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We have moved to Wordpress! Posted by Jason Links to this post The Recruiting Front Lines has evolved. At the beginning of the year, I changed jobs within my company, moving away from Outreach and Education, and into my new role as Director of Business Development. While I remain closely involved with our field activity, I am now more focused on strategic partnerships, social media, and the world of internet recruitment resources. As I have made this change, the focus of my blog content has also changed. Recently, I began to feel that many of the ideas I had for blog posts would not fit within the framework of The Recruiting Front Lines. This was a cause of some frustration, as I felt that I was either misrepresenting my content with the title of my blog, or that I was stifling my writing because I felt it didn't fit. To rectify this situation, I have created a new blog home, now on WordPress. I am still ironing out the wrinkles, but feel that it is far enough along that I can move all my past content, and begin posting all new content, at the new address. I would like to formally welcome everyone to come check out my new home at jasonblais.com. I can't wait to hear what you think! Best Regards, and Thank you for your time and attention over the past 18 months. Jason

Dec 9, 2008

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Best Skills Inventory I've Found

I've been researching Skills Inventories and Skill Sets in relation to job functions for an upcoming seminar I'm developing. If you'd like to share your input on what I'm working on, please check out some more detail in this forum at HRM TODAY, the Social Network for Today's HR Professional- free plug Laurie, no need to send money :) If you're not familiar with this resource, take a look around, it's a great place to peruse.

Anyway, in my research, I've come across numerous lists and processes for job seekers to itemize their on skills inventory. In the program I'm working on, HR professionals will use similar methodology to uncover latent skills within their current workforce. Once uncovered, the employer can provide opportunities to employees to work cross functionally, effectively increasing productivity, engagement, and retention. This is even more important during a recession (remember, like Hermione Grainger said in Harry Potter, "fear of the name only increases fear of the thing itself"- IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE REALITY OF OUR CURRENT ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT- sorry... I digress), when employers are forced to do more with less.

In my digging, I found the following worksheet to be of the most value, at least in my opinion, and thought I'd pass it along. This is a great Skills Inventory list from SunRaye Enterprises. You can find more great info like this at their website: http://www.sunraye.com/job_net/

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A Free Internet Resource from SunRaye Enterprises

Worksheet #5 - Skills Inventory Worksheet

For each skill, rank your degree of competence as you would compare yourself with others -- your classmates, friends etc. For those skills where your degree of competence is above average, describe briefly the experience(s) in which you gained the skill.

Skill Never
Done
Needs
Work
AverageAbove
Average
Experience(s) Where You Gained the Skill
Analyzing
Situations or Data





Assembling
Equipment or information





Calculating
Mathematical computations or risk assessment





Coaching
Guiding or tutoring





Competitiveness
Ability to compete with others and a willingness to be measured on performance





Compiling
Data or facts





Constancy
Persistent, faithful





Constructing
Objects or buildings





Coordinating
Activities or events





Corresponding
Answering or initiating





Counseling





Creating
Artistic creations, new ideas or inventions





Deciding
Finding alternatives, making best use of resources or materials





Delegating
Tasks or responsibilities





Designing
Products or systems





Direction
Ability to define personal goals and needs





Displaying
Ideas, products or equipment





Editing
Newspapers or magazines





Energy Level
Ability to demonstrate a forcefulness and capacity to make things move ahead





Estimating
Costs, income or physical space





Evaluating
Performance, programs, processes or events





Flexibility
Capable of change and receptive to new situations and ideas





Fund Raising
One-to-one or through media





Goal Achievement
Ability to identify, work toward and obtain specific objectives





Group Facilitating
Managing group interactions





Handling Complaints
Parents, clients or citizens





Inspecting or Examining
Physical objects, financial statements, or through test administration





Interpreting
Data, legal, medical terminology or another language





Interviewing
Seeking information from others and making subsequent decisions or suggestions





Investigating
Private information underlying causes or events





Making Layouts
For printed media public displays or advertising





Measuring





Meeting the Public
Receptionist, host, agency or product rep, salesperson, etc.





Monitoring
Progress of people or equipment





Motivating
Self and others





Observing
Physical phenomena, human behaviour or situations





Operating
Equipment, machines or vehicles





Organizing
People, information or events





Patience
Ability to remain calm, endurance





Planning
Budgeting, goal setting, scheduling





Perseverance
Ability to continue a course of action in spite of difficulties or opposition





Programming
Equipment or activities





Promoting
One-to-one or though media





Recording
Numerical or scientific data





Record Keeping
Logs, files or time sheets





Repairing
Equipment, vehicles, furniture, appliances, accessories, etc.





Researching
Obtaining information from the library, surveys or physical data





Self-knowledge
Ability to assess your own capabilities





Self-starter
Ability to identify purposeful work and to take action





Selling
Ideas, products or policies





Serving
A product or an individual





Sketching
Pictures, diagrams or charts





Speaking
In public, groups or via electronic media





Supervising
People or processes





Teaching
Formal or informal





Timing
Organizing time or events





Troubleshooting
Equipment or situations





Updating
Information or records





Using Instruments
Engineering, medical or scientific





Writing
Creative, business, or non-fiction





Other Skills You'd Like to Add (e.g. Word Processing, Spread Sheets, Accounting)


















































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