Skills health check

Knowing yourself

If you're thinking of improving your skills or moving into a new profession, recognising what's important to you, your values and lifestyle can really help you to make informed decisions. Use the resources on our Careers Advisory Service website to help you through this process.

Life as a whole

Take stock of your achievements so far using a lifeline or mind map.

Your interests

Assessing what you're passionate about can help indicate which careers would suit you.

Your values

Understanding how you think can help decide the type of work you're suited to.

Your needs, responsibilities and constraints

Personal factors can affect your career choice.

What do you want from work?

Use this activity to prioritise your preferences.

Assess your working style

How do you like to work? What does this tell you about the kind of careers you're suited to?


Your skills and strengths

Recognising your achievements, skills and strengths gives you a better sense of what you could do. This can help you plan your future development and provide evidence of your potential.

Skills and qualities

Analyse the skills you've gained in education, work or from everyday life.

Employability skills descriptions

Think about your skills and their value to employers.

Skills developed through study

Identify your skills in time management, commitment and self-motivation.

Skills developed at work

Think about the skills you've developed in your job roles.

Skills developed outside work

Track down the skills you have gained from hobbies, interests or volunteering.


Taking things forward

Once you've identified a training need or a potential new career, it can be helpful to use tools like an action plan or a wish list to help you organise your thoughts and set out the actions you need to take.

Forward planning

Use tools such as a wish list to help you to move forward.

Produce an action plan

Set yourself some targets and a schedule.

Review your development

Plan your studies, identify your training needs and apply for jobs.

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