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Your Skills and Aptitudes Chapter 1 Self Awareness Lesson 1.2 Your Skills and Aptitudes

How skills and aptitudes differ What your skills and aptitudes are Discover How skills and aptitudes differ What your skills and aptitudes are continued

Where your skills and attitudes might lead you Discover Where your skills and attitudes might lead you

Your skills and aptitudes are clues to what you can do. Why It’s Important Your skills and aptitudes are clues to what you can do. They can point you toward different careers.

skill ability aptitude job-specific skills transferable skills Key Terms skill ability aptitude job-specific skills transferable skills

Comparing Skills and Aptitudes A skill is the ability to perform a task due to training and experience. Once you have learned something, it becomes a skill.

Comparing Skills and Aptitudes An ability is a skill you have already developed. An aptitude is your potential for learning a skill.

Comparing Skills and Aptitudes Having an aptitude is having a knack for something, like drawing or training pets. Aptitudes can be developed into skills.

Understanding Different Kinds of Skills Job-specific skills are the skills necessary to do a particular job, like balancing a budget or programming a computer.

Understanding Different Kinds of Skills Transferable skills are general skills used in school and in various types of jobs. Transferable skills are always necessary.

Understanding Different Kinds of Skills Employers always want workers to have both job-specific skills and general transferable skills.

Graphic Organizer Transferable Workplace Skills Communication Skills Adaptability Skills Transferable Skills Listening Skills Social Skills Problem-Solving Skills Teamwork Skills Technology Skills Organizing and Planning Skills Decision-Making Skills

I know exactly what job I want. Q and A I know exactly what job I want. Why should I waste time developing skills that don’t seem related to this job? continued

Most jobs require workers to have many skills. Q and A Most jobs require workers to have many skills. A variety of skills is necessary for succeeding and advancing in a job.

Complete a formal career interest and aptitude assessment. Try This Activity Assess Your Career Interests and Aptitudes Complete a formal career interest and aptitude assessment. continued

Try This Activity Assess Your Career Interests and Aptitudes Match Interests and Aptitudes to Opportunities Once you’ve completed your self assessment, write down several career opportunities that match your interests and aptitudes. continued

Try This Activity Assess Your Career Interests and Aptitudes Get Feedback Show your list of aptitudes, interests, and potential careers to a friend, a family member, a teacher, or someone else you trust. continued

Try This Activity Assess Your Career Interests and Aptitudes Develop Your Skills Select the career from your list that interests you most and consider what skills you would need to achieve that career.

Critical Thinking Review Should you focus on developing skills related to your aptitudes? It is easier to develop skills for which you already have an aptitude. However, you should work to develop skills that you want to master, even if you don’t have an aptitude. Critical Thinking Q A continued

Critical Thinking Review Why is it important to develop skills in more than one area? More job opportunities will be open to those with more skills. Critical Thinking Q A

Your Skills and Aptitudes End of Chapter 1 Self Awareness Lesson 1.2 Your Skills and Aptitudes