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Defining Your Skills and Abilities

Skills and abilities are gained through many avenues such as volunteer work, paid and unpaid work and hobbies. There are four main skill areas that you must convey to employers:

Clinical Skills: Specific job related skills such as: Phlebotomy, EKG’s injections etc.
Learned through experience, training or self-teaching.

Administrative Skills: Specific clerical skills that are learned that can be used in an office setting such as: Typing, copying, filing, multi-line phone usage etc.

Transferable Skills: Learned skills that can be used in a wide variety of job situations. These are general skills such as: communication, supervision and organizational skills.

Personality Characteristics: Individual characteristics that can make you a valuable employee in almost any job you choose. For example: dependability, self-starting and ability to get along and work with others.

Place a check mark next to all the skills you have and add to the list where possible.
Clinical and Medical Skills
___Phlebotomy ___Injections ___Finger Sticks ___EKG’s	___Urinalysis ___Vital Signs ___Office Procedure ___Set-Up Mayo Stands	___Rapid Strep Test ___Throat Cultures ___Autoclaving & Sterilization ___Pulmonary Functions Test

Administrative Skills
___Medi-Soft ___Keyboarding ___Scheduling Patients	___Answering Telephones ___Message Taking

Clerical Skills		Computer Skills
____Type___words per minute ___Filing ___Answer Multi-Line Phone ___Use Photocopier ___Use Fax Machine		___Email ___Data Entry ___MS-Word ___MS-Excel ___MS-Powerpoint ___Internet/Web

Transferable Skills (skills that transfer to other areas)
Helping Skills		Speaking Skills
___can serve people well ___can help people ___can take care of people ___can listen to people ___can take care of animals ___can sell to people		___can talk to people 1 on 1 ___can speak to small groups ___can speak to large groups ___can interview people ___can do telephone sales ___can speak foreign language

Numbers, Reading Writing		Creative Skills
___can do record keeping or inventory ___can manage a budget ___can write reports ___can write poetry, stories, books ___can do proofreading		___can act ___am musical ___am artistic ___design or invent new things ___do specialized cooking ___do sewing, knitting or crafts ___can do interior decorating

Leadership, Planning or Organizing Skills		Problem Solving Skills
___can supervise people ___can coordinate and organize projects ___can teach classes		___can fix mechanical problems ___can find better ways to do things

Positive Personality Traits
___honest ___dependable ___want to work ___on-time-punctual ___good work speed ___get along with others ___follow directions well	___can accept criticism ___pleasant and friendly ___complete a job once started ___like to learn new things ___can work without supervision ___work well under pressure ___respect for authority	___neat ___hard working ___good attendance ___cooperative ___do quality work ___like responsibility ___high energy

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