Office of
Career Development

Skills Assessments

Identifying your skills is an integral piece of the career development process. Each career or job is going to require a set of skills needed to be successful. By identifying your skills and personal qualities you will be able to:

• Articulate the skills you posses when interviewing, writing resumes, etc
• Be more effective in identifying careers that would be a good fit for your skills set
• Gain perspective on the skills you would like to further develop.

The following are tools you can use to assess your skills:

• Skills Story: Taking time to write out your Skills Story is a useful tool for identifing and appreciating your skills.
• Career Related Skills: You are developing many transferable skills as a student at PLU. See how what you do as a student translates into the workplace.
• WOIS Skills Assessment: Contact Career Development for login information. Then check out WOIS online tools for matching your skills to an occupation.