Skills Audit 2021: A Personal Competency Assessment & Improvement Plan

This document presents a personal skills audit conducted in 2021, where the student assesses their competencies across various transferable skills such as teamwork, written and verbal communication, presentation skills, time management, and IT application. Each skill is rated on a scale of 1 to 5, reflecting the student's perceived level of expertise. The audit identifies areas needing improvement, specifically in verbal communication, presentation skills, and career planning. The student outlines short-term personal development targets with specific timelines, strategies for improvement, and the rationale behind developing each skill. The overall goal is to enhance employability and career prospects through targeted skill development and self-awareness. Desklib provides similar solved assignments for students.

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Personal skills audit 2021
For this project you need to assess the stage that you think you
are at the moment and, for your weakest skills, improvements
that you need to make.
Competencies rating
1 - No experience
2 - Some experience
3 - An experienced student
4 - A competent and confident student
5 - A truly outstanding student – able to confidently study or enter the world of work with a high level of competency.
TRANSFER
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Be able to
demonstrate:
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Teamwork • Be a useful member of a team
to achieve a successful outcome
1 2 3 4 5 I am good in
managing and
working in
teams as I have
a strong
outgoing
personality to
work with
everyone with
full dedication.

• Understand your individual role and
contribution to a team.
1 2 3 4 5
I know my role
and can easily
adapt working
with team
members and
give my all
potential to
perform best in
assigned work.
Communication -
written
Write clearly and in a
style appropriate to
purpose, e.g. reports,
projects, letters.
• Able to produce a well-structured and well
written report of substantial length.
1 2 3 4 5
I am expertise
in writing asll
kind of
documents and
can also
manage wekll
structure
reports.
• Have confidence and expertise when writing
different types of document in various styles.
1 2 3 4 5
I am confident
in writing all
types of
documents
which are
needed for
some important
work.
• Able to demonstrate competent report writing
skills.
1 2 3 4 5
I am
professionally
good in report
writing skills
and can manage
all type of
reports in
expertise
methods.

Communication –
verbal
Construct coherent
arguments and
articulate ideas
clearly to a range
of audiences,
formally and
informally through a
variety of
techniques
• Able to communicate own ideas verbally,
with confidence.
1 2 3 4 5
I am not
confident to
present my own
ideas in front of
public.
• Able to explain my ideas to different people.
1 2 3 4 5
I feel stressed
and fear in
explaining m,y
ideas to other
person or to
communicate
with people
about my
ideas.
• Able to construct arguments and present these
to a range of audiences.
1 2 3 4 5
I have a fear of
presenting my
ideas inform of
audience. And I
am not able to
present my
ideas in front of
all.
Presentation skills
• Able to produce well-constructed clear
presentations and use audio-visual aids where
appropriate e.g. PowerPoint. 1 2 3 4 5 I am skilled in
making proper
presentations.
• Able to present work clearly and confidently,
and able to respond clearly and convincingly to
questions and comments.
1 2 3 4 5
I feel stress in
communicating
and presenting
my ideas to all
and in
presenting my
work in front of
others.

Managing Self
• Able to manage competing demands on your
time. 1 2 3 4 5
I can manage
time by making
proper
schedules.
• Able to efficiently prioritise tasks
1 2 3 4 5
I am good in
prioritising the
task for some
work.
Be able to demonstrate:
More specifically
My competence
(For Scores of 1-3)
How I need to
improve on this skill
Application of IT • Effective use of Microsoft Office including
Word and Power point. 1 2 3 4 5
I am skilled in
using general
word and power
point.
• Able to use Excel and develop and manipulate
spread sheets.
1 2 3 4 5 I can easily use
the spreadsheet
and all the other
applications.
•Competent in the use of email and Internet.
1 2 3 4 5
I can easily
manage all the
emails and the
use of internet.
• Able to use search engines effectively
1 2 3 4 5
I can easily
handle all the
search engine in
adequate
manner.
• Can use printer and photocopier efficiently. 1 2 3 4 5 I can manage the

use of printer and
all the machines
easily.
Be able to
demonstrate:
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Career Planning
• Have identified ways to improve your
employability and acted upon them.
1 2 3 4 5 I am poor in
identifying my
goals.
• Aware of the range of career
opportunities. 1 2 3 4 5
I am not aware
to manage my
career
opportunities.
Short term PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT TARGETS
Time period: August 2021 to February 2022
Skill to be Developed Target date for
achieving this
Why it is important that you develop this
skill
How you can help yourself and what other support you feel
you need

Communication
Verbal
01/11/21 As I use to struggle a lot in
communicating with other people. And I
feel my confidence lowers while I tries to
interact with individuals or with general
public. And as I want to join an
organisation and want to grab a well job
and for which better communication is
much needed.
I can take effective group discussion sessions in which I can
opt this skill. I can also take the help of my teachers as
through which they will guide me to reduce fear and to
work in effective manner and to a communicate confidently.
Presentation skills
01/10/21 I need to develop this skill as this is most
important in my future goals and also will
make me more advanced related to
working areas. I am now not that efficient
in giving presentations, and this make me
feel demotivated.
I will join some classes in order to learn the method to
present a presentation and the method to make it adequately.
And can take feedback of my teachers and elders in order to
know my growth.
Career planning skill
01/09/21 I am not well aware about the career
plans and also a bit confused about
making and selecting a favourable path
for my work. As it is severable tough for
me to make a particular decision and this
is a major problem for my future goals
decision.
I can take guidance of my elders regarding the discussion
and can also read some important topics and take some time
to analyse my field of interest so as to know about the
proper planning for my career.