowledgeable Team player Computer literate Fast worker Leadership skills Tenacious Consistent Flexible Loyal Thorough Cooperative Focused Mature Trustworthy Cope under pressure Friendly Methodical Versatile Creative Good communicator Objective Willing I am skilled at... I am competent in... I am talented at... I am excellent at... I am very good at... I am qualified to... I am able to... I am extremely good at...